I'm in love with dark green also. I was sure that I wanted to do black lowers, but I'm really tempted to go with green in stead...not as harsh and I really love some inspiration pictures with green cabinets. Fresh! I'm not doing my new kitchen for resale as I have lived in this house for almost 20 years...I hope to stay here. I'm doing it for me, and dark green makes me happy :) Not like an Irish pub, a different tone :)

I love the green idea. All your greens are beautiful, deep and complex. Yes, paint samples in semi-gloss if the cabinet maker doesn't provide factory-finished sample doors, and try to look at them in your space. All of greens usually work well together, unlike some other shades, probably because our eye is so used to see different greens togeter in nature. When you check the color in your light etc, after you decided whether to go lighter or darker(your decision might depend on other materials and your surroundings-flooring, counters, layout, light, other rooms the kitchen looks into maybe, etc), give yourself several days just looking at samples, and go with your gut. Other elements will give you main direction; after that, it's your reaction to a color.

Also take into account that varnish is made differently than paint and has a different formula; so it might be that the result that you get with your painted samples will differ a bit from what you get with a finished product. they can usually match everything, in theory, but if they can provide their samples based on your color choices, it's better. If they customize colors like that, it's usually 3-4 samples you can ask for before you decide.

Excited for you!

and if it doesn't work for any reason-you're still free to choose white, or greenish off white, or green so light it's neutral..and introduce deeper green in your backsplash for example.

Think of maintenance too, with every family it's different. If more prone to have dings etc on cabinetry-they'll probably be more visible with dark colors. Spills..depends on what is spilled.

Green, yes oh, yes to green. I am not sure I would like two toned green cabinets though. I don't like two toned cabinets in general though. I like all greens pretty much, so I don't have a preference for the shade. It will depend on the context of the kitchen. The island might look nice if it stayed wood and looked like a pice of furniture. That would give the kitchen a touch of the unfitted look, which I love.

Mother Nature uses green as a neutral to all of the colors of the rainbow. Just don’t go too light. Add lighting to the kitchen and go medium to dark. Not two toned.

I think green is one of the "new" colors. I think the Fixer Upper line at Target had some green items that looked really fresh. If you do a search of green cabinets, you will find some good photos.

I am sure you have seen the deVOL kitchens- check out their IG if you have not. Lots of dark green.

I prefer dark colors on the bottom, lighter colors above. Otherwise, it can seem top heavy, IMHO. Love the house on The Good Witch TV show (Hallmark) except for those upper cabinets! Wood (or in your case, dark green lower cabinets) and white (or light green uppers) would look so pretty!

I love Rita's idea of same greens allover with a wood stained island. Your kitchen doesn't exist yet but I'm already jealous!

and I think..I saw something similar..well I mean green plus wood..I need to remember the book. Maybe it was " New Bohemians". In any case it left a deep impression on me. I should find it again.

Julia Child's kitchen in the Smithsonian:

Lavender Lass!

You might also consider green stain instead of paint. Then you can have a lovely wood grain and the colour you love. I did this with my blue island and am very happy with it.

green cabinets, walnut countertop on the island(indeed needs to be painted then I presume)..no I'm already enamored, why do you think somebody will surely rip something beautiful out? if it works with the house?

I don't know what numbers you're referring to when you talk about samples because I don't know the order you set them in..it seems to be more than seven. or else you attached a photo that I can't see.

(I love eight shades, out of the ones that you put on your tray..one of them, one of the lighter one, reminds me my own cabs in a certain light(they're actually greige. half of the day, they're taupe. now they're this greenish color of your sample. funny how it all changes with light, one of the reason I like these colors).

But now as you're mentioning walnut-I'd go with a deeper, slightly cooler tone..something magnetizing my stare and sucking me in, like the sea does. Smth like this Basil. Or the color of the kitchen that Miranda posted. Or Vogue Green?

I'd like to have several little houses allover the world to experiment.

When we bought our house 34 years ago, we painted the ugly stained wood cabinets a color called Scarab Green. It was emerald, it wasn't forest. It was a green in my Brunschwig & Fils French documentary wallpaper called Fraise de Bois wallpaper. I loved it! I would never hesitate to have a green kitchen.

I also think that with what you describe, ones on the left are better. My favorites then are 5 and 6. and 4. But others are beautiful too (sigh). In short. You'll have to narrow down to your favorites and to get these sampled. and to stare at them for some time. Took me personally ten days and 12 doors(I had a very generous cabinetmaker), that I dragged around to see them in different lights, like some monkey, but was worth it. I hope though it comes easier to you, sometimes things are just obvious almost right away.

You'll need to look at them as they are placed vertically though. Can you, for now, attach them to the tray so they don't fall, and lean the tray so you see them in front of you?

i love "foxhall green" on sophie's sample. i would definitely go dark on the bottom!! or "vogue green". i feel the lighter shades will get washed out with natural and artificial light and just not feel right.

i myself am not a green person, but those dark ones speak to me.

i love luckyblueeye first 2 pics. the third one, meh, bland.

I like the meh! Lol! Maybe the medium toned and darker on the island. The darker toned would be lost in the limited natural lighting and ambient under cabinet lighting I think.

I hope you'll post pics as this goes along-I love green.

In this example, I don’t like the white on top, green on bottom, but I am also thinking about the crisp white for the island, to infuse some light into it.

If the green were darker I might like that one more. I like the idea of a wood stained island better than a white one. I saw a kitchen a little bit ago that struck me..it was wood and navy, two tone-tho you said you didn't care for two toned, just wanted to mention it b/c it was pretty striking I thought.

Regardless, even if you think your kitchen is dark so don't want to do dark green cabs, I bet if you have under cabinet lighting and enough other lighting, it wouldn't be too dark. What does your kitchen look like now?

"I quite imagine Julia Child using what ever odd paint she might have had around"

Just for historical accuracy, Julia Child's husband Paul chose that green color. It was 1962, and the color was very groovy at the time.

Aunt Bee liked it too.

My favorites are the two mid-shade ones, 4 and 5 from the top

I stay with 4,5, and 6. Will you have glass in some of upper cabinets? everything will be changed, right? flooring, appliances?

I have a green kitchen in a vintage house, so it fits the surroundings. Think about how it will relate to the architecture of the rest of your home before committing. A lot of people don't like green, so you've got to be sure. It's been my favorite color since I was a very young kid pointing out green in traffic lights!

That being said, greens will be heavily affected by light in your room. My personal preference is "green as neutral" - not too light, not too dark. I'd take the upper right range and try a few in the room.

Here's the photos of ours. We used Omega Dynasty Pesto rather than having the painted on site. We broke up the green with a ton of glass cabinets filled mostly with white dishes - one full of color. Even in a vintage home, two full walls of green would have been too much for me. (And yes, we committed the GW Kitchen's ultimate sin of installing a paneled refrigerator rather than integrated. Nobody has died because of it.)

I was so hoping you'll come, Spanish! love your kitchen so much

Thanks April. I love your shopping finds!

Thanks. Our floor is not terra cotta. It’s by Arto Brick. More durable and they have lots of choices.

https://www.arto.com/

I think all the green kitchens are really beautiful. That said, they are the current trend of the day, and as a trend, they are much more likely to "age" quickly. I think in 5 years, a lot of people may be regretting their green kitchens.... Of course, the old adage "get what you love". But i always caveat that by noting that the things we love can't help but be influenced by trends. Our preferences and trends are highly intertwined with each other, and i don't think you can say "do what you love" without thinking about trends.

Also, i agree with a comment above that you need to make sure this green kitchen fits with the rest of your house. I think if the rest of your house is a middle of the road ranch home that hasn't been updated much in 20 years, and wasn't particularly thoughtfully decorated to begin with, a green kitchen can end up looking like an awkward holdover from 1984 instead of bringing the house into 2018.

But i repeat: i do love all those green kitchens that everyone is posting!

H202 - I guess I'm ahead of the trend. I picked a sage green accent wall and a wilderness green sort of quartz countertop in my kitchen (with stained wood cabs). Frankly, I don't care if it's a trend or not a trend, I'm simply enjoying it. I am just ahead of the curve on this one (and behind the curve on my ORB fixtures...)

Since I live rurally, most potential buyers around here would be perfectly happy with Formica -- which indeed can be quite nice these days -- and whatever else, if the layout itself suits them.

I did this kitchen about 14 years ago. I just wanted you to see what a dark green would look like. My kitchen is a little outdated and tired but it functions well.