I like ivory / cream too. Also, you could do a light, light shade of the blue in the counter.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say yellow might be pretty?

I don't have much experience using off white colours unless it fits the room, where in this case I might have to. I never considered yellow before. so cream/ivory, light blue.. what shade o blue or yellow? do I want to stay away from bright and go more pastel? or would reddish orange be an option?

I like the yellow in the top picture above. Here's another couple of examples of yellow kitchens with oak cabinets.

the pale yellow looks nice

my worry is that it will clash with the blue. stupid blue counter tops.

Yellow and blue are complimentary colors, so can look very nice together.

ahh ok! everyone on here are awesome and helpful. I have no sense of color coordination. so all of this is amazing help!! as well, I'll be posting " before and after" shots when I finish it!

the dinning room and living room are open concept and blend into each other. it will be a steely grey blue (castle blue by sico) the entryway and Hall is a medium taupe/beige

the kitchen is its own room, only white on the walls right now.

going to go with yellow!! thanks everyone for their input.

I like barncatz's suggestion. Here is a preview with a similar color:

that looks really nice er612