SAA203: May I suggest that you choose a neutral color for the time being for your kitchen? When I say neutral, I do not mean gold. I, too, have BC floors and a lot of cool grey colors in my granite, but warm whites. I wanted a gold color, too, but decided to mute it out and wait until my backsplash was installed. Plus, my floors darkened considerably in just a few months, so I'm really glad I didn't add the gold now. You add gold to those walls and your cabinets will really start to 'yellow out'. I was shocked to see how much 'yellow' they picked up off of the walls even with Clam Island, and it's not yellow. I am going to do a bit more painting now that I am getting ready to choose window treatements and believe that with my backsplash and granite to either beige up the walls a bit since I have brown glaze on the cabinets with Parisian Taupe OR either go a touch more gold with Toasted Cashew, both by Behr....and both look good. I love the SW blonde. I got a sample the other day and it's just too gold for my kitchen. I don't have a lot of natural light and cannot afford to go any darker than the Toasted Cashew. My point: I would really wait until you have your backsplash chosen before I would commit to such a strong gold in your kitchen, unless you know that you'll just love it and that it won't compete with what you use on your backsplash. When I got my backsplash, it had a lot more rose to the stone that I imagined, so I know the SW Blonde would not have worked. Clam Island or Parisian Taupe are winners hands down and you just can't go wrong type of colors. The taupe has just a bit more pink, which I think compliments the brown/red tones in the cabinets and flooring; hence why I'm thinking I may go with this eventually in my kitchen after all of the cabinets are done. However, Clam Island is just a perfect neutral. It has enough depth to be a brown, enough gold to work with gold carpets and not overpower other colors. It's no longer in Behr's Color paint chips, but the color is in their computer at HD. I've used Clam Island in several homes as my 'base' color and I come back in and add depth or lighten. It's definitely not a beige or tan or offwhite. It's a lovely base color. I mixed it half and half on some of my ceilings, too. Here is Clam Island in different rooms so you can see how it goes with so many colors. (I think it does.) Ignore the green tint on the cabinets...we've redone them. Notice the colors in the tile and mosaic...they have the tones of the Clam Island that I used on the walls in my kitchen. Here's another view of Clam Island in my kitchen ...you can barely see the floors...I'll find one more photo

1. Name: Saylor Age: between 40 and death Sex: not very often :( Marital status: Seems okay - consistent - we're happy 2. Where do you live ? : Toronto (That's just north of Buffalo but a whole lot nicer) How large is your house ? : It varies. When the two of us are here alone it is just right. When the in- laws arrive it is way too small. When I am trying to find my keys it is way too big. 4. Are your kitchen cabinets stained or painted ? : Yes - some of each. White and dark brown from Ikea. Still in their boxes. A portion of them will be exchanged the next time Precious has a mood swing. 5. What color are your appliances ?: Stainless I hope. We haven't opened them yet and if things run true to course they are probably a wonderful assortment of black, avocado, bisque and harvest gold. But for now I am thinking they are stainless. Countertop ? : It's green but there's some white and a little bit of rose and brown and black I think, or maybe not. Looked at about 60 thousand slabs so the mind gets cloudy at times...but I am pretty sure it's green. It's Cactus Boreale granite and all the pictures I look at are green so.... It's bought and paid for but not installed. We were going to do copper but Precious had a revelation and so the cupboards turned white and the copper turned to stone. A lot of things turn to stone when Precious has a revelation - or a mood swing ... :( Flooring ?: We are planning on dark brown Jatoba, but... 6. Do you have stained or painted woodwork in your home ?: Some of both - was here when we bought it. Don't blame us. We took one look and realised that we had been sent to the property to do God's work. We are rescuing the place from a very aesthetically-challenged couple.

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There have been several concerns with the painted bevel. You are not the first to worry. The samples are EXACTLY like the floors . If it happens with the sample you must expect it to happen with your floor! I would move away from this visual.