I will be using the following tile for my kitchen backsplash along with the attached quartz countertop for our beach house. Kitchen cabinets will be white. I am trying to decide on a kitchen wall color -- I will be painting our living and dining room areas a SW Repose Gray, but not sure if Repose Gray would look fine with the materials I chose with the kitchen as I had never seen the color before. Your thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.

I need help quickly! I can’t decide what color to paint the few walls there are in my kitchen. Because it’s my own, it is torturing me. We’re updating the entire kitchen. 1. Replacing all of the cabinets – white (BM Silver Satin). 2. Backsplash dark grey with gold undertones. 3. Floor – Italian tile with an old-world muted pattern of blue, beige, white, gold, brown, grey. 4. Countertops – Medium gray solid color quartz. 5. Island – white with grey horizontal stripes (White Maucumbus quartzite) 6. The island is BM Buckland Blue – it is 109” x 54” I removed the breakfast nook table and plan to use the island for seating. 7. Gold hardware for cabinets and gold and black faucet. 8. Island pendants will be black barrel shades with gold inside. Adjoining rooms: Family room – light grey (Glidden color Universal Grey). FR & DR Floors – will be stained brownish grey. Dining room - Dark blue, (BM Van Deusen Blue) Painted trim throughout (BM Distant Gray) My original plan was to paint the walls gold. For instance, BM Marigold. Then I saw Benjamin Moore’s Beau Green, 2054-20, it is beautiful! It looks great next to the navy blue in the dining room. I am afraid though; the very deep green may make the wet bar area feel like a cave. I wanted something to pop with the predominate white/gray combinations. I am attaching photos of the walls that will be painted. There are 3, kitchen into the DR, arched partial wall looking into the FR, and a short wall with a window and sliding glass door. I am also including photos of the materials to be used. I apologize for the poor layout of this request, and the photos. If you need additional information, please let me know. Cabinet door & backsplash FR from kitchen. Kitchen to DR Lft: All cabinets taken out looking into kitchen from FR. New cabs go to ceiling. Rt: New floor in kitchen Beau Green is on wall on left Marigold is on right. Misc photos: BM Beau Green, more views of the kitchen. New tile and Macaumbus quartzite Backsplash top and bottom left, tile and countertop with tile right

I think the cabinets are beautiful, and the layout looks decent, though the stark white walls and ceiling do not compliment them at all. The backsplash doesn't seem to go well either (on my monitor). I would replace the ceiling light fixture, paint the walls and ceiling a warmer color, and live with it. As megs said, live with the kitchen for several months before making a major investment - if the layout just doesn't work for your family and lifestyle, and you want to redo the whole thing, you're farther ahead if you didn't spend $5K on painting the cabinets. There may be other things in your "new to you" house that take priority over a cosmetic change to a pretty kitchen.

I am glad they are both good options for you. I like BM White Down with Edgecomb as well. SW Pure White looks good with both. Another option is a softer white is BM White Dove for the trim. It depends on what you like in your space. It's personal preference. SW Pure White will look whiter than BM Dove White. Both a good options. You can see on the graph below, the DNA of many popular white paints. Always test colors in your personal space and light. Light affects color. Paint large sample boards instead of the wall and live with it for a few days. Place them near your floor, near a corner, move them around. Your current wall colors will affect how you see the new color, but large sample boards make it easy to make a decision. Given where BM White Down lives, it gets it's warmth from it's proximity to the Yellow-Red Family. Your light may reveal a hint of peach, but more likely it will just be a warm white like you want. Post a picture when you are done!