pewter gray cabs and white counters, but what is the plan-paint till you can remodel? Or do you have great cabs that will last another 15 yrs? Provide info ... You can always do white anywhere/everywhere with red. Are you replacing anything? Sink? Faucet? Can you get new laminate counters?

sundownr, your kitchen and dining room are beautiful! I think your kitchen is screaming out for a rich color. My dining room is a very very dark chocolate (on the top half). I wanted that rich kind of color to come through the kitchen family room area. When I was deciding on my cabinets, I nixed the idea of dark cabinets because I felt that the darkness would just be flowing through the rooms. Not sure if that is clear. So I went with the white cabinets, as you have done too. I knew that I didn't want to use the same paint as the dining room, but I had originally thought to use that same color as my accent color on my fireplace wall, and at the far end of my family room, opposite side of my range (about 40+ feet away). But then I changed my mind. I ended up finding a taupe. The taupe coordinated with the brown in my dining room, and so did the gray (even though it really is a taupe). I would check out that color, in case it does work for you (Valspar Coastal Villa (lighter one) and Italian Leather (dark color behind range and on fireplace wall). My colors work together. I needed a gray with brown in it. I also think you could paint the room the same color as your dining room. The two rooms flow together. I think it would look very yummy to have that rich color in there. By the way, love your zebra rug. (where is it from?) I'm going to do that in my family room area, but I'm going with a gray zebra. Currently the rug choice is between 2, but nobody is voting on the Home Decor forum--I don't think they like me over there. :( Here is my dining room which is right off of the kitchen. Crooked things on the wall...certainly a sign of a renovation going on! I would also try to find "Funcolors", I think that's her name. She is really good on giving you names of paints to use. Not sure where she is, maybe Home Decorating Forum or painting forum. Good luck to you!

Additional pic of eating area. Will be replacing blinds too and removing tv. Kitchen faces south west and gets afternoon sun.

here is so much light in here that I might not lighten the 50%… Good call. Because 50% of what. Exactly. 50% lighter? 50% grayer? 50% whiter? 50% less blue? 50% less green? 50% of we could do this all day? When you change a formula, you create an new color. The new color might have similar attributes as the color you started with or it might not. Can't know what that new color will look like until it's mixed, dry and you can look at it (or measure it). If it works, great. If it doesn't, you own the can whether you like it or not. Wrote a blog post about it: https://thelandofcolor.com/cutting-paint-color-formulas-people-decide-it-works-before-its-done/