Love the ideas above. I'm like you love the natural and not so into colour. I've got herbs bamboo blinds and a Big end grain cutting board in our black and white kitchen. I've also got a small wool rug on the floor with deep reds and blues. The Dutch put these rugs on their tables and mine is probably too valuable to go on the floor but it sure looks nice.

@funcolors wow, you might be the color angel I’ve been needing as I drive myself crazy with whites! We’re repainting all interior doors and trim (prior owners left 3 trim colors, some doors that don’t match frames, etc), so we’re looking for a nice clean white. we have BM mascarpone in our family room and love it, so had planned to expand that through the open concept downstairs as well as stairway. will simply white read too stark against mascarpone? In some areas it seems to a bit, and in bright areas it doesn’t at all. We want to be consistent through the house (and my husband doesn’t like idea of mascarpone on the doors and trim and wants a truer white) , and have ultra pure white in 2 kid rooms (their choice!), and simply white is a huge improvement over the trim and doors there now, which look almost brown in comparison. Basically my Q is: Will we regret Simply White as too stark against creamy, dreamy mascarpone? Or worse, will they clash or look like we failed in an attempt to match? thanks for any help! :)

I liked Crema Marfil and checked it,like, fifty times as a countertop option with my-new-then-to-be very warm greige/bordering oatmeal cabinets. I really wanted it to work, yet it didn't. I guess it'll be a challenge to find gray paint-even very warm one-to support your other elements that are there to stay Obviously photos you posted don't give one the truest feel of colors..maybe they seem more golden to me than they are..can you post a close up of floors and counters? something along the lines of your wall colors will work..but you want to get away from the current look, why to go through this expensive hassle I can see smth warmer yet lighter..creamier.. you can try of course to find your gray..the thing is: will it read as gray? willl it fit your vision? If you make it purple enough -it can be a nice combo...but in order to get so, it'll be already more purple than gray same thing with warm greens and blues..they can be muted(have gray in them), but they'll already be muted greens and blues rather than grays when mixing neutrals in spaces that have natural stones etc, you need to be especially careful..you don't fight the neutral, you work with it, either by having another natural material that makes sense next to it, like your current stain, or by trying to repeat its nature, or by doing a color that'll contrast it in a way you'll continue to like your neutral. You can't just pick color X and it'll work, because you already have many elements to work with, Frankly I wouldn't paint at all, but rather play with hardware, lighting, introducing accessories that have gray in them(clay, fabrics, etc) so you can have your gray without big overhaul Again, because I can't see close up of the flooring etc, I might be wrong because I can't see your colors correctly. From your description (off white plus greige) it might work, I just can't see it on the photos So. Additional photos would help. And even then I think it should be something really warm comparing to other grays..light greige, something like it. And I'm not sure that's what you're looking for. What are you looking for? In terms of vibe, you know? What looks great in one kitchen wouldn't neccessarily work in other. Even more than that, sometimes a paint color works on one wall in the space, but doesn't on the other:) It's a lot of thinking, considerations, sampling(paint on wood will also always look different than on walls..so should be door samples)..and money. Again, additional photos would help.

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.