Oooh Salamander what a great color!

What about BM Pale Oak (warm undertone greige), or a very muted light green-gray like Farrow & Ball Pigeon?

Would Husband consider Salamander on all the lowers and a light color on uppers?

What kind of sunlight do you get in the room?

What about just doing wood perimeter cabinets? That could look really nice with the deep green of BM Salamander on the island. I don't know what the rest of your kitchen plan is but wood perimeter cabinets and dark green island would look good with white countertops and white walls. For backsplash you could do white or even a deep green to pull in the island color - Fireclay Tile has some beautiful green tiles.

thank you!

@rebasheba , I'm not sure how I feel about lower and uppers being different colors. It feels a bit trendy to me? What do you think? I like pale oak a lot!

The lighting - the kitchen has none of it's own outside windows, but has a dining nook adjacent with three large windows. The kitchen is open to the family room, which has a 20 x 17 screened in porch with 8' tall 12' wide sliders.

@Ivy Lou I am leaning towards all wood perimeter. We haven't picked out counters or backsplash yet. I'm not sure how I feel about plain white countertops - was thinking a granite with a bit of movement in it. any ideas?

Well, I decided against two-tone for my own kitchen on the grounds that it's too small for that to make any sense.

I like the idea of green with natural wood too!

@rebasheba - i like the wood with the green as well.

Our floors are white oak with an ash craft oil finish. So pretty light. What are the rules on matching wood cabinets to floors? I've always struggled with that!

Yeah, not plain white, but white as the main color in the counters. So a granite or quartz that is primarily white with gray movement in it would be nice. You could probably do a black granite that has some green in it too, but just depends on the other elements you choose and the lighting you get in the kitchen.

You can take your white oak floor sample to where you're getting your cabinets and try to match or something that compliments. If you have a cabinet maker you are speaking with, they might be able to help.

Something that helps me with matching questions is that materials need to be "sisters, not twins" -- they should look like they belong together, but things don't need to match exactly to look nice together.

I think your floor will act like a neutral here, does that seem right?

@Ivy Lou yes I have the floor sample, so that will be very helpful! Your idea about what type of granite is what I was thinking.

@rebasheba I agree about the sisters comment! I'm just having a hard time figuring out what I like. I'm kind of picky and I feel like I don't have a "style." When I like it, I know.

The floors will definitely act like a neutral. The won't stand out (except for their beauty!)

I have a stainless sink, faucet, and appliances. I would like to bring in a warmer metal, maybe brass, for the cabinet pulls. I think I will have very simple glass globe pendants over the island. The adjacent dining nook will probably have a brass fixture, to tie together the cabinet pulls.