My cabinets aren't cherry, but I'm getting ready to stain them GF brown mahogany (darker cherry color). My counters and flooring are brown with a pink undertone and I'll be painting the walls BM Shaker Beige. This color works well to tie in the pink undertone and I wanted contrast. BM Manchester Tan is another lighter color I think would look very nice with cherry cabinets. It's a beige with a very slight green undertone. If i didn't already have so much pink going on, I would've went with Manchester.

If you have real Brazilian cherry all through the level and the kitchen floor has maple look Pergo, I'd take out the Pergo. I'd go with a non-wood kitchen floor so that you don't have to worry about matching or clashing species. Paint the island and if you don't like it, you can replace it. The cheaper/simpler option is the one to try first...

Hi all, I am putting new flooring in my condo for my kitchen/dining area/living room, which are all part of one big room, essentially. I'm currently leaning toward using wood-look tile (the flooring is being replaced because of a flood that started two units above mine, so the thought of flooring that won't be ruined if this happens again is particularly appealing). I'm having trouble figuring out what color flooring would work best with the design of the kitchen, which unfortunately isn't changing much because of the cost. The kitchen has dark cherry wood cabinets and black granite countertops, so I'm looking to try to lighten things up a bit. Any suggestions? I'm also repainting the walls, and would love paint color suggestions as well! Here's a picture of the kitchen. This picture is from before I bought the condo, so the counters are less cluttered and I don't have a rug in there. You can't tell from this picture, but the left side of the kitchen is open to the dining area. As part of this process, I am planning to take down the black granite backsplash and replace it with something lighter, but can't afford to do new counter tops or cabinets (and don't want to paint the cabinets I have). Here's a picture from the rest of the room (taken from the entryway, with the kitchen on my right). This is also from before I owned the place, but gives you an idea of what the room is like. I hate the dark crown molding and baseboards, so will be making those white. Here's a picture of part of the dining area and living room now. It's not a great picture, but will hopefully give you an idea of the current decor.

I agree that the wall color is off and would go for something that is more of a soft white with less pink in it. I know there is a pinky beige in your counter but you don't have to bring out all of the countertop tones and I think anything beige is going to clash with the cherry. Our old kitchen had cherry cabinets and Ben Moore maritime white walls. I loved the walls so much, when we got our new kitchen, we had cabinets made in that color.