I would paint everything cloud white and then look at it for changing the walls if necessary but you might not need to do anything after that colour is in

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I agree that white cabinets would go well with what is already there. I do think your wood cabinets look very nice already but I understand when you say you have your heart set on a white kitchen.

I would suggest though that the pendant lights could be replaced. They are not bad, and I hope I am not overstepping but to me, they don't really enhance anything and I believe it would not be a costly fix to either replace all 3 with something else, of even to consider going to one or two.

You have what ya cookie consultants call a clean/dirty situation going on. Your trim color is wrong (which is the clean) with your hard finishes (which are dirty). You have to pick a lane and go with it. Your counter/backsplash/floor tile look like they have pink undertones. If this is what they really look like, look at a pink undertoned white like SW Aesthetic White. Cloud awhile is yellow undertoned and will look good with yellow undertoned finsihes. Good luck.

That’s suppose to say “color consultants” ugh spell check!

I agree with mommysnagpants about cloud white for the cabinets. Change one thing at a time and see how everything looks together. As far as the pendants the glass in each could be replaced with something clear.. Since bronze would match your granite consider keeping the hardware and go with bronze/dark pulls.

why wouldn't you wait and plan things. The cabinets are a neutral. I would probably tire of the angled two tier island run. I would probably tire of the sore thumb effect of fridge protruding and no panels....size looks off. I think a vented hood should be explored. The cabinets with newer transitional styled pulls are something quite easily lived with . The best advice, for a reason, is to live in your new home before embarking on projects. No I would not paint the cabinets. It looks like a nice big space to get your furniture in and enjoy it....decorate for the Holidays and start things next Spring/Summer.

Warm white walls for starters. Remember to keeo adjacent rooms in sight lines in mind. Did I see a deep red wall in adjoining room? Really important to keep continuity an flw in mind with flooring, wall, and trim colors. It is a dominoe effect and if you start without an overall plan you can end up with lots of costle do-overs.

Thank you all for your advice. I've decided to hold off on painting the cabinets. We're just going to get the walls painted and update the lighting for now. I'm leaning towards SW Accessible Beige for the entire home. We used it in our last house and loved it. I think it will accent the granite and cabinet colors nicely.

I am glad you’re holding off on the painting. Keep looking for inspiration photos that are similar your kitchen. If your budget allows, you’ll do more remodeling later and will have saved yourself the time and expense of painting the cabinets.
If you find you still like your layout down the road, a refaced kitchen is going to be more durable and easier to maintain. I just refaced my oak kitchen to warm Ivory with Home Depot. The finish is far better than I would have gotten with a home paint job.

wow redryder that looks beautiful! I like to check out the before and after, and I see you did change your flooring too. I am torn with what to do in my kitchen and have set up to have a re-facer come tomorrow. I need ideas and $$ ballparks. (Have had about 3 painting estimates so far). Taking it all in. Yours looks awesome

Accessible Beige is a good choice, it’s a pink undertoned beige.

You will have to address to too clean trim color eventually though.

I agree with some of the others. Go slowly. Paint the walls first and then reassess. Carefully consider the undertones when picking this color. Maybe Inukshuk by BM but hard to tell from pics.

For wall color, BM Edgecomb gray Might be worth a look too. It works well with our oak floors and warm stained doors. I tried taking a picture butthe lighting is terrible. Good luck with your new home!

This is my warm wood kitchen idea book if it will help at all:

https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/75202366/list/wood-kitchens

I do get concerned about the durability of painted over previously finished cabinets and my preference is for stained. However, you cabinets look maple and that paints up much better than oak.

Here is a blog post which I think gives a pretty good idea of how well painted cabinets will hold up if painted well. This blogger is experienced in DIY. DIY amateur will not hold up as well.

https://www.confessionsofaserialdiyer.com/painted-kitchen-cabinets-three-years-later/

I think I should have mentioned that the plan was to have the cabinets painted professionally. I wouldn't dare attempt it myself because I just don't have the patience. If we ever do have them painted, it definitely won't be DIY. :)

Also, the entire house will be painted in the same color so there will be continuity among the rooms. The red that you see came with the house and is going.

You can expect to pay $4-$5K to have cabinets professionally painted. Painting 4 rooms in my house cost me $1600 ish. My dining room was red when I moved in and the walls were a depressing taupe color. Painting everything the same made a big difference. I think you're smart to leave the cabinets and change the wall color and lighting. You'll be surprised at the difference it will make. Using 3500-4000k LED bulbs will also tone down some of the yellow undertones. It looks like your grout would benefit from a professional cleaning and sealing as well. Like mine was, it's lighter in some places and darker in others. Enjoy your new home!

You say you just purchased the house and sometimes living in the space for awhile gives a better perspective on what you want. Why not wait and do it all at one time? If you know the trim color you could go with that on the cabinets. There are many variations of white. A warm white would go with the granite.

I agree with others to hold off on this project until you live with it for a while. That said, when time came to start making updates, I would actually do things in the opposite priority than what you've proposed. Agree that you should paint the walls first - ideally before you move in. Then, after six months or a year, I would start with replacing the kitchen floors (looks like that tile is just in the kitchen - so wouldn't be expensive to replace with vinyl plank), and then the backsplash. Your cabinets are about to become "the next big thing" (warm wood, transitional style). While painted white cabinets with brown floors scream "i did a cheap paint job on my 1990s kitchen". You're lucky your cabs read quite contemporary, instead of many of the hideous golden oak with arches you see from that era. In other words, for $5000 you were going to spend on painting the cabinets, i'd change everything *but* the cabinets, and i think you'll end up with a quite contemporary looking result. It would also be inexpensive to swap the hardware and pendants - those are diy projects that can be finished for less than $500 in total.

All that said, after a year or so and a bit more money saved, you may just opt to wait a couple more years and spend $20k to put a new kitchen in. But i bet when you come back to houzz in six months to start this update, you're going to find a lot more (new) kitchens that look like your cabinets, and a lot less white kitchens.

I think your only hope to keeping the cabinets and using the granite is to paint the cabinets charcoal gray

Paint the walls white . This will allow you to leave the floor and the counters.

Your granite is Bargain Basement Baltic Brown, I would not hesitate to replace it with a more desirable color laminate for the short term.

Loving how spacious your kitchen is! I’ definitely go with the white cabinets. They’ll make the granite stand out and will give it the light it should have!

Your kitchen is lovely, so spacious and it seems you get a lot of natural light! Have you considered ivory white? I think the right tone of soft white will make those countertops stand out even more.

I am reading the comments after mine and I just want to add that I happen to like your granite. It might be bargain Basement Baltic Brown but I think it;s great to live with and very attractive. I know people lately are preferring the less "splotchy" (for lack of a better word _ but I think the colors are great and I would not replace with laminate, in case you were contemplating . I agree with Aqua that a ivory white might be just the ticket.

Why are you painting all your rooms the same color? Are they ALL open to one another? Continuity is one thing - matchy-matchy- is another.

I just had to write as my BEFORE pictures are very similar to yours. Warm wood tones and YELLOW walls. I have orange/red toned floors. (Full disclosure, I actually picked out that yellow paint 10 years ago. LOL) Over the last 9 mths I’ve been slowly making changes. I have posted a ton of BEFORE/AFTER/and during. Here are a couple of things I learned along the way. That YELLOW color totally messes with every color you bring in to try out. I would first paint ALLLLLLL that yellow your accessible beige. Even the kitchen. Once all that yellow is covered you can start to clearly see how other colors will really look in your space. I didn’t do that and I totally wish I would have. My walls are Natural Tan - SW very close to accessible beige.

I choose my backsplash when the walls were still yellow. Total mistake. While I like the brick for sure! I probably would have gone more gray-Brown brick and not yellow white, IF I had covered the yellow first.

I choose Anew gray (same color strip as Agreeable gray) for the kitchen but it looks a little steal-blue(growing on me). Again I wish I had waited to pick that color till after I had everything painted Natural Tan.

As for your cabinets. I agree with BeverlyFLADeziner that a light charcoal gray would look amazing with the granite. Also, once all the walls are whiteish you won’t feel your cabinets need to be white. I had the painter paint just one door the chosen color so I could really see it against the countertop. I choose Creamy White as my counter is a black/ brown color. I also only painted the top cabinets and plan to have the lowers painted later, due to cost. Wish I had done it all at once.

With all that said I LOVE my new look. I think for the cost of painting the walls and painting the cabinets you can bring warm and cool together. Your space is going to look great!

More living room pics. Hope this helps!