Unless, I move to the coast or an island then I would go cape cod/beachy look with the white cabinets
lol that is me. We just completed a kitchen remodel and I went with white, but not just because our home is beachy-casual; I just like white. It's what we always had there and I like the brightness, especially with the afternoon sun coming in the kitchen. We also have white wainscoting, so it all ties in.
I initially picked out the cabinets I just put in about 5 yrs ago. I looked at tons of others and I always went back to them. (And they're IKEA to boot - gasp!
) It's so individual. We went with what we liked and didn't worry too, too much about trends (of course, we're not going anywhere anytime soon). Our kitchen went 45 years without a remodel last time. We tried to keep it "classic" this time as it may be another 45 before it's done again.
(Kidding aside, I was quite happy to just have fresh and new.)
OP, the toughest decision we had was countertops, too. I initially bought some slate tiles at a discount to use on the countertops and we really loved the look of them. But we researched and realized that it probably was going to be more of a headache than it was worth, so we decided to save those for another project later on. We thought about, looked at and priced lots of other types of countertops, too. I wound up finding a granite person who matched Home Depot's sale price for granite but promised to have them in within a week of template, which, besides the good price, made the sale for me. I was tired of being without a sink and didn't want to wait the 4 to 5 weeks HD would have been (it would be longer than usual because of the holidays) as it had already been 2-3 weeks to begin with. So we went with granite for what turned out to be the same as what some of the laminates cost.
Colors we used are white cabinets, black hardware, baltic brown granite, and Disney yellow walls (think Mickey's feet, or even Gus in my signature's shirt). We kept our gray ceramic tile floor and black appliances. For lighting I went with a multicolor, but with yellow tones and black finish, tiffany pendant lamp over the table and sink, and my pub table is oak and the chairs are oak and black w/ matching chairs on the island. I don't know how this sounds here but it does look nice.
DH did most of the work himself. (I will get some pictures when it's completely finished, we still have to put up the wine rack and paint the new windowsill.) BTW when the granite people came in to install the granite they commented on how lovely the baltic brown looked with the white cabinets. Also forgot to mention, I'm still deciding on backsplash (if any), but the one I liked a lot is a frosty white shaped in a teardrop that mimics the teardrops on the tiffany lights. (It was super expensive though
and I'm not sure it's right. I may just live without it for a while and give it more thought.)
I like your design and colors. I'm not a big blue person, but I like your choice and in the picture it looks nice. I'm not sure about the tan tile backsplash, but I'm often surprised at how nice something looks even though it may sound unusual. It's hard to decide. Make sure you get samples and put them up on your walls to just look at for a while. I had about 6 pictures of lamps hanging on my wall before I finally bit the bullet and ordered the tiffany (online, sight unseen). I completely love it and it is generally the first thing people comment on when they come in the kitchen.
A pic that gives an idea until I get a better one:
Not "too cheap"...we're TOO POOR for granite slab. 
Not everyone can afford to do expensive renovations and I tip my hat to anyone who makes improvements creatively. (Heck, we've seen it done many times on Designed to Sell if the situation warrants it and budget dictates it.) 
