If you like BM, then use their Advanced paint - it's water based and levels beautifully. I used CabinetCoat as my primer and Advanced as my regular paint on my kitchen cabinets over five years ago and they still look great. I have literally scraped dried food off my cabinets (who knows old long it was there lol) and the paint has never chipped. I did sand and prime (prep work is important). If you're hiring a "pro" he should know what he's doing... No guarantees lol but he should be able to paint.. When I tackled my kitchen cabinets I hadn't painted since 6th grade... and everything turned out fine. I used quality paint, nice brushes and took my time.

@donna Hennings I’m leaning toward aesthetic white. What color did you use for trim paint? I’ve got to pain trim, cabinets and doors. I’m leaning toward alabaster for that. It’s not alot of contrast. I don’t want to go darker or on walls. But also can’t go whiter on cabinets as kitchen has the brown/beige/cream/gold granite and a lighter travertine backsplash. Plus of course travertine on kitchen floors (living room has dark walnut hardwoods)

If you're looking to brighten up your walls, we love Chantilly Lace Benjamin Moore. One of our clients has travertine throughout the home and we are panting walls chantilly, cabinets Pale Oak Ben Moore, and to make the island "pop" we are using Iron Ore Sherwin Williams!

First of all, your kitchen is absolutely beautiful, and from the looks of it, so is the rest of the house, so congratulations on your new home!!! If you're going to do wallpaper in the kitchen, go for something more dramatic than a white or gray miniprint. Kitchens don't have too many plain walls, so you can afford to do something more interesting--perhaps a historical print like a Jacobean or hand-painted floral. Check out Schumacher and Thibaut for beautiful wallpapers. Choosing between various whites is very tricky because they can look different in different rooms/houses and in different lighting conditions. Both White Dove and Simply White are in the yellow hue family so it's possible that either of them can look yellow-ish. I happen to think that yellowish whites look great in colonial homes so I wouldn't think it's a problem. In fact I tried White Dove in my colonial home and it was way too stark and white, and I went with my tried and true Linen White. However, in my sunporch White Dove looks warm and inviting. Go figure. In your photo, white dove looks much grayer, but it's possible that it does not look like that in person. The only way you can really tell how a color will look is to test out a large sample in your room and view it at different times of the day and night. Personally I think that either color will be fine in your house, and you don't have to use the exact same color throughout the house if you don't like the way it appears in a particular room.