I need help with a paint color. Can anyone recommend a green color that you accent with? It is mostly used in country or cottage decor.

Country and I'd think of a sage green, like Sherwin Williams Svelte Sage or Clary Sage.

Cottage and Apple Greens seem to fit. For a spunky apple green I like SW's Lime Rickey. Very fun. A bit *calmer* in the apple green category would be Great Green and Baize Green also Ryegrass and Shagreen.

Also I want to paint my countertops. They are currently dk blue formica. Ugh!

If you want to paint them, then you want to paint them. But... there are worse things to make work in a room than dark blue counter tops. Especially if you partner it with a fresh green wall color. The dark blue is not neutral, true, and changing out decor with the seasons could be challenging, but wouldn't think impossible. Especially if you thread red thru the seasonal decorations and end up using a green on the walls - you'd have a classic RGB color scheme, red, green, blue.

i think an apple green and dark blue would be a fresh combo. see the link for some color inspiration! (not affiliated with the site.)

Here is a link that might be useful: blue/green

There was a thread recently about someone who cut new formica and glued it right on top of the old. This was a Mom with young kids as I recall who did this. There were pix and it looked great. She seemed very handy and fearless but this might not be a job for a novice.

But you might check into the cost of having that done down the road. It might not be a big expense. There are certain edges that this can't be done with (beveled is one, I think), but if you have a 90 deg. edge, it can be done.

I agree that changing the paint might give you a different perspective and tide you over until you do something with the counter.

$5 sample jars of a few colors you like would be a good first step.

There was a thread recently about someone who cut new formica and glued it right on top of the old. This was a Mom with young kids as I recall who did this. There were pix and it looked great. She seemed very handy and fearless but this might not be a job for a novice.

But you might check into the cost of having that done down the road. It might not be a big expense. There are certain edges that this can't be done with (beveled is one, I think), but if you have a 90 deg. edge, it can be done.

I agree that changing the paint might give you a different perspective and tide you over until you do something with the counter.

$5 sample jars of a few colors you like would be a good first step.