Depends on what type of white that you want. If you want a crisp white w/ no undertones of any color but is still rich, bright and vibrant w/o being cold I'd highly recommend SW High Reflectance White. The paint guy described it as pure white w/ extra 'oomph'. I recommend viewing the chip on the SW white collection handout. You can see how it stands out amongst all of the other whites. SW HRF is typically used as a base to add other tints to. Since there are no tints this color picks up and reflects back large blocks of other colors quite easily. I hated it in my hallway where it turned pink becuase of my stained glass window. I love it in my office becuase there are no other outside color influences - just blues in the form of flowers and pillows. Here it is in my office. I chose it for this room becuase I wanted the wall color to stand out and hold it's own combined w/ all of the black and white.: Here is SW Pure White in my LR at one point which has a NE exposure and low light. I had a hard time getting the right white becuase of all of the green foliage outside of the window. This was just a very soft white w/ no yellow or creamy tones. Really liked it a lot! Please don't judge me on the sad silk floral whatever in the vases - I was just trying to visually figure something out!:

Thanks, loribee and CLBlakey! It turns out we'll need to modify some cabinets and also the apron on my granite counters (who knows what that's hiding) in order to switch out the appliances. The PO remodeled and actually blocked in the appliances when installing the floor and counters after. Crazy. I'm considering whether I want to spend the extra money to make these changes and just refurbish my existing cabinets or save up for a complete remodel next summer. If we remodel we can get an updated look and also address some issues with the current layout. Obviously, a big cost difference but I'm not sure about spending money now to modify what I have if I'm still going to want a full remodel within a few years. If I do paint my existing cabinets, though, I'm definitely leaning towards the Edgecomb Gray! Donna - I don't think I'll stain the cabinets because my kitchen is already so dark and I truly lust over lighter kitchens but thanks so much for the link!

isabel98 this is not for you to do as it is the job of the tile installer to take care of. Just look at the variety of tools available in the market to help in the removal of grout.. While I know it is a lot of work, it will not compare to down the line where you have to replace the tile and grout...while you can get this done right I would advise you to put it on them. Their error. No patch jobs accepted. Think about it, once the job is yours and you accept it is yours....and an almost guarantee an additional cost to you to repair. https://www.google.com/search?q=grout+removing+tool&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicmaaCq_HYAhUPY98KHZGTBBwQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=732

I just found that the "BM Halo" we used in our old house was actually a color-matched SW paint. No wonder the Halo we tried on our walls, from a paint sample we just bought from a BM store, looked nothing like the walls in our old house. (Well, that and different lighting from outside. ;-) ) Now I'm trying to figure out why it's so hard to get some painters to use the brand specified by the customer. grrrrrr SW Frosty White turned out to be a beautiful light blue on our walls. It would be great if we were painting a nursery, but it's definitely not what we want for our main living space. We just put up Behr Campfire Ash, and I think we're getting there ("there" being a warm gray that doesn't look obviously blue, brown, pink, or purple). We may get a sample of BM Gray Mist as well, though I worry it has too much brown in it. Edited to add that I actually love Gray Mist--in our space, it appears as a light gray with a just a hint of green. Now I'm trying to convince my husband that it's not too light. He prefers Behr Silver Drop, which didn't seem bad when we first put it up (and a definite improvement over Campfire Ash, which did tend to look purplish in low light), but to me, Silver Drop looks lifeless when compared to Gray Mist. I am hoping that when we pair it with a brighter white trim (we are planning to repaint our trim--it's currently an unknown color that's definitely muddier than our white plantation shutters), it will be the one.