Yes it’s too cold. No gray cabinets.

we definitely want the cabinets. any ideas on paint colors or anything to warm it up

The cabinets are the point of worry for me too. I just don't see them aging well. They'll also make it difficult to introduce wood in natural stains which would add warmth. But if that's the one element you're sold on you need to reconsider the other ones. Getting a kitchen designer might be a good idea.

sorry to sound dumb, lol, but what do you mean by them not aging well? i assumed all cabinets were the same...or do you mean out of style?

Gray is already out of style. The Drpression is over. Boom times are back, and with them, warm colors, and natural wood tones are coming back in. That gray is an unnatural, expensive, contrived, wood tone. It will never stand the test of time.

Gray and blue can look good with yellow. Hard to say without seeing the room, but maybe yellow chair seats or window treatments, rugs, table settings.

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i do not like white, and when there is lots of wood, i dislike it. i feel like it is a cabin or something. so what other options are there?

There are lots of options besides gray and white. Colors, wood stains, black.

But do what you like.

My 4 year old kitchen. We went with wood because we live in the Northeast and it's usually cold here. We wanted warm.

Those aged concrete cabinets look like they have an old school pickled or white wash finish. You can still have an aged finished but just choose a warm undertone, not a gray cool undertone. A washed aged warm wood finish will still look good with your choices.

I know this is hard to hear but I agree that washed gray finishes are on the way out. I just saw it in some newly remodeled Hampton Inns.

i have oak cabinets right now, and i am tired of them. i am not a person that follows trends or does what is in style. i hated the white fad, taupe walls etc. i like color, and different, and we are not selling this home anytime soon. i know grey is also a trend, but i have wanted grey cabinets since before grey was trendy.

I really like your cabinet and flooring choice but it will be so dark with black countertop. Why not selecting white/ light modern countertops maybe with waterfall design? Hardware/wall color would need to be changed also. I would do more of green/gray and brushed nickel maybe?

If you are set on cool finishes you will have to warm up the kitchen with textiles and accessories. Rugs, curtain panels, bread bowels, dish towels etc. You can also warm up a space with light bulb changes but they may mess with your undertones.

I see your cabinets above are Kraftmaid's 'Aged Collection'. HERE.

I can't imagine them with black counter tops - Can you add some pictures here of your well-lit kitchen?

The floor that you show - the one with the bed in it - is also much darker than the one shown with the cabinets. Here is the floor with the blue paint and cabinets. I can't imagine any other color for the walls than what they show with LIGHT counter tops, as shown. Your floor with their paint shown in 2nd pic.

oh wow! thank you for putting that together like that! i am starting to rethink the paint color. our porch is beautitone viscaya. this is how it looks in the direct sunlight, it looks more sage like when the sun is gone.

Do you want a cold looking kitchen? It's ok if you do! The kitchen and bedroom pictures are both "cold" but that doesn't make them bad. "Warmth" typically comes from colors with red or yellow tones. That can mean red, yellow, orange, brown (including stained and natural wood). Anything gray, white, black, or blue is going to read "cold". You could do something as simple as accessories (red or yellow bowls, flowers, mixers, etc). Or if you want something bigger, you could do so through paint or backsplash.

You have not settled on the floor? What does the floor look like in the adjacent rooms? What are the wood tones in the rest of the house?

I guess a bigger question, too, is will a highly distressed finish look right in the house in general?

I can see this finish working in certain types of houses, "trendy" "dated" or not. But there are also a lot of houses where I don't think a distressed finish like this would make a lot of sense.

Forget the aged concrete look with black countertop and pulls. Yes, it WILL look dated very quickly - it's just not classic enough. If you want a gray kitchen, just do a painted one and warm it up with polished brass hardware and perhaps a small oriental rug in front of the sink or a runner.

I have a gray kitchen I put in 2 years ago. I didn't do gray because it was "trendy" - I'm about as far from being a trendy person as one can get! I did it as it suited my house, the due west exposure (to bright for a white kitchen), and it worked well with the hall and DR that open off of it (no open concept - it has walls and doors but one is always open). I used Corian Glacier White countertops for brightness, the wood floors are the same midtone classic brown.

I love my kitchen! It's serene and calm and that's what I wanted. It has tons of light and looks out onto my garden through a huge bay window filled with white orchids in the winter. Some might find it "cold" but I think my polished copper on display and the polished brass pulls, plus the white countertops/sink keep it "bright", not cold. It suits me and it suits my house.

A kitchen is a huge expense and something that most of us mere mortals don't replace very often - perhaps every 20 years or so for many people. It should be classic not trendy. It should never say "1970's - avocado green" or "80's - cathedral panels on cabinets", or two years ago with all those mini-mosaic backsplashes. It should also go with the house and the way it is decorated.

This if far more difficult today with the kitchen at the end of what is now the LR. I cannot imagine trying to coordinate what I have in my own LR with a kitchen at the end of the room!!! One would look awful, that's for sure! I think this is why so many went with gray for both rooms, but that has ended up being very dreary. Now, stained wood is coming back in fashion to warm up the room and work with the LR (although few people have anything wood in their LR's anymore - not chests, end tables etc). If they get the wrong wood or stain, it will quickly look as dated as those reddish/yellow oak cabinets one sees in so many houses that are 15-20 years old today.

A pox on the house of whomever convinced the American public that "open concept" was the way to go!!! It makes decorating SO much more difficult!

Palimpsest, good catch asking about the house style and the finishes in the rest of the house. I assumed this was a new build and the floor was going throughout but we really don't know.

maybe better painted facades without wood texture?

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I like your choices, love the cabinets. The cabinets are cool-toned, but they are light, so I think it will look nice. I would go for dark on either the floor or the countertops, but not both. I think a light countertop with the darker flooring would look great with the cabinets. I don't think black counters would look as good.

It's ok for a space to be cool-toned. You want to avoid it being too cold or sterile. The aged look of the cabinets feels very alive to me, so I don't think you will have a problem with it feeling cold. A richer walls color like the emerald teal color above will help give it some life too.

I like My3dogs last image. Doesn't look cold at all to me.

There are many styles available in black cabinet hardware, but allow the hardware to accent your countertop, or backsplash. Perhaps a Dark Pewter finish or Antique Nickel finish. Both dark but not black.

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I like the colors except for the blue gray wall color. I would go with something like in the inspiration pic or a creamy white or a beige for the walls.

The blue gray just seems to be fighting with the cabinets.

Ok I am scrapping the blue gray. The floor will be going in all the rooms on that level. It wouldn' be too much having that green in the porch and the kitchen? Maybe a shade lighter or darker? I am giving more thought to the stained cabinets. I still love the aged concrete but I am thinking maybe it is just this yellow/orange oak I can' stand. I do love that last picture my3dogs did. Thank you for helping me visualize!

I would reconsider the floor finish before I reconsidered the cabinet finish.

A more traditional floor color changes the complexion quite a bit:

Have you considered natural wood floors like the ones in your inspiration picture?

They are what is bringing warmth to that room. They're also not remotely trendy, which might be nice with how incredibly annoying floors are to change.