Did you decide not to do black then? What else do you plan on doing here?

If you still gonna paint your cabinets black to early to decide right now it looks good to me

The black will be at the other end of the kitchen (in the last photo, the stove is replaced with a corner pantry, then a floor-to-ceiling cabinet for a wall oven to its left and above-fridge cabinets -these new cabinets will be black, and the island I think. The rest stay green, with an antique glaze that 'dirties' them.

@staged, I'm not sure what else to do here. :] all my efforts have been on the other end, and taking the red out of the dining room really empties it (well, aside from the peninsula covered with everything we've had to remove from the places we're working on). I have a lovely farmhouse style table (unstained) but no real ideas...

Just finish your kitchen first then at least if you wanna change the paint color you'll pick some thing that works with the new look

I think your are right about the walls being too stark. I would pick up a darker tone of brown from the counter-tops to do on the wall. A rich brown will look great with the lovely green tone cabinets and the black ones your are going to install. Think about closing off the space above the cabinets, since it is not enough to display and it is visually distracting as well as being a dust collector. I would also take down the pot rack in the middle of the room.

@houssaon, how would I enclose that area above the cabinets? Drywall, or ??

Brown might work for the wall... I have browns in the floor, but didn't want to make the whole place *too* dark with black on some of the cabinets. Should the wall be a mid-tone, or ??

(Also the pot rack is going once we get a hood. We installed an island cooktop but haven't removed the rack yet)

Anyone?

Thank you for your advice thus far. I feel suddenly and completely over my head with this color problem. Thought I had it pegged, but even after sleeping on it I'm still discouraged.

Why not paint all of the cabinets black? I'm not a big fan of white walls personally, but I think brown would be too dark. A sage green, or a fresh green if you are brave, might work.

Ok, I'm going with a gray/brown. I hope this works!

I think it will

I think you should finish your renovations then paint, not sure why someone suggested cream with that green.