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.

No rules, all personal choice. We have a similar-but-not situation in our kitchen right now---we actually did match our cabinets to the trim in the kitchen and throughout the house (the trim and ceilings in an old house with lots of built-ins were painted Acadia White by the old owner). So rather than try to find a different white, we just had the cabinets done in Acadia White too. But...our trim and doors are all in oil-based paint, and that's no longer available where we live, so the cabs and new trim are all in water-based, which doesn't yellow like oil-based does. In our kitchen, that meant our doors and windows were one shade and our cabinets and trim (which we replaced) were another shade. Though it's all officially the same color, the old paint is much creamier/yellower than the new paint, which is much whiter---probably similar to the effect you'd have. It did bug me in the beginning, but now I'm actually used to it and it looks normal. (We're eventually replacing the doors so didn't bother repainting them; the windows will stay mismatched since they're a PITA to repaint and current paint job is in good condition.) I think the key is consistency, though, as palimpsest said. As long as all the trim is the same color and all the cabinets are the same color, it's less critical that it be exactly the same color, I think---though personally I do prefer when it is.

I agree with applepieorder and RL Relocation as well. That whites do not always have to match totally. Secondly, I notice that you have window sills only (no other molding apparent on the windows. If you want to, you could paint just the sills as a diy project, but you know, I believe I agree with applepieorder that you don't HAVE to. I would enjoy your wood blinds like they are, and make that decision down the road.

The open concept living area ((13ft w x32ft long) is very small, but with a sloped ceiling (10 to 12.5 ft. high) The space feels long and narrow, with kitchen at one end and living space at the other. There is lots of natural south facing light here. This house is less than 900 sq. ft. it is under new construction with a short/fast deadline. This space will be rented or for Air bnb. I wanted to make the living space appear more open with an all white paint scheme. This would have been easier if I could have had the cabinets painted, but we went with a thermafoil cabinet for durability and price. I feel like colour on the walls would be overwhelming. We are planning on putting a little pop of colour on the island, probably a teal like BMs: "Mills Springs blue", "Avalon", or "Aegean Teal". We have black windows, and black hardware, with stainless steel appliances. I will be picking paint colours before the cabinets are installed, It's just the construction process that I'm in. I have a square sample of the cabinet that I can use to colour match, and it just about matches "White Heron" by BM. I will paint 2 samples on the walls this weekend (white heron and simply white). They only had two sample cans left at the store, so that's all I could do for the moment. I would prefer Simply white, because I think it will work better in the rooms with less light. I would ideally like to paint all rooms the same colour (bedrooms, entrance/hall). What colour scheme would you suggest for this long narrow open space. I really like the Scandinavian theme, or farmhouse that's not too rustic, more clean lines, calm simplistic. I really appreciate your thoughts, even if it involves colour. I love the all white scheme, but I am overwhelmed by it because I do realize that it's risky, given that I'm not a designer. Thank you so much for your thoughts.