We are remodeling our kitchen. Our kitchen flows right off the family room (step down family room). We are going with mid-tone wood cabinets, the flooring is an engineered hardwood in a rich cherry kind of color, with black granite counter tops (Black Pearl). The paint on the family room wall is Smokestack by Behr (kind of a taupy gray). I have no idea what color to use in the kitchen! I typically don't like just white. I was contemplating going 1 color down on the chip from Smokestack, but I don't know if the difference is enough. Two steps down gives me what seem to almost be white. Any general tips for how to decide paint colors when you want to change it from room to room (but the two rooms flow together)? There is a natural divider in the room, so we can switch colors (the ceiling will be the same all the way across both rooms - Polar White by Behr). I'm starting to think maybe I should just keep the same color all the way across, as I really do like the Smokestack. It isn't as dark as it appears in my pic of the family room, we didn't have very good lighting. I've added pictures below of the family room (paint only in better lighting, the whole family room photo bombed by the dog and then our cabinet color - which manages to look like 2 different colors in my collage).

I have charcoal sofas and an orange/rust hand-knotted rug. What color should I go for in my living room? Where I live, it's mostly rainy with little sunshine. The living room has two full windows but there is seldom sufficient light.

Is there a reason you want to paint the brick? It is because you're chasing the all-white look? Or is the brick truly bad? I had a painted brick fireplace at my other house, was there when I moved in and frankly it looked cheap. I did have it repainted a different color which improved it -- but painted brick is not an attractive look IMO. If it's truly horrible gold or pink brick or something, then go for it, but if it's a perfectly service traditional red, brown, or grey brick I'd work with it. Posting a pic would help responses.

We have the Tofino Hanstone quartz in our kitchen with white subway tile and a warm floor. We really want to change our cabinets to something lighter but I am having a hard time with a white, some seem to white and others are yellow. I am hoping to get suggestions as to what to do. Should we do white or a color. I saw someone on Houzz use BM Revere Pewter, looks good in the pics but would it work for us. We are keeping the floor and counter top and my husband really does not want to do the backsplash again. At this time we have medium oak cabinets. uploaded a better pic of our floor. Thanks, looking forward to your comments.