Cabinets and bench tops

I don't think I've done a proper job on the cabinetry and bench tops we've had installed.  I had some photos printed off in hard copy to show people when they asked me, but I didn't post them on here, which is a shame, because they are quite good and I'm pretty happy with them.

So here is the laundry with the bench top in oiled soapstone Wilson Art laminate and the cupboards in Astral Cumulous.  The handles are plain, ordinary stainless steel rails across the board.  The company that made our cupboards asked me which direction I wanted the handles to go for the cupboards, as opposed to the drawers.  I don't know why they bothered to ask, because they didn't do what I asked.  They did all the cupboard handles vertical.  It isn't worth my time or effort to complain about it and ultimately, I'm not that unhappy with the end result, although, I would have picked longer handles in the bathroom, if I had known they were going to be set vertically, but like I said, it isn't worth the grief.

The ensuite cabinets are in Beigewood (vertical) with a Bronzed Fusion bench top.

The bathroom cabinets are in Urban Bamboo (horizontal) with a Crystal Topaz bench top.  It looks a bit ordinary in the photos, but the crystal topaz has quite a bit going on.  You can get an A4 sample of it to see how it looks in a larger piece.  I'm very pleased with it.  The Urban Bamboo was another story.  You'd think if you had seen the sample in the showroom and asked the person in the showroom if you can get cupboards in Urban Bamboo then that wouldn't be a problem.  Ha!  Think again.  The cupboard guys asked if I was wanting Winter Bamboo since Urban Bamboo "doesn't exist."  Excuse me?  For starters, Winter Bamboo, looks alot like Beigewood, so if I wanted something that looks like that, don't you think I would have asked for Beigewood in both the ensuite and bathroom?  Get real guys.  I had to refer them to the online brochure, page number etc. and they finally told me it took them 3 phone calls to the manufacturer to convince them that Urban Bamboo existed.  How is this my problem?  OK. So I got what I wanted in the end, even if the handles on the cupboards were vertical and not horizontal like what I asked for.  *groan*

Now leaving the best until last is the kitchen.  How many dramas can you have to decide on a bench top?  The cream cupboards were a no brainer.  The cupboard profile was a no brainer.  The bench top was one of the biggest dramas in the whole shebang, but I wont go into that here.  Suffice to say that we have Emerald Pearl granite bench tops with antique white cupboards.  Here are some pictures.