I can’t see the ceramic that well, but how about a soft green taken from the tile? Painted cabinets, especially in greens & blues, are coming back along with wood toned cabinets. Looks like additional lighting might be in order.

are you painting the cabs white? Will you be doing any other lighting? if not, that light choice should really be changed.

handles? what color?

white counter, white tiles, white cabs. snowstorm. you have a wide open variety of choices. pick anything else you like that isn't that overdone white subway tile.

soft sage? carrara marble? Ming Green marble?

Glazed brick? these are from CleTile and are the gray flannel, but more of green/blue gray.

sage color glass bars?

2x8, Aspen, tilebar.com

byzantine, tilebar

Mother of Pearl?

(as a suggestion for the cabinet area under the overhang, do some nice trim work before you paint)

I would like matt black handles. And trim on the peninsula bottom overhang would be nice.

@Beth I don't want white kitchen cabinets.

What about a stain? I'm no expert, but figure that is an option?

gigi,,,maple is very difficult to get to a darker stain. plus, it's very tedious to do correctly. they would pay more for stain than painting.

I did not know that Beth. Thanks for the info!

Leave the cabinets a light maple and use green splash and copper accents.

I wouldn't paint the cabinets, myself. It's an expensive job done professionally, and a tedious one done DIY.

These cabinets are pinkish bleached maple. I can’t stand that colour.

Would the color of the stone on your fireplace surround work on the cabinets, with your floor tiles? I can't really tell if it is beige, bone or in between. However, you seem to have a lot of neutral going on in the two rooms, even with the pretty rug. The kitchen floor is pretty busy, which makes me want to stay with fairly neutral pastels and not try to be matchy with a green.

You could paint the lower cabinets navy blue, or a soft light yellow that goes with the floor. -- if you want to go with green this pretty one might work on the lowers (taken from Lisa_wi's reveal back in 2012)

The stone around the fireplace vary from taupe to green-gray depending on the light, and time of day. But I see it mostly as green-gray.

what if you did the horizon or sea salt color? is that too gray for you?

you said you don't want gray, but what about the color of your fireplace? would any of these work?

this is Coventry Gray,,,it has a greenish tone

what do you think about two tone? could you do the uppers in white or is that still too much ?

do you have plans on changing the floors down the road?

Beth’s suggestions on soft green grays are on point. That color will also have the effect of reducing the pink look on your cabinets. That plus your white countertops will really bring positive change for your space. Do that first. Painting cabinets is no easy task. And it is expensive.

Beth your sage green is gorgeous and that byzantine wow! Would go great with her existing floors....l'm in love!

I think Beth's suggestions are great and they are all in my fireplace stone I'll go with one of those. I'll bring the paint chips today but cabinets are not going to be painted soon. We need a few more weeks until we can tackle that. My husband will do it. But we would like to put the backsplash now, can't look at those marks on the wall left after removing mirror backsplash installed by the previous owners.

So with green-gray or pewter cabinets and my existing floor tiles, any other suggestion for the backsplash? White subway tile is one option. Anything else?

With the floor, and if you do the cabinets in a color (even if very soft) I think I would use white on the backsplash. Be aware that white varies among manufacturers, so get a sample tile or 3 and test them in the room with the counter/floor and the paint you choose. I've got several at the moment, from different stores, and they are all "white" in the store, but vary from a very slight pinkish undertone, to grayish, to bluish in the bathroom that I would use them in (when placed next to the sink).

I wouldn't use any marble look tile with the floors, or any but the faintest of green.

Again, "white" in glass tile will rarely be truly white; it will be faintly gray, green, or blue depending on the manufacturer. So you would again need to make sure that it goes really well with your floor, paint and counter. Glass does add a little more dimension to the wall, I think, although considered rather "modern" (wouldn't put it in a colonial kitchen); I think would work with your rooms.

A mosaic tile pattern might be good, echoing the fireplace. (Not the skinny linear mosaics that are in all the stores, but one that involves varying heights and lengths of the same tile, especially having some similar to the fireplace stones)

I brought some paint chips and I think the Edgecomb gray might be a contender for cabinets. I also brought these tiles. I'm leaning towards this one. It's 10x3.

Another one has a different edge and it's 12 x 4

Love the tiles. Can you post the source and specific name of the tiles. They are great!! As to your paint color, that color has a LRV of 67, and on a scale of 100 most color reflective to 0 you can see it is not high on the reflective scale. It is in the Yellow Red hue family, and on the "warm" side of that family. Another color you might want to consider is HC-174 - Lancaster Whitewash. It has a LRV of 75 (reflects more light) and it is in the Yellow cool hue family, so it will be lighter and cooler in appearance in your space which I think would be a better combination with your countertop and backsplash. I would suggest you try some larger (12"x12") paint sample boards to get a better idea of how those two colors play in your light in your room.

Alternatives if you don't want a neutral might be in the blue/gray family. Those are popular and create a really nice feeling in spaces.

Thank you Flo for pointing out LRV. I have the Lancaster Whitewash chip as well but I think it's more yellow than I'd like. BTW my phone does not make good photos. I will definitely pay attention to LRV.

These tiles are made in Spain, by Heralgi. They are pretty inexpensive $1.52 CAD per piece. This one is Mythical Frame Ice Ceramic glossy tile.

http://collections.heralgi.com/en/products/mythical

Thank you sondra. Yes, our phone cameras are not accurate color-wise. I would encourage you to test some colors for your cabinets. Matching or coordinating whites and off whites is just about the hardest color challenge. Keep us posted on your progress.

@Super Lumen You think this is an ocean of neutrals?

I guess to each their own.

@Flo you asked me about the source of the tiles. The second one is Enigma Long Metro White 4"x 12" from Demireks, Turkey. I bought at Home Depot.

BTW we decided to go with that tile.

I was playing with different layouts. I find this one ( Pic #1 ) more interesting than half/half- Pic2

Ok thanks! This is better photo too. They look like beveled edge so you want to do sample boards to get your grout color right.

sondra,,who is tiling? make sure the person who grouts knows how to properly wipe and clean away the grout around the bevels. some tilers don't know and leave a large grout joint in the bevels, thinking that's the way to do it.

should look like this

and decide what you want on the edges or borders. this is a type of liner

below, chair rail on top, and a rope liner at the bottom. this is crackle glaze.

Good points Beth, I was thinking that as well. Bevels can be tricky. But they look great when done right.

Maybe an emerald green, or deeper colour green that matches your floor tile, even if you do top cupboards white and bottom cupboards green

I would suggest trying BM Fieldstone as a possible cabinet color. It’s a really nice gray with a green undertone. It will have a nice contrast with the white counters and backsplash, and should work with your floors. Although I think actual green cabinets are really pretty, I don’t think they are ideal for your space. Better to choose something with a green undertone, rather than an actual green, in order to downplay the green in the floor.

Definitely paint a large sample of the colors you are considering - don’t try to choose from a paint chip. Also, keep in mind when looking at paint samples that your cabinets will appear lighter in color than the sample. Probably one to two shades lighter. So you want to choose a paint color that looks like it might be a bit too dark. The more natural light you have in your kitchen, the more the color will lighten up.

The tile installation went well, hubby did a pretty good job. We have to decide on grout. My husband does not want dark or gray grout. I also feel like the contrast is not matching the style of the kitchen. Grey grout will look similar to what's is now, am I right? So right now we are not liking this kitchen and I am disappointed. The only thing I like is the sink. I know it will be better once we grout it, change the hardware and paint the cabinets and walls but that's not gonna happen soon. Is white grout going to improve the look( for now)?

One of the issues is that tiles and cabinets look dirty compared to white.

My question is: Is white grout going improve it or make it worse?

Would light grey or something other than white make it better?

Just as with paint, and tile, there are all kinds of whites (and grays, there are light grays, silvery grays, greenish or blueish grays) available in grout, depending on the manufacturer. So you probably want to get grout that closely matches the tile, or closely echoes the paint color you choose, unless you really want the look of bold grout. Do you have a tile store where you live? They could probably help you find just the right grout.

Yes, trying them all together before installation is always a good idea to avoid those mismatches and subtle changes in color perception based on the combinations.

I love this. What do you think?