I vote for whiter. Maybe Dove white. Also the pantry cabinet should be all one color. Probably white.

Thank you, I think I knew that but my husband is going to cry when I say it. I was just asking a friend about going one color on the pantry.

I think this is a typical problem with choosing different upper/lower colors, what to do on the cabinets that are not separate. The two colors does not work for me ... but I could see maybe doing white on the back wall, gray on the fridge wall and island?

I would like to see the pantry all one colour. I think it looks better in the gray so that the fridge is blending into it's surroundings. I'm not keen on the lighter white/ivory. The photos might be partly to blame, but it looks like you have peek-through colour which makes it look like you got as far as priming the cabs...but then gave up and left it.

Sorry but the application looks less attractive in the white/ivory than it does in the gray/taupe. The gray 'pulls it off' but the ivory is showing every mistake. If you are going to do something over again...I would rethink the white/ivory.

Your kitchen layout is similar to mine except our peninsula is larger. When I refaced our cabinets I also considered the two tone thing because it looks so nice when done well. However, I also didn't know how to handle the cabinet wrapping around the fridge and even the peninsula would have been problematic with how it interfaces with the upper cabinets in my kitchen. I stuck with one color and I think it turned out great. I am not a pro, but think the two tone effect looks better in lager kitchens with longer expanses of cabinets and more going on with top cabinets (glass doors, open shelving, etc). I would stick with white everywhere especially based on your living room photos.

Your living room has a clean look with light flooring and clear colors on the wall and trim. The kitchen doesn't have the same light and clean feeling; those cabinets look muddy especially in the ivory. I would paint the kitchen cabinets the same color as your existing living room trim. If you wish to do the two tone effect, you could paint the lower cabinets - not the pantry - in a gray that tends toward blue, not a brown or green.

If I go white on the pantry and side then what do I do with the white trim?

I think just changing the pantry to match uppers will fix the issue...I really like the lower cabinet color as is. Great job updating!! Your home is super cute and the kitchen when completed will look wonderful!

Put on your wish list a stainless steel stove to match refridge....the black sticks out like a sore thumb :(( sorry

Also keep this in mind when buying your next refrigerator you can order counter depth so it does not stick out beyond the cabinet.

Our appliances are next. They are all mismatched. I was thinking white? Also, I think I will just match pantry doors and do another coat of white on the top. The pictures don't really portray them very well. They are white with an antique glaze. If I do another coat of white it will look more white/distressed. Agree?

Great idea! It will look very nice.

Hi, Did you think about doing black? You have light colored counters and floors and trim so there would be enough of a contrast. It would help blend in the appliances also. I love black!!! but the think the show stopper is your beautiful helper in pink (very stylish) Enjoy all those blessings!

Hi there -- good for you for taking on this project!

The delineation should be darker color for all lower cabinets. All cabinets that are not separate uppers and lowers should be the same as lowers. Only separate uppers should be lighter color.

Here's a couple of photos as examples...

The other way I think it works is if all wall (uppers and lowers) are the same and then the island is a different color/stain but that doesn't apply to your kitchen layout.

Good luck!

I like the two-tone and would continue the white upper on the pantry cabinet around the side so that it does not end so abruptly. You have a molding separating the top/bottom so it will look natural for the top to be all one color. Very cute country doors!

I also prefer the stainless appliances with that base color.

Oh Dear!!

I would do the tall cabinets in the color of the base cabinets.

Since your new paint is not exactly white, I would say that white appliances are out of the question.

I would also 86 the blue walls everywhere.

I think you just have too much glazing on the white. I would paint this whole kitchen one color instead of the trendy two tone, which already looks dated. The dark grey isn't much of a change from your original cabinets, so I would say pick something lighter. Either way, I wouldn't glaze. If you go all white/off-white I would get stainless steel appliances.

Hindsight is 20/20, but if you hadn't painted yet, I would have suggested uppers solid white, no glaze, leave lowers original stain. Pantry one color.

I have dove white uppers and rift oak lowers. I love the two tone look. The tall ceiling to floor cabinet (panelled fridge) I did in all white. I think if you paint the entire tall pantry white that would work better for you.

Here's a photo of what I mean. Excuse the mess.

Chalkboard paint on a backsplash? Seriously?

The point of a backsplash is to have an impervious--easy-to-clean--surface that resists splashes of water, food, soap, grease, etc.

Chalkboard paint is the opposite of such a surface. Bad idea for a backsplash.

The glazed white, IMHO, looks like the house has been full of smokers and not cleaned for the past 20 years.

Yeah, I thought that was a typo when she first mentioned painting all of the tile with chalkboard paint. I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that. Please let us know how that turns out.

I vote that you paint all of the cabinets a crisp, high-gloss white. Have them professionally sprayed! Rolling or brushing will show all the mistakes. The flaws in the cabinet painting are not helping the cause.

Your floor tile doesn't have any yellow in it. The 2-tone grey/yellow-cream combo isn't cutting it. The upper cabinets look dirty from "smoker's yellow" as another poster noticed. I agree.

The bottom colour is the wrong shade for a 2-tone effect if you want it to blend with the floors.

Since the kitchen and rest of the home is blue, you need to work with that. By doing the 2-tone, you are introducing 2 new colours that don't belong with anything else and it looks choppy.

The high-gloss white would look wonderful with a nice tiled backsplash that picks up the subtle shades of grey in the light. It won't clash.

You will quickly regret using chalkboard paint for a backsplash. It will show every water drop.

If you want something for the kids to decorate then give them their own blackboard somewhere else.

I would also consider using a few glass-front cabinets for effect and either cabinet lighting or under-cabinet lighting. Some nice cabinet pulls in the same finish as the hanging light and a new faucet and wow! I think you would be very pleased.

The first picture is close to your floors.

The second picture shows how the glazed herringbone tile back-splash adds interest without being too much.

If done well, white kitchens are classic. :-)

Here's a few pictures of glass-front cabinets and lighting to give a few ideas.

If budget is tight, focus first of all on the cabinets being done well. Don't follow a fad or trend. Most are costly disasters (like chalkboard paint...). Two-toned cabinet combos are usually done poorly imho. It looks like the home-owners got the cabinets on sale because they couldn't afford one colour...

In regards to painting a backsplash go to Jennifer Allwood's (The Magic Brush) FB page and go through her pictures. She painted her backsplash. She also offers videos of how to paint a backsplash and what type of paint to use. She is adorable and I follow her. Good Luck!
PS I would go with Stainless Appliances. They look higher end and be sure to pay the extra money for a counter depth fridge. And don't buy a GE Profile- they are terrible!
GE can't make a ice maker that works to save their lives!

I agree with luvourhome...sometimes what we like just doesn't fit with our space...if you don't want to spazz out, paint all cabs (upper and lower) the color of your floors with a couple of uppers replaced with glass doors...the blue walls is your neutral color--actually looks soothing..if you are getting ss appliances that will help break up all the white...paint the base breakfast return the same color as the wall if it's easier than reprinting entire wall...this would bring this color off the wall and integrate with the white. I noticed the yellow flowers on the table in adjoining space...bring some of that color onto your white counter top with (i.e..bowl of lemons/limes, dish towels, vase of Black-eyed Susans centerpiece)to warm up space so kitchen won't look too steril

I would keep the cabinets all dark. White cabinets are a pain to keep clean. I would focus on new counters, backsplash, floor. Fridge magnets are neat, but are not giving you the look you want probably. Maybe put the picture frame that you can never see from on TOP of the cabinet on a wall where you can see it! Fake plant on top of the cabinet? BYE BYE and do yourself a favor. Your kitchen is modern style, so match match match that style with your light fixtures and keeping stuff on the counter to a minimum. (NOT practical, but will look awesome! Hahaha) Good luck!

I think you need to go with the light finish but I think the finish shown in the picture looks a little "dirty". Maybe you can find a nice soft white that will give you a cleaner look. Have you looked into just getting new doors? That is a suprisingly reasonable price in my experience and can make a world of difference to the entire look of your kitchen. Some new counters and backsplash and maybe update the kitchen stools at the peninsula and the whole look could come together really well. I also like the suggestion I saw above to make some of the doors with glass fronts. That could look really lovely and you can display some lovely china or serving dishes etc. If you are getting away from the blue in the backsplash I think you could also consider the wall above and moving to a fresh colour there too. Looking at your photo, I think you need to consider an all or nothing approach to displaying items on top of your cupboards. Find a theme and display many pieces or take it all down. You've got so much height to work with, you could consider small cube cabinets with glass doors above your uppers with lighting installed in them, that could be lovely display. Sorry, I'm trying to embed a photo but I don't think it is working well. Have fun and enjoy.

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One thing to think about is the lighting, it makes such a difference. Uplighting that illuminates the ceiling casts less shadows and can take better advantage of your higher ceiling, and it could also make your two-tone cabinets seem brighter. Its seems like you did that to some degree, and maybe its just the photos, but Its hard to tell what your colors are in a photo, but if you are going to use blue for the walls, I would think white and gray white would make a more cohesive look for the cabinets. In these pictures I am seeing some yellow and brown in the antiqued cabinets. Personally I would go with really white and try to make everything look more cohesive. White4 isn't hard to keep clean when the finish is shiny and its so easy to touch up if you get a message corner. it will make it seem less cluttered, more spacious. Like planting in a garden, if you can get a mass of color its more satisfying than too many small patches. Once you have your mass of color (and it should go with the floor and the trim, so I would think, all white cabinets and appliances, then anything that is a bright color will pop and feel cheery.

i think if you painted the whole pantry and side, (including the side of the upper cabinet) would be a big improvement...i like the two tone look...i'm doing mine in two tone also...pale turqoise on the inside, light grey on uppers, and a little darker grey on bottom....i failed to mention that i just moved into an apt with nasty cabinets...so that is my solution...

Only do white if you love cleaning all the time especially if you have kids!

The two tone is fine, the pantry should be all white though. There is nothing wrong with white appliances. It's still a very popular choice in appliance color. Frigidaire and a few others are now making white appliances with an updated smooth finish.

I would go whiter and no two tone. It will be a more updated look

Hi, to me when I look
at your second picture – you see blue walls, yellow toned neutral wood floors,
white kitchen floor tile, then the 2 new cabinet colours and not sure of
counter top.

The two things you are
not going to change are the floors so need to work with them.

Talking colour based
on a computer monitor is always risky! but to me the new darker cabinet colour,
though looks like a nice colour, I’m not sure it goes with the wood floors. You
can also see this in the next picture. Its not too bad, and maybe it just seems
too much going on. So removing one cabinet colour feel would look better.

As someone else
mentioned – white kitchens are classic. But I would NOT go gloss. First that
would be much harder to do, more expensive and I don’t feel your house would
suit it. It’s a very modern look, but a nice white would look good – not
antiqued or glazed.

It used to be the
style to have dark counter – light cabinet or vice versa. Nowadays if you look
– you will see people are using more of lighter cabinets with lighter counters
also which is a lighter, cleaner look. And keep in mind – what makes things
look smaller is contrast so less contrast opens up a space.

I would definitely not
go black, I know its very trendy at the moment but you have to love the look
and want to cook in a black kitchen. In my mind only works in certain places. I
do not think it would suit your house. And NO to the chalk board back splash –
I think it would end up marked and a mess.

And lastly, just a
comment about the living room. I know it’s not asked for but I can’t help
myself – sorry. It’s a pet peeve of mine that people, including lots of
designers, stick TV’s over the fireplace. This is just plain and simply wrong
in so many ways. First – it is the wrong height!! TV’s are meant to be
positioned so that they are at eye level while SITTING!!! Next – the fireplace
should be a pretty focal area – nice artwork or a mirror over the fireplace –
not a black rectangle. Your fireplace is very nice and it would look so much
nicer to enter the room and have a pleasing focal point.

You could place the TV
on a low table in front of the window – would be better for viewing from most
seating. Mind you, I don’t know what is outside the window!

Another vote for all white ... It would flow better with your light LR.