Our home is also a transitional style. I prefer the 2nd photo, too.

p.s. sorry for the typo in the title! *on

2nd

The first - it's a little bit different. The second has been done for years.

Hi smstef, I believe the 2nd design will give that nice clean look and not take away too much from your bench top! We love the choice of your bench top!

The photo below isn't identical to your colour scheme, but if you look closely to the cabinets they have a similar cabinet finish in terms of the detail to what you are looking at. I think with your choice of handles and colour of the cabinets will give it a nice traditional finish.

Good luck!

first one slightly more modern. the second one a little more dressier. I like the second one better. It's more interesting to look at

ritasj thanks for your thoughts. I wish I knew what style I was going for! I say transitional bc i don't want anything too modern or too traditional. I love the rustic/farmhouse look, so I'm trying to pull that in a bit with the oil rubbed bronze. The pulls are 6" Asbury pulls from Restoration Hardware. I think they might just look really huge against the small size of the sample doors. In person, they don't look quite as clunky. I may switch them to polished nickel if I find the orb to be too prominent once the kitchen is put together.

Cabinets, although I'm completely 50/50 undecided about which of the two I like better. The handles are fine - my favorite that I've found in my price range - I've found many I love more but they are always 2-3 times the price!

I decided on the more rounded one (2nd picture). I'm not second guessing myself yet, so that's a good sign I made the right decision! Thanks for all the input!