I have seen mantles painted other colors and in most cases they look great. It's all a matter of taste. I personally think white mantle and crown moulding would look better with all that yellow. You might end up with yellow overload otherwise. There is a cd you can pick up that allows you to use a digital picture you take of your room and change the colors of walls, trim, doors, mantle etc to see what they would look like if painted a different color. You may want to try this before you invest the time and effort in painting the mantle and crown moulding.

janesylvia, I agonized over this issue also - I feel your pain! lol. I'm a homeowner, kitchen cabinets were oak with a kind of pinkish finish popular in the 90's I've been told? They were looking bad. I replaced the uppers with new cabinets (to extend to ceiling) but lowers, I painted and they look great! Then I took the old uppers and put in the laundry room...painted same white as in kitchen and they also look great. I did try the rollers, various types, but all left exactly what you mentioned, a line. Some very slight bubbling too. Spraying was above my skill set. Instead I used a good brush (Purdy's, my fav!) Gosh, with oak, the grain is gorgeous coming through and *in my opinion* the brush application is a nice compliment to the entire look. I don't notice any brush strokes although I'm sure they're there, just not readily visible with the oak graining. I painted the cabinets white. I heard all kinds of nays on doing that, painting them myself,the color, yada yada yada, but I love the finished look. It is not a smooth finish, like glass or something, it has some character. It might not be a look for everyone but for me and everyone that sees it, it's a winner. I washed the cabinets real good, let dry real good, lightly sanded, did a tack cloth several times over to get any lint, sawdust off and then took the plunge. I used a newer product (newer at the time, which was within this past year) which was an all-in-one paint available at HD. "Behr Premium Plus Stain Blocking Paint and Primer in One." Had it tinted to the white color I selected. I went with semi-gloss finish but I think that's a personal choice, to each their own on the sheen level. I don't find these cabinets to be overly shiny. Honestly, just figured might as well try painting them myself. Luckily it worked well for me..I did of course try one small door panel first to be certain this was a go. Also one last piece of advice: allow them to dry FOREVER before using and definitely wait on adding hardware, like handles or pulls until the paint is dried/cured/whatever the professional term is for that! This was my experience and it turned out well. I hope the same for your project if you decide to tackle it. Best wishes!

Seeing the kitchen trash can from the entry is not pretty, but if it's all you've got.....well......people will have to deal with it. I don't like the wicker for trash. For bedroom or office trash, yes. I have wicker too. For coffee grounds and meat fat and scraping plates into and paper towels used to soak up the grease from my sweet potato fries? Um, no. I have a good size metal can with a step-on lid. It's not a Simple Human, because I didn't know about them when I bought my can. You can still see the top of the white garbage liner, but it is trash, after all. If you like the wicker and are willing to deal.............I'm not telling you what to do. We all have our limits and also our things that are not biggies. But I have just two suggestions if it were my house. 1. Find another spot not so obvious from the entry. Smaller can under sink/next to back door/whatever. Use whatever you like, but hide it. 2. Get a good trash can, metal with step-on or automatic lid. Good liners that don't droop and are easy tie. Make sure someone (I vote MALE........male DH, male teen, male 8 yr.old, etc.) takes it out every night. Ritual. Non-negotiable unless momma spent the day in bed with flu and there's no cooking trash. Leave it in your best spot. When you give a home tour, simply begin with the trash can. ("Oh, you want to see the house? Of course! Well, here's my trash can. You can put your gum in there right now if you want. This way to the Living room, where I've just spent lots of time painting and decorating. Here is my original Matisse. Nice, huh? Want to see the boudoir?") Red

White is NOT "just a trend"! It's been around forever and many, many people are still doing white kitchens. Whether the OP should paint the cabinets white or another color, is the question, due to the color of the countertops and backsplash. I'd paint a large piece of pasteboard white and tape it to a cabinet door and look at it in all lighting at different times of day.