Thanks for your response, Parma. Yes, the green would start in the corner to the left of the slider (behind the hutch) and carry around the 3 walls of the kitchen. There really isn't that much wall space in the kitchen itself and lots of white tile and appliances. Wish I could do something about the funky oak cabinets, but that's for another day and a different budget. :) I'm inclined to agree with you about not doing that narrrow, tall piece of wall with the cat picture.

It does sound as if color is in order, but if your kitchen is open to the other areas, all that nice white cabinetry is already breaking it off visually from the rest. Then there's the stuff all over the counters. If it were mine, I'd try going only slightly lighter than Revere Pewter, or even use it as is, for harmony and flow, then use color boldly in accents to add energy.

To mry193--YW, mry. Go ahead, take the plunge! Easy for me to commit you to all this agony, eh? :-) It is hard,sometimes, but it's fun, too, and so gratifying when you get something right. But that's the thing, as in cooking or buying a blouse we think is going to be absolutely perfect with "those" slacks...no matter how much practice we have, we all make mistakes now and then. We get "it" home and it doesn't look right, even if we have years of practice and have successfully executed color schemes before. So I say, don't be intimidated, jump in and when you mess things up, you can do what I still have to do often enough (even after thirty years, two apartments, one rental, five owned homes and probably, counting renos, a couple dozen color schemes): repaint or change the shower curtain. :-D What are you picturing in your mind's eye? What kind of colors do you see in your dream scheme? To hoosiergirl: Ditto your agent; you built a beautiful home, and I love the way you put everything together. [For skeet, if you see this and look at hoosier's pics, the very first photo I saw had a good example of the visual linking. Look at the way the finish on the door on the left side relates well to the floor color on the right, even though the wall colors are different and there's a different (carpet? rug?) color between the door and the other room's floor. So, even though the two areas are different, they're tied together with the same undertones and similar finishes.] To hoosier, again--That's a lovely kitchen, and you seem to have done a much better job than I have in using what look to be almost the exact same colors/tones (as nearly as I can tell from pics) in our kitchens. Aghhhh! Help me, hoosier! LOL I agree with you. We built this house not quite four years ago. The hardest part was picking the paint. I'm happy with a lot of the house, but so far I've repainted the kitchen twice, and as I noted above, I'm having to do it again. I hope I get it "right" this time! I was happy to see your cabinet color used with black appliances. That's what I have, except for the cooktop and fan (SS). I am struggling to get some cheer/energy in this room. The main difference is that I have the wooden cabinets on the perimeter of the room and the (soft) white cabinetry on the island. Do you have decent natural light in that kitchen? Mine's okay until about 2 p.m., then it gets dreary. There's a LOT of wood in here, with the cabs, the plank floors (a little darker than your tile, but the same reddish undertone), and a farmhouse table. There's a lot of warm painted furniture (chairs, pie keep, a linen chest), but it's still a heavy room. The walls were originally some kind of off-white (maybe...BM Ballet?). I thought it would be nice, because of all the (Early American) colors in the furniture, but, no. I think the white had too grey a base. Then I hand-mixed a soft green that looks close to the same hue as yours, except a bit lighter. I thought I liked it, but it became draggy as the weather got greyer. I also used matte, and maybe that was a problem. So...now I'm going to try a warm white (something like BM Navajo or Calming Cream) in *eggshell* on the walls) and a lighter, warm gold (like Marblehead Gold or Dorset Gold) on all the doors and trim. Like your house, there's a lot of trim/millwork. The palette on this floor mostly comes off of BM Philadelphia Cream/Guilford Green/Palladian Blue/Goldfinch. That's a beautiful fan hood, btw. Maybe warmer metal finishes would help around my kitchen. Anyway, nicely done!

How do I go about quantifiably picking a consultant? I went through yelp and using the ones that advertise prices (most don't), it appears I'm looking at $250+ for a minimum of two hours of consultation. Maybe I shouldn't even be bothering to paint the walls. I've been living here for almost four years though, and the walls are a generic white, really yucky, so it feels like it's about time they get painted. If I paint all the rooms neutral colors, can I go wrong? Still thinking about the fact that the amazing gray I put on the wall is a very similar color to the tan carpet (which itself may be replaced at some point). I don't know if similar color for carpet and floor is good or bad. What about an online color consultation? I have a good high quality camera I can submit pictures with. Can anyone make a recommendation?