Try the Sherwin Williams paint visualizer on their website. Try a light silver gray for starters as a wall color, pick it from the granite colors. Darker cabinet pulls might look good.

You might consider hiring a designer if you want a big change.

ooh, thank you! I will. Didn't know they had that. What do you think about painting cabinets???

I think you will regret painting those cabinets. They are beautiful. If you paint anything just paint the island. I agree new pulls and wall color.

The cabinets are beautiful with high quality wood. I would try painting the walls first and replacing the pulls. Then live with it for a year.

Ninety-eight cabinets! Ohmigosh.

Your cabinets actually look good. The hardware leaves something to be desired. I think I had the same pulls on my cabinets when I moved in, and I hated them. Our cabinets are a similar color, and I found that the chrome hardware did nothing for them. I replaced them with oil-rubbed bronze colored handles and it looks much nicer with the contrast.

The other posters are right on with suggesting you paint the walls with a gray that matches one in the granite. The current gold color does nothing for your cabinets. Another option to consider is your lighting. You can experiment with warmer or cooler colored bulbs to change the ambience in your kitchen.

These are all pretty easy, relatively inexpensive changes. At least compared to replacing or painting 98 cabinets.

Interesting that you all say this about not painting the cabinets. A year ago, I hired someone to paint them. We emptied them all, the contractor took all the doors off and taped and prepped. before sanding, the contractor came up to me and said he wouldn't do it. He scared me so I abandoned the project and just had him refresh the ones that had the most sun damage. Problem is they really ARE yellow/gold!! I am sure it is magnified by the amount of red in the floors. I have to redo the floors as we had a little water damage and they need to be refinished because the entire area is continuous. Do you think I should choose a more brown vs reddish or even gray color??? perhaps the contrast won't be as ugly???

I agree with those who say don't paint. There is nothing wrong with your cabinets. I would choose a floor color that is either a few shades lighter or darker than the cabinets, but in a similar tone.

I've got the same type of cabinets and at first I wasn't a fan, but I've gotten to really like them. I have a love-hate relationship with the color that's on the wall behind ours. In certain lighting it looks nice but in others I absolutely hate it, it looks so tacky. I've had trouble coming up with a color to go with these cabinets, so I'll definitely be watching your thread.
One thing I would suggest is changing out the backsplash. There's a lot of granite going on there. You might like the cabinets better with another backsplash.

I would get the red out of the floor, then experiment with different light bulbs-it is interesting what a difference that can make.

Is there a miniscule chance that painting the ceiling in a semi-gloss color would cast an acceptable tone down upon all those cabinets?! I've always liked idea of tin look.

I'm usually biased toward saving what you have - but what about new fronts?
A warm cream so it wouldn't become darker.

There might be warm greys in your counters - how about that tone of pebble/stone for the floor.

I was thinking green paint with blonde cabinets, but then noticed the green paint color I see peeking from adjoining rooms. I like it and you could bring green into the kitchen as well. Find your existing green paint chip and consider using another shade from it, either the lighter or darker version. Just a thought as it's hard to tell if that would work from these photos.

That's interesting that the painter really did not want to paint the cabinets.

How about bringing home some flooring samples? If you take a door and a granite scrap with you to the flooring store, it will save time. In the meantime, try painting some foamcore boards with sample paint colors. Some paint company sells giant paint chips about the size of a piece of notebook paper.

A gray floor could give you a very contemporary look with the blonde wood.

Love the idea. Agreed on the paint, pulls and definitely need to change the floor color. Liking the idea of more brown and gray could be very interesting! Also agree that doing these things and then waiting a year makes sense. Interesting on the suggestions for different backsplash as well. Just not sure where to start and end. Its a big space and continues to the cabinets of the bar in the family room.

Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I am new to Houzz and am LOVING it!!

One more question: What do you think about pendant lighting over the island? I like the idea, my husband likes the more open, look through feel. changing to softer bulbs is a good idea to take away the harsh light.

For me it's a nice pastime. Cause your walls and ceilings vary, that has a bearing in my eye, that you don't need to use much more material variations. In other words, think backsplash after flooring etc. cause you might not want it... besides it's beautiful and simple. Flooring a driftwood type of color pebble stone, natural neutrals!