Here is 2LittleFishies post of her finished kitchen:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2littlefishies-yellow-kitchen-reveal-long-dsvw-vd~2459739?n=157

Anyone remember the FKB?

http://finishedkitchens.blogspot.com/2005/07/annaleefs-kitchen.html

That was a good buttery kitchen. The link is sort of sad now. :)

Kelly Feil, I'm excited to see your finished kitchen : ) I also love warm cheery colors and tones. Our perimeter cabinets are going to be SW Bagel, less yellow or buttery, more light tan with teensy bit of a golden hue. Not sure how it translates on monitors though:

M Miller, thanks for posting 2littlefishies kitchen - that was before my time but it makes my heart just sing : ) What a cheerful and well organized kitchen!

Thanks 2ManyDiversions. I can't wait to get the design done. It's been tough finding the right shade - the closest ones seem to be colors that have a brown glaze over them, but we want the tone without the glaze. So it may be color matching !

I love 2littlefishies' kitchen!! I am so happy to see someone doing a yellow kitchen. Yay!

Thank you! I feel a bit out of step since it seems all anyone is doing here is white, which I've done before but does not feel right on this house. In my heart of hearts, I'd love to have cabinets with legs that are more furniture like. But if I can get my cabinets "buttered", I'll be happy!

I hear you. Our cabinet maker is painting ours to preference, but it was still difficult. And I don't want the glaze either. I looked through every Benjamin Moore paint to find something 'just right'. Nada. Then was told I could choose from Sherwin Williams and finally found what I liked. Initially though I'd picked a color that was a 'creamy white' and for 2 weeks felt sick as it wasn't at all what I wanted. So glad I came to my senses before they'd done much painting!

Good luck!

A zillion years ago during the Depression when I worked in a box store, I did a kitchen in Martha Stewart cabinets in the Fortune Cookie color. It was the perfect not lemony, notbschoolbus, not too brown yellow. I wouldn’t suggest those cabinets, but the color is great.

Martha’s image.

That's it exactly! And I even like the style of the cabs. But thanks for saving me a trip to check them out - we don't have a Home Depot in the area. I will see if I can match that color.

Oh, that is beautiful!

FWIW, the one thing I think I will regret... cabinet feet. Still, it's what I want, so yep, going there ; ) I won't regret them on the basis they aren't on-trend (or worse yet, egads... outdated!) but rather because they'll be a PITA to clean around. Oh, and we are having 2 half-legs on one end of our island. : ) But we aren't re-selling so we only have to worry about making ourselves happy.

Have your cabinet maker do a standard toekick. Then the decorative feet attach via Velcro so they can be removed to clean. :-)

My Custom cabinet maker uses a waterborne conversion varnish that can be matched to either Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams.

Here is the closest software suggested matches in SW &BM colors to the above. Custom in between colors are always possible as well. Always do a sample that gets cut in half for the cabinet maker and you to keep to judge the color.

"Then the decorative feet attach via Velcro so they can be removed to clean. :-)"

You know, TCK, I once wished for a trash bit that'd open hands free... someone pointed me to servo drives (and yep, there will be one!). Is there anything that can't be accomplished with a little ingenuity? : )

Heartsmere is pretty. I strongly second TCK's comment. Colors change in one's home, they change in light, and they might look one shade then turn another. We are mid-remodel and the original color I chose had a greenish tint (apparently only I could see) that I abhorred. And my DH kept turning on the work lights to see the colors... they are bright white, and our cans were to be warm light. Sheesh.