what color are your cabinets now?

what color is your trim now?

Is your house open concept? if you paint the trim white will you have to paint all the trim in the house? or only on one level?

what colors do you like ?

Great questions from Mrs.Gopher...

And what is the light in your house? Windows? Fixtures? LIght can really change a color and create yellow when you need blue. I do like your options. Very pretty flooring and the granite is lovely too.

I would find some samples of colors that you like and see if they work with your options. It can be so challenging on a monitor to choose a color. I have lots of ideas but they need to be tested in your space.

This granite and this floor color look similar. It looks like a creamy white paint on the cabs

The existing trim is white but probably not the exact white I would choose for cabs. The existing cabs are oak.

I matched my trim to my cabinet color. But you don't have to do this...Everyone is different, some people want a consistent look others like to layer on white colors and work with the colors they have. I would find a white that you like with your trim or if you like, try to match the trim color.

I went with Super White BM. This is a crisp, stark, whitest of white colors. We have a cool blue base room. Your counter is much warmer. I think you may want to look at Simply White BM (Maybe you have chosen already) .Dove White BM (softer), Oxford White BM a classic white color that is not to cool or warm. ... So many whites to search I like but have not used these .... Zurich White SW , Egret White SW.. Sherwin Williams also makes this really creamy warm white that might look pretty with your stone called Panda White SW oh and I almost forgot Creamy SW.

I would buy a few samples, paint some cardboard and see how they look with your stone and floor choices.

Again questions.

Is this home open concept? What is the lighting? Natural lighting? What direction is the room?

The slab you have pictured has some harsh lighting that is not showing the softness of your stone color. I am guessing it is more cream and beige maybe even a bit of peach with flexs of brown or maybe flexs of burgundy.

julie blanner sherwin-williams-creamy

Thanks for all the ideas! I think I'm just overwhelmed by all the whites and it seems daunting making everything coexist. Our kitchen is open to the living room, but I would not call it an open floor plan per say. The two sets of stairs to the upper level and the basement are in the middle so the kitchen, living and dining room circle them.

Photos of the kitchen when we purchased the house so you can see the cabinet color and light sources. The current kitchen walls are painted Olive (above) and one wall is shared with the living room which is otherwise painted Stone House (above). I'm thinking maybe I just carry the stone house color in to the kitchen. There is also a desk area that you cannot see in the kitchen that has cabinets giving us the option to paint a different color there, but we will do the same counter tops. The granite also has some gray in it. I know the glare on that slab makes it hard to see. I think that will help tie in the black appliances.

Another option is to buy peel and stick samples at Samplize - that was easier (and cheaper) for me than buying samples and painting cardboard. You really do need to view the paint colors in the rooms with your lighting and at different times of day - it's amazing how light can change color.

With that stone, I would do wood cabinets, not painted. Maybe not the current wood tone (though I actually think with the new floor and counter, the current oak color would look infinitely better), but you could use gel stain to tone down the orange tones of the wood and I think you could end up with a lovely kitchen.