Hi - you could ask the color consultant on the CertaPro website - she's free and gives lots of color advice - she gave us our paint colors (after all of our many grey-taupe shades turned green) - I think her name is Shannon - good luck! :)

I'm single and did it myself and couldn't be more pleased. Though one grown daughter was briefly living with me at the time of the remodel, and she did have some good advice, for the most part, it was just me. I could never have done this with XH, I probably would have murdered him before it was over (and a jury of wives remodeling their kitchens with help from husbands would have found me "not guilty" I'm sure). We would have battled from beginning to end and I probably would have ended up with a kitchen I didn't want or like. I'd never done anything like this before, and neither had any family or friends. The most important lesson I learned was to trust my judgement. If something felt wrong, it probably was. I found that the items I returned to again and again after looking for months were the ones I liked the best - cabinet style, colors, etc., and I picked them. And while I listened to other opinions, I felt comfortable making my own choices. I knew these were not cosmic decisions, and that the many things I had to choose between all good ones, so I knew no matter what, I'd end up with a kitchen that worked for me. I got lots of good advice from my KD, because she was the only person who had done this before, and I took much of it, but felt comfortable rejecting ideas that just didn't fit me. It was fun and I will certainly do it again in my next home. I'm quite pleased with my "new" kitchen, even after 4 years. Good luck.

You sounded uncertain about the colors you had selected, related to the cool tones. So it seems the balance might be easier to work out once you have the paint on the large expanse of cabinets to balance the cool tones of the other large pieces. For example, you might end up concluding that the problem with the colors you originally identified is that they are too dark, not that they go too far to the warm spectrum.

Thanks again for the input. I tried a color visualizer, but it turns out that I have the artistic ability of a 4 year old on acid. Id love to be able to see some greys or even dark blues and how that would look....(if any of you more creative people have extra time). Thanks again, this community rocks!