Concrete floor, brr! Plan lots of area rugs to warm it up. With that shade plan to go warmer tones on walls and with decor.

I love that first pic lindsey posted with that stove . BTW my parents had that stove in the 50’s but I seem to remember we had a griddle in the middle. As for wall color my go to is always a soft garyed green it seems to work with almost everything and I love the idea of concrete floors for a bit of a modern twist.

The image Lindsey posted looks great because the stove is freestanding against the subway tile wall. This is a great look for a beautiful vintage stove like yours. Do you have that option in your plan? Love the Sputnik light fixture too!

The floor has radiant heat. It came out way darker than the color i picked, and pinker. Boo. The contractor power troweled it and it burned the surface. I could make it freestanding by omitting the cabinets on either side but i'd lose too much counter space and 2 of my 3 drawer bases. U shaped kitchen and the stove is going in the middle of the U. But i will think about it and thanks for your ideas!

If you search "vintage stove" in Houzz kitchens you'll see tons of beautiful inspiration pics, lots of them with the stove incorporated into cabinetry.

This Houzz newbie thanks you. I actually can eliminate the cabinets on each side of the stove. The legs of the U are 11' long and that's plenty of space.

I grew up in a rural area and the farm kitchens there had the stove and refrigerator by themselves, with only lowers and MAYBE a couple uppers on the wall where the sink was. Also it was common to see home built units for counters that were a top, a lower shelf, and legs, no doors, and a piece of fabric for "curtains," to store pots, etc. One family had a large freestanding sink with drainboard outside on a covered porch with water provided by a hand pump! Like in a western!

Thanks again for your kind help.

Pictures of your project when it's completed would be so appreciated :-)

I will post some. It's going to be a while but I will.

I can delete this, cause you didn't even ask about tile. Distressed/ farmhouse, called Blanc:

[https://www.houzz.com/products/1413x1625-lambris-hex-porcelain-floor-wall-tiles-set-of-9-blanc-prvw-vr~53628232[(https://www.houzz.com/products/1413x1625-lambris-hex-porcelain-floor-wall-tiles-set-of-9-blanc-prvw-vr~53628232)

Lovely. Not sure I completely understand your comment, though.

About this kitchen: "The dark cupboard is an absolute salute to time."

QualCraft Construction Inc: "The wall color is from Dunn-Edwards Paints DE6135 Verona Beach / Aga Legacy 36" Dual Fuel Range w/Boiling Oven in white."

Warm-toned concrete repeated on walls - lighter, or over a few paint strips?

So you might have more plans than said - do you have kind of tile in mind? etc.... or a vintage cabinet in mind [like that kitchen]....see, if you do, that wood piece could 'carry the look' a bit, and then white cabinets won't seem too sterile.... make sense...?

i would think some color either flanking the stove or on the island, if you have one, would be a great way to accent the stove. Can the floor have a lvt lai

d over it? is it sealed or could they add more stain to the floor to tone out the pinkness?

Don't want white? - then kitchen with antiqued white -

PRO/Popwheel Art :

"SWilliams Antique White paint - with bright white subway tiles and dark bronze cup pulls for the drawers. It's so light and bright. You can definitely mix cream and white. The bright white makes the cabinetry look more creamy yellow than it otherwise would [without the white to compare it to]."

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I am leaning toward creamy, almost yellow cabinets, Shaker doors. Wall color...hmmm. Probably same color. Backsplash, no idea. I like subway tile but it's everywhere. Probably go with something white, not glossy.

Thanks for commenting.

The floor is sealed. We used Ghostshield 8505 i think is the number. I was originally looking for help with cabinet colors hoping to avoid white because they are everywhere too, but they look so fresh!

We did everything we could think of to tone the floor down and make it lighter but nothing worked. So decided to try to make the rest of the kitchen so wonderful no one notices the floor!

Yes, that sounds 'positive'! Still say that a wood piece might help connect flooring to 'your intent' - it'll be great with things you like in there...

A cabinet that is almost yellow may really heighten the pink tone of the floor.

Be really careful with the pink tone in the floor. It’s going to dictate the undertone of all the other whites and colors you use. If you’re not careful, your kitchen will end up looking a bit “off” and you won’t be able to figure out why. Do some research about whites and undertones.

Don’t just ignore the floor. It is now the boss of your kitchen!

Joyce, how well I know!! It's not a static color, and I think cabinets that aren't too wood-grainy would be better so there is not too much going on. Competing textures, as it were. But maybe not! Plus I don't like to follow the crowd while at the same time staying within the parameters of good design, and I don't have that talent. I am not good with color either and am blown away by the helpfulness here!

Guess I'll make some paint samples and order some doors.

I have a 30's era draw-leaf oak table that has a lot of character that I plan to use for an "island" piece. Just thought of that a couple days ago.

It will work out fine. Meanwhile, enjoying the journey!

Trying to post my layout but the photo button does not take me to my photo gallery.

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My phone says "recents" with three little lines next to it. When I tap those lines I can choose *Gallery

Or *Photo

* Camera and take a new picture which will automatically load here when you select it.

If you're on a proper computer you might see something different.

Late to the discussion, but would a painted floor work? A diamond pattern two tone floor could better match your vision and it could be done after your cabinets are installed. Then you can pick everything that suits your style rather than planning a whole kitchen around a color you don’t love.

Go simple with a light or white paint. Formica has laminate called charcoal boomerang. My mom had the same laminate in her kitchen, except with a white background.

I happen to like look of concrete. It could direct you to include bit industrial: copper, or black piping to hold shelving...

About that Blanc tile way up - could choose that [probably another with bit of appliance white] - and paint cabinets that neutral... like the antiqued white kitchen I posted before and again.

Would copper accents blend with floor? or bronze?

LOVE LOVE LOVE your stove ! i'm just in love with this look. make sure to post "after pictures" :)

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I'm wondering about wood finishes like this which are greys on oak. If you go with white I think you'd have to go with a really pure white or one with grey or brown in it. Floor is in the middle

Well-chosen, empty wall.... accent of terra cotta wallpaper?

https://www.houzz.com/products/geometric-bohemian-wallpaper-terra-cotta-bolt-prvw-vr~47160084

https://www.houzz.com/products/scandinavian-red-block-print-tulip-wallpaper-bolt-prvw-vr~16103227

you know.. just ideas.

https://www.houzz.com/products/gemma-coral-boho-medallion-wallpaper-bolt-prvw-vr~35535608

Those are fun everdebz :)

Thanks, making lemonade... :) and I'd probably like those floors, as an auburn liker.

Hey, everybody, you are so sweet to suggest everything!

Lindsey, thanks for the help. I posted my drawing in My Kitchen ideabook. Please overlook poor quality.

Remodeling1840, we can't paint it. It won't stick now. But we are going to wax it and maybe a dark wax will do the trick!

Carolina, oh my gosh I love it!! Hubby asked if we could put it on our cabinet doors! Ha. I'm going to check that out. Thank you. Maybe a formica backsplash too?

Palimpsest, Varathane makes an accelerating ageing product that I am going to try this week. It reacts with tannins and ages wood. Pine can come out purple if instructions not followed, but it works well on high tannin wood like oak. If not in the kitchen, on that farmhouse table I want to build.

Everdebz, those papers are fabulous. I think I must go 50's now. And I like the bronze/industrial touch idea very much! Old style faucet, in rubbed bronze? Yes.

Monarch, thank you. I was lucky to find it. It's in almost new condition, no rust, oven clean clean, only needs cleaning some dust and spidey webs, and making sure the burners work. And it's a 1952 model, like me!

I'm excited now. You are all terrific. Thank you.

This is my house. Working on inside now.

Lindsey, I found my gallery. Thanks again.

you're welcome :)

gorgeous setting, holy smokes.

Southern Colorado. Here's another one. Sometimes we can't believe it ourselves.

Atomic tiles!

https://www.houzz.com/photos/a-bernal-heights-2-residence-contemporary-kitchen-san-francisco-phvw-vp~5811054

Nice. Check out these laminate options: https://www.wilsonart.com/laminate/design-library

Several boomerang colors!! Other neat designs too.

Designer you are not? You have a fabulous start. I would do white counters to have a seamless look with your 50’s stove

. For your walls, definitely this color, B.M. Pale Smoke…gorgeous with your concrete floors.

Upper cabinets the same white as the counter. Lower Cabinets I would do this dark smoky green gray.

B.M Gray Pinstripe

JudyG, I am going to run out to the house and look at those paint colors right now! Thank you.

I may have to have counters in one of those boomerang laminate patterns from the 50's, though. I went to the Wilsonart site. Wow.

They brought them back !? :)

Go see! Fabulous colors.