We have a 12 yr old kitchen with chipped ceasarstone bench tops from previous owners. I am over ruining tops working at the sink etc and the noise on impact of dishes etc. It gets so smeary even using the correct product cleaner and is sharp along the edges. Anyway we have decided to go ahead with a new laminated matt top on island bench and back hotplate bench. The island will now be 2.75 m long with waterfall sides and we are adding a pull out 300 mm pantry one end and on that end a 1200 3 door cupboard on back of island bench to add new space for pantry.

All current drawer fronts and doors and gable ends are currently in Classic White Sheen. Our villa is on the small side in a village with front door into small lounge with high raked ceilings, then the kitchen in the middle and then dining(raked ceiling)

and patio. Our tiles are a cream veiny based (12 yrs old) and we are hopeful of doing entire floor area with 'Natural Washed Oak' vinyl planking in next six months, hopefully. My question is do we ignore floor at the moment and go for whatever bench top we like, ie Polytec 'Carrara Matt, Blanco Marquina Matt, or Alicante Stone Smooth. Should we do the 3 new doors in matching Classic White Sheen or use a contrasting colour to blend with bench top or even the same as benchtop?

Husband not too helpful.