White is the safer choice of course... But a fun color would probably work too. I really need to see the counters close up though before saying more. They appear to be very tan/brown and at first glance turquoise cabinets doesn't seem to go. But I could be wrong. If you do go with a fun color then keep in mind that paint can be changed again so it's not the end of the world.

Generally, I find that any choice of paint is more restrictive, to an extent, than a stain. Stained wood is mostly perceived as neutral..but even then, some stains imply certain styles and environments. (like knotted pine vs ebony..)

So whatever paint, and sometimes even stain you choose-you are, in effect, not choosing something else:)

Choose a color that has a staying power for you personally as in for your house. And it can be ..well, almost any color? Take your other finishes into account though. If all you're changing is paint, and other surfaces stay the same-you have to use a color that'd go with your granite, backsplash, floors. And it should be a warm color then( turquoise is a rather warm blue but I'd look into even warmer version of blue..in short the greener it is the better) and it has to be not clean and fresh but muted more, to work with your existing elements.

(for example white-pure white-won't work in your kitchen either. should be cream)

Will you get tired of it soon? Nobody knows:) If you don't know-there's no way for us to know the answer to this question..:) Everybody's different.

I painted our new cabinets and I think I'll never get tired of them, but it's been only half a year..:)

I probably won't though since I love the color for years and years, and it works very well with all the other colors I love (and I love A LOT). I also had an opportunity(or rather a curse lol) to remodel from studs so it was easier to plan, in that sense. Existing surfaces can boss you around a lot. The only bath we didn't gut-I had to pour tons of thought into it to make it work like it belongs to the house, because it sure wasn't remodeled by the PO like it does. Involved lots of styling..

And yes, you can re-paint. Won't be very cheap. But you can re-paint when/if you get tired of the color, or change other surfaces..or simply already have to re-paint))

What you can't do-is go back to stain.

It's not the look I would go for, but if you think you will like it, collect inspiration images first, then, go for it.

Find the color you love then paint large poster boards in the color and tape them to the cabinets and countertops so you can see the color in the space. I love blue kitchens. It might be an option to just do part of the cabinets in the blue. Just the uppers for example. I often see kitchens with just the island blue.

If you like blue then it should not be a problem for you to use blue in the other rooms to pull it together. Accessories and pillows in shades of blue.

I am a little hesitant with white due to the tile floor - it could get cold looking. I have a similar kitchen and did not paint but did get new quartz and backsplash. I love blue, and would lean more towards blue for adding some color to the space. I would lean blue, but i would also consider green or green gray (even though I don't like gray) to make a warmer more inviting painted kitchen - with the wood gone.

This color might work with your floor:

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Check out the blog House of Turquoise for many kitchens with touches of blue - can also check her Pinterest page.

http://houseofturquoise.com/

Are you changing your counters? If not, and they look in great condition, so I imagine not, it's really important to choose a shade that plays well with that beige-y brown.

Wow, thanks for all the thoughtful comments and advice, everyone! We are not changing the counters, floor or backsplash right now, so yes, we will need to choose a shade carefully. I love blue, and have always loved it, but I am scared to use it in such a hard-to-change way, I really don't want to have to paint again for a long time. I don't like the wood stain right now, and love white too, so I will probably go with white for now, but will spend today and tomorrow looking at inspiration pictures!

Great idea. You can always use blue as an accent color, but white will serve you well for a "permanent" fixture.

Yes, turquoise is in the "blue family" but there is a BIG difference between turquoise cabinets and blue cabinets! And then there is your countertop. Will you be happy? Or would you really like to replace the countertop, too?

I redid my kitchen 7 years ago (gut job). We did stained cabinets with 2 painted accent pieces. I still love our stain, but actually kinda regret my painted pieces because they 1) look just slightly dated and 2) very much limit my colors now - for the kitchen and adjacent family room. When we did it, our whole house had warm beigey tones so the pieces are off-white with brown glaze. I just repainted our whole house interior in white, iceberg blue, flora green. Finding a white that didn't make those darn painted kitchen pieces look straight up orange-yellow was almost impossible. I hunted for a solution relentlessly for maybe 6 months till I found a workable white - and I had to custom mix it myself! It was not a fun experience. Since you are having it done professionally, I would make sure it's something you know that you know that you love, love, love even if/when it does go out of style. If you were doing it yourself then you could just plan to do it over again when you got sick of it, but it's a shame to re-do something that still has a high-quality finish, even when you don't love the color anymore (otherwise I'd just redo my pieces!). That last photo jhmarie posted of the blue cabinets is gorgeous!!!!

I looked at that last blue cabinet picture for a long time in deciding what to do with my kitchen - but in the end I did not paint, but kept the stained cabinets. I have painted cabinets in other parts of the house but for my gray winter midwestern climate I decided I really preferred stained. This is not the style you want, but I have a very similar kitchen:

https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/57579129/thumbs/my-pics-work-in-progress

I'd probably chicken out and paint the walls a turquoise.

Perfect. Thanks for the ideas everyone! I think I'm going with white cabinets, and will paint the walls turquoise for now and can switch it around when I tire of it!

jhmarie, you have a beautiful home. I love seeing actual homes more than the professionally decorated ones, they are so much more colorful and unique.

Thank you:)

I realize you are not doing countertops now and no reason to do so as they look like a nice granite, but if you like the sink style in my kitchen, it is the Kohler Whitehaven "short apron" style apron front sink which can be installed on a standard sink base cabinet. It comes in a "tall apron" style for a farmhouse sink base - which you could always get especially as you are painting and could match the new base with paint, but a new base cabinet also adds significantly to the cost. A good countertop guy can retrofit the "short apron" sink into an existing countertop and cabinet base, but that gets to be a lot of $ for a new sink - though I do have information on having that done.

From Apartment Therapy today:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/a-once-dark-amp-dreary-kitchen-gets-a-jaw-dropping-remodel-245980

something like this implies changing all the hard surfaces

while here the OP is looking to change just the paint

and let's face it..nothing dreary about the kitchen. normal, functional kitchen. it might be not to somebody's taste, or be like "we're fed up with oak because it was all over for so long""etc..but there's nothing dreary about it.

it's empty..no signs of life yet, no accessories..so it doesn't look especially happy just yet. But it will be, lol.

The one they pictured was not "frankly depressing" too. Wasn't the most successful. but very far from being depressing. Have these people been to many houses in their life? I just wonder.

(journalism today..)

that's not to say their remodel isn't nice..great remodel. But it is a full remodel.

I had saved these photos because I thought this look was so pretty. It would be fairly easy to replace some of your solid panels with glass to do something like this.

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