It's rarely a color, but how it's used, and with what-myriad other details, that make it looking good for years to come, or make one bored/tired.

It's more on trend right now (blues and greens are, as also wood stains)-but it shouldn't prevent somebody who truly loves the color, from choosing it, if it works in their space and with their overall vision

Here's the link to a blog post, not all kitchens pictured there are navy, but all have a traditional feel

https://www.devolkitchens.co.uk/blog/a-peek-inside-your-devol-kitchens

Often, but not always, paired with wood accents, warm finishes in hardware, to soften the look.

What would I do? That doesn't matter as much since I'd do nothing. I'm cheap, lazy, and existing white looks good enough to me (note: neither white nor blue are my favorite colors, when it comes to decor. ). I'd look out the windows and be content.

May I just add how much I love your shelves? I bet besides looking out the windows, I'd also put there my teapot collection, and whatnot.

To resume: I like your kitchen now, and it has all potential to be great if you repaint too.

I am in the process of having my all white kitchen cabinets painted Benjamin Moore Marine Blue.

i have calcutta marble counters and backsplash. I am installing a Samsung white glass flexdoor refrigerator and white dishwasher. i am debating satin brass or interesting blue and white ceramic knobs if not cutesy.

I'm the queen of traditional. Navy is very traditional.

Propose to your vision challenged other half to meet him halfway. You might only paint the island navy. Or, you can paint the island and base cabinets navy. The upper cabinets can be white. This would ground the base cabinets.

I like SW Naval and have successfully used it in a number of applications. SW Creamy and SW Alabaster work nicely with Naval.

Go for the navy. If you have to compromise with hubby, do upper whites and navy bottoms.

Navy is extremely traditional and would work fine in your house.

That said, it's also over the top trendy right now. I live in the south in a city that lags years behind more trendy cities, and every "Tour of Homes" is filled with navy kitchens right now. Just sayin'....

The kitchen is beautiful as is, however if the OP likes navy then navy is fine. I wish people would do what they like and forget about trends which are constantly changing. A friend redid her kitchen three times in ten years. I don’t think she knows what she likes.

I would probably recommend navy on the bottom and white on top.

SW Anchors Aweigh

SW Anchors Aweigh

SW Marine

SW Rocky River and SW Dover White

Not a designer, but I'll say this: if that lovely view of the water is yours, blue inside the house echoes your natural setting.

I am not a designer either but I love the example in SW Marine.

Thank you all so much for your feedback! Really helpful information, especially the mock ups from Melissa R! I'm feeling good about the navy, and my husband is more or less on the same page ☺️. I'll post pictures once complete if anyone is interested.

I had wsnted to do white uppers (chantilly lace) and navy (marine blue)

lowers but I have a tiny kitchen in a Chicago highrise and it would have looked like checkerboard. Seems to me you can’t go wrong either way.