Thank you , great suggestions !

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Beth - followed your advise and we finalized a countertop ( attached pic)

In your feedback above there is dark bluish gray cabinet ( above Knoxville gray pic )... would that go with this countertop ? Should I go with dual tone wth dark bottom and light upper

Attached kitchen pic to show floor color

here's Knoxville gray on the chip

on this particular pic, it leans more blue

If you want blue, here are some others.

what I'd suggest is take off one of your doors, prime it, and paint a few of the paint samples you like on it. then take that to the stone yard w/you and see what works w/your slab and your flooring. You'll have to hold up samples next to your flooring

(what's the name of your stone? )

With that stone, I'm thinking some of these others might work. hard to tell from your picture.

Go to the stone yard and take a pic of the slab in good light, with a camera. (or wait until you paint some samples on your door and go back) So we can really see the coloring.

Just not sure how these colors will work w/your flooring.

It’s Bluzonite from Arizona Bluzonite is a creamy white granite with areas of taupe and grey veining throughout. There will be feldspar crystals in light blue tones dispersed randomly throughout the slabs as well as black biotite crystals scattered throughout. During the polishing process, an epoxy resin is applied to the surface of the stone to fill in any natural pits, cracks or fissures that may exist. This does not affect the durability, maintenance or beauty of the stone. It is possible for some of the more minute pits that are too small to effectively hold the resin, to reopen during other finishing stages. However, this will not detract from the overall quality or appearance of the stone. Due to the qualities of the stone, the slabs are book-matched; meaning slab one and slab two will be cut and polished to create a mirror image of each other. These are then kept in sequence, which allows for a consistent flow in pattern. Finally, a mesh backing is adhered to the back of the stone to ensure safety while handling and fabricating the slab. As a natural stone product, it is recommended that it be sealed to extend its longevity.

never heard of it. I'm sure they renamed it . resembles some of the Alaska White granites

could also be Galaxy white

it has those blueish crystal deposits

Still need to see closer pics of it w/paint samples.

go back up to my comment. I added more pics and what to do.

Beth - I was referring to this one, is this Knoxville too ?

Since my flooring is honey oak I am wondering if I should do a Alabaster on my cabinets and then a dark espresso on just the Island ...

We are going tomorrow to the granite store with our cabinet samples which we painted ...

We tried amazing gray , agreeable gray , gray screen and alabaster so far ) none are very convincing so far as we were not super big fans of white and grays to begin with but trying to see if it fits our kitchen

Since our kitchen is on the smaller side we are thinking that dark colors would make our kitchen look darker and smaller — is that a right thought ?

Thanks Beth — since my flooring is honey ok — should I be sticking to warm and neutral palettes ?

Honey oak *

That one actually looks like gentleman’s gray. It’s not Knoxville.
Alabaster will be fine, but it is a softer, warmer white.
Make sure your bulbs are all 4000k temp. Anything smaller and it gives off yellow hues. So change those first and then bring in paint samples.
Honey oak and blues work just fine. You just have to watch the undertones.
I’d advise you to pick your stone first. If it’s that one in the pic, I think it’s really called Galaxy White. Looks like it from what I can tell. It has some taupe tones to it which should work with the oak.
Get the samples of the paint colors you like and try them on a piece of primed wood. Take that to the slab place so u can see how it looks. ( unless they can break you off a piece ).
You can also wait and have it installed and go from there. When they come out to spray your cabs, they’ll cover the countertops.

The Houzz app isn’t working from my desktop where I have all my pics, so I’ll have to try back tmrw. I’m on my phone app and will try snapping a pic of galaxy white so I can see it.

I think your kitchen is open enough to carry a darker color. Kitchens look dark because of poor lighting. So if u need more lights install some more cans with the 4000k LEDs.
I’ll post some other pics as soon as the site comes back 100%. Check tmrw.
I like two tone kitchens. I’ll give u some examples

Yes my countertop looks similar to this galaxy white , I am visiting the stone place tomorrow with some painted cabinets

We are taking amazing gray , alabaster and a cool tone gray “ gray screen “... hopefully one of them would work 😊

Thanks Beth , I am wondering if a combination of Amazing gray and a very dark brown ( like the one you had in your last post with the galaxy white countertop ) would work

Below is my kitchen plan

My lights are really super bright

GB - I’d love to see pics of your kitchen. I too am leaning towards Bluzonite and would love to see it.