Check out colors that have a "tangerine" kind of base. That is, colors that are very warm, golden orange-ish. since Fir is so warm and golden, they will mesh really well. and those kind of colors are both "modern" and historic for a 100 year old house. avoid the temptation to contrast the warmth of your newly cleaned wood with a cool or dull color - it will totally kill that beautiful glow that old wood has. Now, Choosing yellow-based colors shouldnt eliminate blues or purples. Those can be very warm, too (think peacock blue or wine-like purples). and finally, there is a green that I call orange-green. its lovely. It may be referred to as olive, too, but most olives are too grey. this orange-green is unusual since when you see it, and look at it for a while, you can easily see the orange hue beneeth the green. Ill find a paint sample that is similar and post it here for you.

Teehee1984, you ask a very good question I can't recall coming across previously on any GW forum. Let me begin by offering a disclaimer that there are others on the forum whose decorating expertise far surpasses mine so they may have a better answer. I installed Kraftmaid Biscotti with Cocoa Glaze cabinets in my kitchen, formal dining room, master bath and for a custom fireplace mantle in the family room 2 1/2 yrs ago. Matching cabinets for the family room were ordered less than a week ago to complete the project. In my small patio home, the kitchen, breakfast and family room are all one open area. As in your home, all woodwork is painted white. My walls are painted a soft gold so the Biscotti transitions nicely into the gold. I resolved the color differential between the cream and the white in two ways: 1. Use of a lot of white accessories -- For example, in my glass cabinet in the kitchen only white china and two white bird figurines are displayed. For the family room cabinets I've collected various tropical bird figurines, all in stark white. There will also be a few cream pieces since this is a larger display area. 2. Trying to bring both colors completely around each room so that there is consistent flow. Photos could certainly show this better than words, but I haven't tried to post photos on GW yet and don't have time to try to learn at the moment as am busy with work. The white woodwork obviously goes entirely around each room. An example of purposefully doing this with the Biscotti is installing a 7" deep shelf, near the ceiling, along two adjacent walls in the breakfast room. I'll include a few white accessories on those shelves among other items. My new cabinet installation will begin in about a month and may take as long as 3 weeks since the cabinet counters have to be templated after the bases are installed. I could work on posting the photos for you at that time. How soon will your kitchen remodel begin? By the way, I ordered a few KM cabinets in Canvas for a bedroom as part of this upcoming remodel. It's a lovely color but still does not quite match the woodwork in my house either. Anyway, hope all of this rambling helps. Let me finish by saying that your new kitchen will be so beautiful that the difference from the woodwork will most likely be only a small blip on your radar since both colors will be in the white category.

I am going to be the naysayer here. I love the cream, especially because of the age of the home. It looks more true to a heritage palette and shares the stage well with the gray. The white looks fine too. It's a safe option but a little more bossy. My home is a very light gray. It looks white. It does brighten it up but I myself having to wash it annually to keep it looking nice. It tends to show a light layer of dirt/dust. For practical reasons, I also think the creamy color would be more forgiving. I like the white. I love the cream. It reminds me of what I see when visiting Colonial Williamsburg. Good luck with your decision. It's beautiful home.

One option for a front porch or even a smaller portico could be to use a shaped front for the porch. You could have a "point" to the roof or you could use a flat roof and still use five of the six sides of a hexagon for the shape of the porch You could use the garage wall as one side of a "hexagon" with a parallel straight side to the porch on the other side -- placing that side of the porch on either side of that first window. Take into consideration if you want that window shaded if you choose the larger porch. Your porch floor could have the two parallel straight sides and then two angled sides that meat another straight front side. The roof could have a center point with three front slopes and then te back of the front porch roof could merge into the existing roof in a traditional center ridge style. You'd have multiple "sides" to your porch to decide where you want your front sidewalk/entry point to be. You could leave an opening in the landscaping and/or railing (or screened door) so the entry is in the angle facing the driveway rather than the front straight side of the porch. Yo could also leave an opening in the railing or landscaping to exit the porch to the left toward a small front yard patio, moving your hedge forward away from the house to create a green fence for it. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/479633429035255291/