you don't want white, and the darker colors, you say, will make it too dark, so that leaves you with light gray or one of those tones. what in the world are those cab made from? and who picked that granite to go w/those cabs? you say you're renting. they're letting you paint those? if they're made of a laminate type of material, the prep work for those will be necessary. quite frankly, I don't think it will look great painted. Do you really want to go through all of the work to paint those? have you ever painted cabinets? It's not something you can do in a weekend. Besides, that wood strip on the cabinets is kind of cool looking. changing out the country style cup pull to more of a bar pull will look better w/that style cabinet I'd leave the cabs and look into gettin a pre-fab, plain white or soft gray, quartz countertop. a 9' piece will cost about $450. fabricator can cut it to fit for another 600-900. maybe less depending on the layout of your kitchen. here's an example of pre-fab quartz, you only posted a small picture. post a pic showing the entire space

Please show us color - have no idea what paint brand has those colors, and also show us a picture of what you are calling "french style". That could mean anything...

Hi, what option did you go with? Would love feedback on brands/if you’re happy with your choice.

@RedRyder, TN...where, I have a dear friend I met on houzz 10 years ago. She and her husband have come to the Cape twice to visit. She lives in Franklin. Last weekend my daughter and her gang went to Nashville where my TN friend's grandson was playing. Another dear friend on the Cape had a horse farm in Litchfield...Stone Horse. Her daughter is quite the horsewoman. Shown her horse and other horses at the farm. She built up quite a nice resume. Friend sold it when they moved here permanently and built quite a stunning house. Right now Neflix is using it to film The Perfect Couple, starring Nicole Kidman. Elin Hildebrand novel. The novel is set on Nantucket, but there was no way they could get the tons of equipment over there, so here they are. I got the opportunity to work with the set director and my friend for a few hours and I just got a check from Neflix, listing me as a consultant!!!! I would have paid them to let me in to see all the sets. @susanrhill34, this convo is giving me chills. Katy lives in the Raintree section of S Charlotte. Last name is Hughey. I think she has been teaching there about 8 years. Her older son is now at Olde Providence Elementary finishing up 5th grade and her younger son is still at Latin. Your Lesley pal is too young for me...7 years too young. Does she still teach? I got the best education there. I like the look of your kitchen and, at least from the photo, like the floors.