Did you say the walls will be painted or not? I think your countertop will be “picky” about the undertone of the gray. My thought would be to find the right white, do the cabinets professionally in white, then do kitchen walls in a light gray. That way if the gray and the counters end up clashing (in sunlight, artificial light, winter vs summer light), it’s an easier fix than the cabinets.
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My white was St Martin’s cabinets standard “Simply white” which turns out to be a Mohawk enamel. It’s a little creamier than their “Bright white”.
Maria Killam has a blog on colour with a number of posts about white cabinets and choosing a white. Also on “trendy” neutrals, etc. When you start reading through her blog there is a lot of free advice that has saved my family (both my household and my mother’s) a lot of money and regret. Maria also offers consults.
Short version, go with white cabinets over grey, unless you love grey, loved grey before the grey trend, and will love them when they are out-of-style (which might be in the not-too-distant future).
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We are not painting the walls….again. That was just done. Plus we have a pretty open floorplan and painting the kitchen would mean painting the breakfast room, family room, staircase, upper and lower foyer areas which are all the same color…and we like it. Don’t want grey walls.
So…the paint color needs to blend well with the ivory fantasy granite (which has lots of variation in it), the wall color (a creamy off white), and the oak floors.
Really I don’t think this will be a problem!
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With your oak floors and your granite, which to me leans beige, Revere Pewter might be great for your cabinets. I know when I was agonizing over paint, they were plenty of images online of Revere Pewter cabinets… Take a look and see what you think!
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Love the bold yellow and green cabinets!
Revere pewter is a great neutral and in the long run you might be happier with a greige than white or gray.
My kitchen is painted Revere Pewter and it leans towards green, at least in my kitchen.
The “professional colorist” and I agreed it would not look good with gray cabinets. I don’t know how the opposite would be.
It does look fine with bright white - our doors, etc. are already bright white - either dove white or chantilly white, I can’t remember which.
Here was my low low budget diy kitchen makeover in my last house. My daughter and I did all of it ourselves except for applying the backsplash. I did the trim. The before was pretty dark and ghastly as you can see, so I was very happy with the results.
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A couple of things. I’m not a fan of green. And as I mentioned…our walls are a more yellow tone off white color. A warmer tone. I’m thinking a griege won’t look good with the walls.
Designers say off-white would pair with a cooler gray to prevent clashing. This one has blue undertone since you don’t like green.
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I am VERY jealous of your kitchen!
The heirloom traditions paint official group on Facebook has a ton of kitchen makeovers. You can’t talk about any other paint there, but it might give you ideas. How about a darker gray? This is heirloom’s Abbey, which your painter wouldn’t use, but the white appliances give you an idea. I don’t know if I know how to post a pic!
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I’m trying to go lighter….not darker.
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Thank you - it truly makes me smile.
Here are my cabinets in my new house. I like this off white color more than the white white cabinets I’ve had before. I also like the distressed look. Sadly they aren’t real wood.
We have the hazelnut glaze.
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We had those in our last house; I liked the color, light but not stark.
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My mother in law has these in her house. They are a beautiful off white and it’s very classic. The problem unfortunately is that the color clashed with her white appliances imo. As her appliances failed, she replaced them with stainless steel and the look is very nice.
But as @thumper1 has white appliances and wants to keep them, my advice would be not the off white.
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I highly recommend that once you’ve gotten yourself down to a couple of colors you think might work, get some large cabinet size swatches of them and see what they look like in your room.
Back when I worked for an interior designer (before computers) we used to do swatch boards with the fabrics, floor and paint colors. We had one board which looked great in our office, but the sunny yellow paint looked a putrid green in the proposed room because there was so much reflection from the adjacent stone building.
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So @thumper1 what are you leaning???
Is resale in your home’s near future? I think white is the easier choice that you won’t be disappointed with. You can use other accessories or wall art to bring personality to the room.
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