Hlove - you're sweet for saying so. The gray will always be a tad darker than I'd hoped in such a small, North-facing room...although there are times of the day/year when it looks more soft and powdery which I love. :) I think you're right about the ceiling. They're painting the cabs today and I think/hope will put them back up tomorrow, they re-paint the ceiling the Friday before Easter so by then I'll know what sort of change would be appropriate if any. The cream color that's presently on the walls/ceiling is BM's White Linen. Since I don't love that color in my kitchen, I just assume re-paint the walls along with the ceiling since the ceiling has to be re-painted anyway. So something less dingy-yellow than the white linen without being white-white since the upper cabs will now be a whiter-white and they don't need any competition! :) I appreciated your advice and did in fact find a white with gray-green undertones! I hope I like it and too late if not cause they're painting now. It's BM's Cotton Balls. I'd held it up along with 5 other whites, at our local Benjamin Moore store, and held it up next to a Fieldstone sample (like our cabs) as well as the Linen White sample and the 3 colors together looked really nice. Thanks again! Michelle16 - thanks! Before I had just Miller Paint's "white-white" (an older color) on all my cabs, and a beige-avocado color on the walls/ceiling. It was pretty but I'd had it for 11 years and really needed a break. Little did I know white kitchens would become all the rage - haha. The Fieldstone was inspired by Sally Wheat's kitchen which another GW member suggested I check out. I loved it immediately and liked how painting the woodwork a darker color with lighter color on the walls was a nice change from the norm (more so at that time anyway, compared to now). I liked how it reminded me of how homes used to be a hundred years ago only then it was unpainted wood vs. a lighter color on the walls. So something very period-appropriate about it but with a twist. ;) In my kitchen, it's a bit darker than I like at times - because of the lack of white since my cabs aren't open as Sally's are, and also cause my room has a LOT of cabinetry and faces North so it's a dark room - but I still love it more than not! And the darkness of it at times (when the room's all cleaned up and there's a pop of color e.g. a black bowl filled with tangerines or something like that!) can look sophisticated. Once my in-ceiling speakers are installed I'm going to feel very cool, having deep, bassy jazz playing in there at the same time as in the living room during a party. With the under-cab lights on dim and a few candles lit, I'll be scattin'! Eandhl - me too! :) Do you have it in your house? I love your short little comment - I wish I could keep things that short but alas...... Daisychain01 - Hi! :) In your picture it's PERFECT (and of course may have turned out perfect in my kitchen) but when I had it fanned out along with the other whites in my hand at the store, the Cotton Balls - much to my surprise - seemed to blend better with the Fieldstone gray color of my cabinets. I can't remember now if the Cloud White was too white or too creamy but it would have been one way or the other, although I seem to recall it was my second choice, then my first, then my second, then my first - haha. I think she told me Pottery Barn uses it too (?). Anyway they painted the cab doors today and then a fresh coat tomorrow morning (Fri.) so as soon as they're up I'll take pics and post. Wish me luck! And thanks so much for including the pic! That bathroom is very sweet.

Keep trim consistent. A vanity is a stand alone piece of finely crafted furniture.

You did well with the cabinets!!! Good for you! Ask your mother what she wants and needs. Does she have lots of pots and pans? Does she have pretty dishes? Does she need to store a lot of dry goods, cans, jars, etc.? You might ask her first. This might be an opportunity for her to down size her kitchen needs. Also, consider acquiring a cupboard unit that could be used as a closed pantry. It needn’t match your cabinetry. You could add a small island with a chopping block top and storage beneath for her too. Does she have any physical limitations? Things to consider….

Is this the Marshmallow you refer to? If so, then yes, you could pair those two whites and neither would look dingy nor dirty next to the other. That’s because there’s enough difference in chroma to distinguish them, Simply White being both the more neutral of the two and also the lighter. I would always test in situ. Simply White although more neutral than Marshmallow, is still pretty colourful. In some rooms that can just translate to a softness, in others you may find it too yellow.