BM soft fern would work if you like a hint of color or you could use BM gentle cream, both look great with your cab color.

Why carpet in a new build ?

Sherwin Williams Sedate Gray 6169 - 2nd lightest on the chit.

I️ love those paint suggestions!

Carpet is because I’m a single gal buying a house by myself. Haha. I’ll look into changing it down the road.

Change it now really the worst choice ever single or not.Spill a glass of milk and enjoy the smell forever

The carpet isn’t in the kitchen. It’s in the living room, where I️ don’t drink or eat. I️ only mentioned the carpet color because the paint would carry into the living room.

I think that sedate gray looks really nice. When I tried googling the granite, there were different images with varying colors so I really wasn't sure. Anyway your selections sound lovely to me. carpet and all.:)

I was wondering if I got the granite color right Sheila. I got a few options with the name Caledonia as well but mostly the above image. Is that the right granite Maria?

Yes! You hit it spot on. I️m so excited to start getting some of these samples and putting them on the wall!

SW reading colors from granite

So I would go with lightest gray.

The Olympus White? Or a shade darker. That one looks gray to me. Haha

I also have another question. Warm white bulbs or bright white bulbs? That would also change the paint colors a little bit too, right? I’ll have two hanging pendants in the kitchen and 4 hat lights in there as well.

Maria, we have SW Comfort Gray in our master bath, it’s a gray with a slightly green tint to it. It would be a really subtle and pretty color with the cabinets and counters pictured above. If it’s darker than you want, it’s lighter version is SW Sea Salt, also very pretty.

Definitly, lighting will factor in. If it were me, I’d wait until you have your lighting, cabinets, counters and even the flooring in before you choose a paint color so you can sample them and see how each one looks in the room, that way you can choose which lighting you like the best.

I am! The cabinets were installed today, and the floors are being prepped. My settlement is in 3 weeks, so I’d like to make painting my winter project.

This is my first home, so I really appreciate everyone’s patience and advice! There are so many design factors to think about, and it can be really overwhelming.

I am completely open to light or dark colors! The beauty of paint is that it can be changed, and the sample colors are cheap!

The sedate gray and sea salt looks great with your cabinets and granite. Congratulations on your new home. By the way, I’m moving into a new place in January and I ordered carpet too!

Congrats on your new home too! I hope it’s filled with lots of love and joy! I’m glad I’m not alone in my carpet choices! :)

Maria, excuse me if I'm confused I know you said the carpet is in the adjoining room (I think). So, what is going on the kitchen floor?

Do you have a picture?

Yes. Carpet just in the living room. The kitchen is vinyl. I had to replace my phone, so I lost a lot of my pictures of my design choices, but it’s a pretty basic tile pattern that pulls in the colors of the cabinets and the granite. Let me see what I can find.

You can see my color choices there. I’m not usually bold with color, and had limited options within my price point. But in that picture you can see the cabinet, granite, kitchen flooring, carpeting and vanity top.

Is the finalized floor pick? I ask because in the picture on my monitor it looks like it has a tic of pink in it. It's a bit harder then with color because some paint shades might make it look a bit pinker.

It is. I sat down in a design center for a few hours and played “this or that” back in June. It’s more of like the beige in the granite than pink though. I know it comes up different on every monitor, and it’s hard with just the sample size.

I think I misread your comment. It is a warm brownish beige. There may be a little pink? Your eyes might be picking up something I glanced over.

Some of the advise above was to wait till everything is in and that is good advice.

I don't like my first pick above with your floor. I like it with everything else though. The floor changes my mind. Not that I don't like the floor but it will limit your paint color choices more.

This is a wild guess until we see the floor down and everything in.

BUT, I don't love this with the cabinet color. See how tricky it gets?

Best to see how they all look together in your lighting before picking the paint.

The tile has a warm taupy gray in it that you will need to hit just right for your walls.

Wow, first home, a new build and all on your own! I’m impressed and excited for you!

The problem with the flooring is that it has a pink undertone that the other options don’t have. Have you finalized that part yet? If not, maybe there is a color in the same price range with tones that are a better match with the counters. This first pick is your flooring which is TrafficMaster right? If so, the one under it is also TrafficMaster and it has the same price point. It’s more neutral and might be a better option for the other elements in the room.

Justterrilynn, I think you are right. It’s hard to see how everything comes together from little sample sizes. The best idea is probably to wait, put up some lighting and go from there. I do like your color pick though. I see what you’re saying about making it a bit trickier.

lukkiirish, thank you for your kind words. I had to work 3 jobs for the better part of a year for the down payment, but seeing it go up has made it worth it.

The floor is finalized due to a “no design change” addendum that the builder has you sign once you make your choices. However, my goal for that space is to eventually change the flooring to some sort of wood like, highly durable product. I’m sure I’ll be turning to all of you for color choices once that project starts. Haha. Step 1 though is just to put up the white vinyl fence for the dog, finish out the basement (oh jeez, more choices. Lol), and try to find a color for the walls.

I know it’s kind of boring, but what about a warm cream or warm off white? Would that tone down some of the pinker undertones?

Something along these lines?

Some builders will let you change by signing an addendum and sometimes charging a change fee.

Assuming you are keeping the floor ...you need to wait till it's all put together.

Then, I might try a sample of Sherwin Williams Natural Tan 7567.

Here it is in shadow.

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Or, try an off white?

This is supposedly Natural Tan in full sun.

As you can see "if" these are all Natural Tan they all look completely different depending on the light and depending on what it is mixed with.

You can't go by a chit color at all. Painted colors look nothing at all like Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore Colors on the chits.