I think you should pick the counter top you like the best and have it installed before picking the paint.

Of the three whites you mentioned, Chantilly Lace is the brightest. It has a blue undertone. Simply White and White Dove are warmer.

You can’t pick a cabinet color after counters are installed. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Cabinets are finished at the factory, or in a cabinet makers clean room. Chantilly Lace is in the yellow green color family, just like the rest of your choices. Maybe you should get away from the sterility of white on what that’s dropping like a rock in popularity because it’s so cold. Pick a real color. Or do wood. Which has made a huge gain in being used in projects. Or pick something not so fake marble. It’s way over saturated the market and there’s backlash against it too.

Pick one or the other as white. But not both.

@houssaon thank you for putting the swatches side by side for me. I think I like simply white best.
I love calacatta nuvo but if the overall feel of my kitchen is too white I won't be happy. 🤔

@live_wire_oak I've been dreaming of a white/off white kitchen for years! LOL I've tried moving away from it but I can't. So I am looking for a white that isn't so stark.

The whole white on white kitchen is a sterile clinical look. It’s not just the cabinets alone contributing to that coldness. There are postings every day on “how do I warm up this space?”. The primary way you warm it up is to not do it in the first place. Add in more color and natural materials choices on the front end.

We did a complete kitchen remodel and went from stained wood to white also, which is what I had been wanting for a long time as well. We chose Alabaster from Sherwin Williams. It’s a soft white that doesn’t have pink or blue undertones to it. For the countertops, we went with a granite that has caramel, black and cream in it and used a plain travertine on the backsplash as to not compete with the granite countertops. We used black satin pulls and a warm neutral floor. It’s a very warm and inviting space. I’ve had kitchens with stained wood, which is nice also, but this is by far my favorite kitchen. We did the remodel 2 years ago and I love it still. I’ve never regretted my decision to go with the white cabinets, it’s what I wanted and I couldn’t be happier with my decision.
Good luck with your project!!

Here’s a picture of the Alabaster up close, I put a white computer paper next to it so you can see the difference in how it’s a soft creamy white and not a stark white with which can have blue or pink undertones to it. The picture of my kitchen is without lights since that can change the color as well. I’m sure your kitchen will turn out beautiful.

I love white cabinets!! Go with your gut. I think white cabinets are timeless. Wood tones look dated after a while b/c different woods go in and out of style. I like white cabinets with white counters too. I will post pic below. I do have a navy blue island... I don't know the two countertops you are considering, but you said there is one you love. Go with that. Maybe get an interior designer or kitchen design expert to help with the color. Or, check out mariakilliam.com to get help figuring out which white works with the countertop you love. Maybe the backsplash has a bit of a tone (gray?) in it to break up the white? White is clean and fresh. Go for it! I have lived in four houses as an adult, and we have a condo in Florida, and all of my kitchens have been white. I have never regretted. The second photo is our Florida kitchen.

Thank you for the pictures Jo! I love that top cabinet with the plates/pitchers. It looks great! I picked up a swatch of Alabaster. It is actually the BM equivalent for White Dove which is the colour I was leaning toward. Now to decide between the two. I'm getting closer!

@kelleg69 Both of your kitchens are gorgeous!! I would like a light countertop. I originally fell in love with Caesarstone calacatta nuvo but now I am considering other options that will match the cabinets better. Since I am using it for the backsplash as well I want some veining but not too much, similar to your counter in picture 1. What counter did you choose?

Thank you again to both of you!

I love white but it can be tricky to mix different shades of it. The whole cool and warm thing. You can't choose colours abstractly based on others' opinions or on a computer monitor though. (Monitors rarely display colour accurately and different monitors don't display the same colour either which means what I see on my monitor is not what you see on yours.) Colour is subjective and it's best to choose it according to how you perceive it in your own environment, in both natural and artificial light throughout the days, both gloomy and bright. I like to get sample paint pots and paint inexpensive art canvas boards from the dollar store that I can move around the space throughout the day.

In my Montreal house, Simply White looks yellow. I have Chantilly Lace in my office and it's a bright white. Not as stark white as the matting in a couple of my picture frames but much whiter than BM Cloud White. Now, in my house, Cloud White is a soft white with no perceptible "undertones". It truly reads "neutral" but it didn't have enough "heft" to my eye to make the cut for my office walls. I've not seen your countertops in person so not sure if you should add Cloud White to your list of contenders but thought I'd share it in case. Best of luck with your decision.

Kelleg69 whAt color are your cabinets. Very pretty

@tdg have u looked at Calacatta gold?

My cabinets in the top photo are SW Extra White. My countertops in same photo are Polarstone Olympia. I don't think this quartz is available anymore, though. Bottom photo is a bright white color provided by the cabinet maker. Thanks for nice words.