I really, really like it. With your white cabinets and light countertop, the contrast is really nice, and the subtle color is lovely.

ps: are your walls painted grey? The walls look a little dark to me. I think if you paint the walls a lighter shade (even a lighter grey, or a cream might be lovely) it would brighten up the room.

Looks good to me!

It looks nice, but if you're worried about it being too dark, run some rope light along the top of the cabinets to reflect up the wall.

I think the tile looks great, and love the color! Agreed if anything makes it dark it's the paint, especially with the ceiling being dark rather than white. I would think about just repainting that if it's too much hassle to do everything.

I like the backsplash. Gorgeous kitchen. I think the wall color is what's making it dark, maybe repaint the triangular area above hood wall white, and leave the gray color on rest of the walls.

It's beautiful - add some accessories in white to contrast with the tile. If you feel it's too dark after the cardboard is off the frig & your accessories are in place, I'd try rope lighting along the top of the cabinets as suggested by Linda Mayo. What are your countertops - lovely!

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I like it a lot and I especially like it with the slinky dark wall color. :)

No you did not ruin the kitchen. You gave it a shot of pizzazz and I like it a lot.

I love it! Your photo seems to be in natural light during the day. I do understand what you're saying about being slightly dark. But, I still think it's beautiful. If there was anyway you could add a skylight, omg, it would make your kitchen even more amazing then it already is!

Happy to disagree with you. It is amazingly perfect for the space (and I love bright white kitchens). I don't think there is anything about it that you need to fix. Can you post more pix?

I think it is gorgeous!

I love it. It adds some personality and dimension to your gorgeous kitchen. And I like the paint color too!

I love the entire space. Give it some time. Add your usual kitchen accessories and calm your mind. It looks great :)

I think the entire kitchen is gorgeous.

Only thing I would do different is paint the ceiling a much lighter grey. But that's only because I need my kitchen to be as bright as possible. Personal preference.

Agree that the gray wall paint is not the right color. I don't even think that it's that it's dark, but rather, it looks kind of muddy and has different undertones than floor and tiles (at least on my monitor). Are your tiles slightly greenish gray? If yes, I'd go more into the greens.

Love it! Are the countertops quartz or a grey marble?

I think that the backsplash looks great.

I'm a sucker for natural daylight so I agree with rebunky above: a skylight would really take your kitchen out of the ballpark.

A bit OT: I'd look to change the oversized crown molding and replace it with a molding that makes a lot less of a statement. And the lines of the molding on the upper cab next to the range don't follow the ceiling line, and so distract the eye and break up what should be a great feature: Your high ceiling:

I think it looks great! Adds some depth to your kitchen! With the lights on it'll certainly appear brighter as well.

I do agree about the paint though unfortunately, your tiles seem to have a blue undertone and your paint a brown undertone.

Thanks everyone for the comments! I agree, I think a skylight would be AWESOME! We don't have the budget/schedule to make too many changes now, so I'll be living with this for a bit, but there are always future projects! (because when is a house ever "perfect" ?)

I agree the backsplash has a tint of green in it and the photo makes it look weird against the paint color... in person I don't think it looks as bad... the countertops have a green tint as well so I thought it would match pretty well. The walls are BM Revere Pewter and the cabinets/trim are BM White Dove

I took a real camera to the house to try to get some photos that weren't from an iPhone (they have such problems capturing things with windows nearby! Everything looks super dark!) I think these represent more what it "feels" like in the room in terms of colors and lighting. The last couple are still dark. Pardon the floors--they haven't had the final "finishing touch" by the flooring company yet.

The room the kitchen feeds into is the main living/dining area. The layout kind of sucks for decorating but we had to replicate an old historic miners shack for this portion of the house... so we were required to use the same footprint and even the same window sizes (the windows in this part of the house are much smaller than in the "new" part). I guess we were even lucky the little shack had this many windows!

These still look dark/shadowy. I suck at taking pictures:

RE the countertops:

They are a quartzite. I forget what the slab yard had it marketed as... they all kind of seem to assign names willy nilly. It was probably called macaubas, calcatta quartzite, or maybe taj mahal? Although most of the stuff labeled taj mahal is pretty brown. My husband is a geologist and cringes at what they label most stuff... haha!

Most of the "white' quartzites I found were really pretty gray, but still beautiful. I didn't want to deal with the maintenance of marble so I just embraced the gray instead of trying to adjust everything else to make it look lighter. I don't know how some of the photos on Houzz get quartzite to look that white unless it's clever lighting!

I agree with all the above, it's a beautiful kitchen. Maybe down the road you can select a different paint color. I think the color isn't quite right.

The new pictures look brighter although on one the wall paint looks greenish, the next one purplish. Wait until you have moved in, which will add some color and make everything more lively.

And maybe at one point, pick a lighter wall or ceiling color.

That looks like Sea Pearl quartzite. Gorgeous! I really like it with the backsplash. The lighting does look better in the new photos. Check out those huge beams. Wow! You have an amazing home.

I also like the way you did the extended finished ends to make the full overlay cabs look sort of like inset. I'm planning to do that. I hope you don't mind that I saved a photo of your kitchen to show my kd.

I really love the counters and backsplash. Very refreshing choices!

OMG! What a gorgeous space.

The whole area is beautiful. I love the beams and the countertop especially. I am curios as to why the can lights all point to the middle of the kitchen instead of to the work areas? Are you going to have additional lighting focused on the counters?

What a beautiful space! The paint color looks less muddy in the new pictures!

OMG! I just saw your new pics - your entire space is gorgeous. Don't change a thing!

It's stunning.

It's very pretty. Wait until everything is finished and live with it a while, then paint the ceiling white if you still think the kitchen looks dark.

It is stunning & the paint looks much lighter in these pics. My fireplace brick is painted Revere Pewter & the walls are a darker gray (BM La Paloma Grey). I find the Revere Pewter to be a quite light color. It looks beautiful with your stone fireplace & dark wood beams.

One of the best spaces to date. Love the beams and how everything flows. Enjoy your beautiful home!

It is absolutely gorgeous, I wouldn't change a thing!!

Wowza. Your kitchen is gorgeous. Can I ask where your light fixture is from?

Sure! It's from Wayfair. I initially bought it for the foyer but it was laughably too large so we tried it out in the kitchen!

http://www.wayfair.com/Woodbridge-Lighting-Beaconsfield-3-Light-Foyer-Pendant-XWB1822.html

Ha! Thanks vipbrj. I just did the same thing with a Pottery Barn sconce I planned to put over the sink. Of course I can't locate the receipt and don't have anywhere else to put it. It also doesn't look good with my current Habitat Restore chandy...hence my question. Thanks very much for the info!

I LOVE it! I can't even describe the things I would do to obtain such a great space. I love the kitchen, and the living area too!

Wow, it's gorgeous! I absolutely love the beams and the fireplace....they give the space such a warmth. The backsplash looks great!

Simply stunning!!! Job well done!

just gorgeous! love all of it- the cabinets-counters-tile-paint:)

I love it! I like the wall color with everything. It all works.

Good. Glad you like it, because it's lovely. Good job.

Thanks, M V!

This is the tile I used--from a local vendor, but I'm 95% sure this is the same stuff:

Vetro Glass Tile, Winter Taupe, 2"x12"

https://www.tilesdirect.net/categories/eleganza/glass-vetro/winter-taupe

It's all gorgeous. I love the hint of green; what a wonderful countertop. And the beams and fireplace! What rocks are on your fireplace?

That is such a beautiful kitchen! Congratulations!!

Late to the party - but wanted to add that your tile (and kitchen) are beautiful!