Not a designer, but i would be wary of white with your floors. Also personally would be concerned about painting cabinets that appear to be in good shape because of issues with paint chipping, etc (personally would make me crazy). Would you reconsider the wall color which onscreen doesn’t appear to be the best with your floors that need to stay? And would you consider a different backsplash? Stark white doesn’t seem to work with the elements that need to stay. Different wall color and backsplash could make everything work together better. Have you considered a rug under your table

I understand the issue about the floors bit IMO they drive all the color choices .I would first address the lighting it seems you have very little in the kitchen and the eating area light only lights the ceiling. I think what you have is a good choice for the floors and to be honest unless you have painted many cabinets DIYing cabinet painting looks bad most of time. I aslo think those cabinets are not really worth spending money having them done. They are a dated look and with new full overlay ones you would also gain storage not to mention just a nicer look. Black gobbles light even the black stove is doing that. So no to the black , if you must paint then choose a color just lighter than the floors IMO or maybe the same color as your walls but in a cabinet paint. Fantasy counters are IMO the star in a space so everything else needs to be simple .

I was going to suggest SW Alabaster which is a warm white and looks great with fantasy and beige floors. However, upon looking closely Your cabinet doors look mitered, so painting is a bad idea. The seam will crack. If you can’t redoor and have cabinets professionally recoated you will have a mess. I suggest you rethink the gray on the walls or rethink changing the floors as those two elements clash. Your cabinets look fine as is

I probably should have mentioned that I’m not doing the painting myself. I have some who will remove the doors, clean, sand, and spray with an Italian paint. I’m starting to think we are creating more trouble than it’s worth.

Milesi? That is great but I would still ask about the mitered corners. Usually that’s a big no no for painted cabinets.

Someone mentioned SW alabaster as a warm white. We have been living with this color throughout our house for five years now, but do not find it to be a very warm color and am planning to change this soon. It may be warmer than some whites, but would be careful about using it next to your warmer-toned wood cabinets if you do not paint them

Yes Milesi paint! When I originally repainted from the dated sage green and wine decor a few years ago everyone suggested the Worldly Gray and said not to worry too much about the floors. I was stuck! So I decorated how I wanted without having the floors redone. I just don’t have the $22K that it would cost to rip up and install hardwood.

I hear ya! Cabinet recoating will cost a pretty penny too, so you want to make sure you can love it with the floors. Try a warm white. Push comes to shove, painting the walls is a inexpensive fix. There is a website called samplize that will send you large samples of different paint colors from SW and BM. I recommend you have your guy do a sample door for you too, before you finalize the color. I had decided between SW Alabaster and BM cloud white because I needed a warm white. When they brought the sample doors, Cloud White looked soooo yellow. When they are tinting their product, colors look slightly different. This is a pick during the process of SW alabaster with fantasy marble. You can see it with my Accesible beige walls

I agree that it’d be a shame to paint these cabinets.
They’re very nice.
If you had to paint them I’d say maybe a blue? And a dark island.
But this is what I’d do:
Create a straight island. Maybe you can even keep the current cabinets and have them modified.
New hardware maybe - not even necessary
And then I’d save up to do the flooring.
Doesn’t have to be expensive. You can do vinyl sheet flooring if that’s what you can save up for...

The walls are a Greige color and works well with the fantasy counter. If I got new hardware I would want handles instead of knobs and I don‘t know if it’s doable because of the placement of knob holes.

The first place to start when selecting color is "What has to stay?" In your case it was the floors. I feel like you chose to ignore the floor color when you selected your wall color. The two really don't work all that well together.

The greige also doesn't work well with the rich warm cabinet color.

Maybe the better answer is to paint the walls a color that complements the floors and cabinets instead of trying to force the greige into working.

What about a bottle or sage green? gorgeous with the Fantasy Brown, nice with tan floors...

Looking at the picture with the clock it is apparent that the lighting from my photo is horrible and making my walls look an entirely different color. I’m going to try and retake a photo with different light.

Nancy, we used the Milesi product, three bathrooms and Kitchen. When properly used, the Milesi provides a beautiful finish. Our home is somewhat dark, North Facing, so changing to a white did help our situation. You will get a million different opinions on what and how, but at the end of the day, you live there, so do what makes you happy. Here are a couple of pictures before and after with Milesi. It a work in progress, I did change the blind as recommended!

Visuals for you. Obviously, you wouldn't see the grain through the white when you paint.

SW Urbane Bronze

SW Alabaster uppers, SW Urbane Bronze lowers and island

SW Alabaster and SW Charcoal Blue island

All SW Charcoal Blue

I think you could go with any of these I would do the whites only on the too cabinets if you do look at those.

Unless you painted the tile floor.....

how about a sage green?

SW Sage Green Light

SW Svelte Sage

SW Svelte Sage top, SW Sage Green Light bottoms

The problem in making a decor decision based on one piece of the puzzle at a time is that a space can end up looking disjointed. For instance, given the floor is such a prominent feature, the walls should have had the same undertone. The white backsplash is stark with the warm counter. When considering a color for cabinets, look at the entire space as a whole - counter, backsplash, flooring, wall color, living and dining room.

I think a light putty color for cabinets may do the trick. Then go two or three shades lighter on the wall, to create a light neutral to better work with your floors.

Be sure to bring home test paint pots of cupboard and wall colors. Consider something like the lighter shades below for cabinets.

You could paint the peninsula black with a brown undertone to work with counter and hopefully dining room chairs, so they are pulled into the design as well.

Check out SW Creamy. That is my kitchen color. It’s not stark at all.

Here is a close up of it.

Your cabinets are beautiful. I would put the money on having them professionally painted towards different flooring instead. I think that will make the largest impact in your kitchen. Does the tile floor continue beyond the kitchen, breakfast nook, and mudroom?

yes the tile floor is throughout the house. Here is my dining room and front room. Again, lighting in a iPhone is horrible!

I want to thank everyone that offered advice on my cabinets and helped me see some images! I have decided to go with SW Alabaster and will change the knobs. I still need to decide on the bottom island color looking in. Probably going to update my light over the dining table and get some new bar stools.

please post pics when done! if you would like me to virtually paint a SW color for your island just let me know and I can do that for you

Good choice! I bet you’re glad that part is decided! What ideas did you have for the island?