Are you going contemporary or traditional?

I'm not sure how the process works, but our sample custom doors say "30% sheen" on the back -- they're not overly shiny but they have a definite sheen. Our problem is trying to find that "perfect" off white color . . .

erinct we had the same issue w/ color. We were actually able to take a piece of our granite (has to be a very small piece so we used a granite tile actually) to sherwin williams and have them do a paint match to the color. Our cabinet maker is matching the formula used on the sherwin williams paint for our cabinets, so it will pretty much exactly pick up one of the colors in the counter.

Are you going contemporary or traditional?

More traditional, I would think

I don't think you want either. For a traditional kitchen, a satin finish would look best. I remember panicking at one point, during the construction of my cabinets because I couldn't remember what finish we had decided on. Thankfully the cabinet guy was always 2 steps ahead of me and reassured me that satin was it. Boy, am I glad he was right!

beagles . . . that's a great idea! I'll check with our stone yard to see if we can get a small piece! I've already bought too many samples to count and had our cabinet maker make 6 door samples and am currently waiting for one more. I'm just so afraid of making the wrong choice on this part!

swhite10 . . . would a 30% sheen qualify as a satin finish?!?

I have a very "unshiny" kitchen, so went with a satin finish on the paint.

Here is a link that might be useful: Maybe this will help

Satin makes sense to me or eggshell. The only time I've used semigloss is on woodwork and once on a fireplace wall painted a milk chocolate color that I wanted to accent.

Does anyone know what the catalytic finish will do to the sheen - increase, decrease, no change?