I love both ideas already mentioned Celery Green and Indigo. But what color do you love? Still not sure? Here are a few ideas of kitchens with tan counters, golden oak floors and white cabs. ~boxer Grannysmith Apple Glidden Craftart (unsure of color) Blue (paint color unknown) Sage green (paint unknown) Georgia Green Benjamin Moore paints Auction Girl Vintage blog (soft blue walls) (paint unknown) an aqua blue goes so nice here. Edgewood green on walls Ellen Kennon paints Sweet Caroline Green Benjamin Moore A green color (paint unknown) Silvernight Glidden Bright blue (paint unknown) Thomas Trzcinski

Thank you very much, Chris. Would Benjamin Moore Advance satin finish be fine? I checked BM's website, and saw they only have primer, satin, and high-gloss in advance series. What kind of roller would you suggest? Really appreciate your help.

Probably seems like all you see is white, white, white because that is what gets published in all of the magazines these days. If you believe everyone has what they publish you would have to buy inset styling too; simply not a dominant style for the masses though. There are cetainly some parts of the country where your neighbors might talk behind your back if you don't do white, but those people aren't your friends :) Best advise is buy what you love; if it isn't white don't worry, you aren't alone. There are a lot of wood lovers around who wouldn't dream of having anything else. Alder finishes beautifully in virtually any color of stain. There have been some comments about Lyptus and that is another wonderful specie when finished in stains - my favorite darker brown-tone with black glaze. There is actually a fair amount of mixing and matching going on these days too. As an example, here is a link to a Lyptus kitchen with a white painted island. Georgous!! Here is a link that might be useful: Lyptus kitchen with white painted island

Oh man, where to start! First of all, thank you to all of you for your responses. See. . . I told you that you guys are great! morton5 I will definitely check out Ikea. Most dark colored cabinets are shown with a more modern style but we like a little more traditional look, so weÂll look at Tidaholm & Liljestad. sarschlos, good paint job, cabinets really pop. I probably should have done the "stop gap" painting job a few years ago when we first started contemplating this project. I know what you mean about not wanting to put new counters on the old cabinets. But I hate my old tile counters and top mount sink even more than the cabinets, so this is not an option for us. nomorebluekitchen & morton5, I also donÂt want to waste but I figure worst-case scenario my garage is going to get some nice oak cabinets. dede711, see itÂs people like you that cause me problems ;-) . . . your kitchen looks FANTASTIC! And makes me feel like, "I can do that" and be very happy with the results. Looking at your before picture is like looking at my own, complete with the oak fluorescent light fixture. Your after picture is just . . . wow! remodel1958, now that is a great outside of the box idea about making the add on cabinets a contrasting finish. Definitely all the rage right now and will be a consideration. And yes, IÂm sure I too will go broke saving money. aidan_m, yes layout is probably going to be the deciding factor for us. Boxes are in good shape and already have some pullouts. Even the doors are well-constructed raised panel, but with an arch style, whereas we like square. We are working on the layout now so weÂll see where it leads us. IÂm sure IÂll have more questions for the forum to come. Anyway, thank you all again for your thought filled answers and inspiration!