Definitely keep the maple cabinets. They look great and woods are coming back anyways. You'll notice how your "white" range doesn't look white against your countertops. Kylie recently did a commentary on this that you may find helpful: https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-best-cabinet-paint-colors-to-go-with-ge-cafe-white-appliances/

She points out that the color has blue-violet undertones. So that brings a special challenge to selecting counters and paint colors. It's not very practical to haul your warming drawer around to look at countertop options but you might get a big swatch of the colors she mention that closely match it and look for counters that work well with that color. I might look at the green colors that work well with it for your paint color, as I think the wheat will be... a no. Look how good the stainless looks with your range. That cooler palette will be a better choice.

Hmm. What you're describing doesn't read as cottage-y or romantic to me. Particularly quartz (which is not really a solid surface). I would use a natural material like soapstone, which will age beautifully. Or even wood counters. Something that will patina. The finish on your cabinets doesn't read cottage-y to me - it's not really rustic or natural. They're also competing with your beautiful floors, which are consistent with the vibe of a mountain cottage. So I would paint the cabinets (a sage-y green maybe?) and leave the floors. I would get a farmhouse sink, either one made from the counter material or white. I don't mind the green window sashes, depending on what you do with the rest of the kitchen.

Thank you for your comments. The link to "Kylie" was partiularly helpful. I'll be looking more at kitchen designs with the Cafe white appliances with an appreciating eye. I do wish the infomation had more to do with wood cabinets. My maple cabinets are natural just aged with a bit of an amber to them now. I felt the amber would go with the hardware on the new range. Looking forward to info on a good counter. Soapstone is a consideration but i'm still leaning toward a lighter look. Got to say though that one of my favorite wood kitchens uses green.

I think I love your whole house!!❤️ Your current paint looks too yellow on my monitor. I love your inspiration photo and would head in that direction. Maybe put up a few pictures of the finished areas of your house that you love so we can see your style?

Honed jet/Virginia mist is a nice alternative to soapstone and is not as fussy or expensive. It's a charcoal color that doesn't seem to suck light like some of the darker granites.

My husband makes all the wood furniture from the trees on our property.

Lovely home and location! If it were me, I would pause the color choices and address the lighting - replace the fluorescent fixture with something simple but still has a lot of wattage and then put it on a dimmer for flexibility - don’t underestimate a charming lamp for the counter :)

(FWIW yrs ago in a cottage kitchen we did a simple school house light from Rejuvenation and paid to for increase wattage - worked great)

Thank you. I'll look at Redjuvenation. I should mention that the LR and Kitchen cant be seen at the same time since they are partially divided by a staircase and bathroom but flow into one another. This makes it so the rooms must be painted the same color and the natural light is completely different in each room. LR from the north and kitchen from the south.

I love your home and suggest soapstone or Jet Mist/Virginia Mist granite. You mentioned considering a soapstone countertop but wanting a lighter look. Many people leave their soapstone in it's natural/dry state which is much lighter than when it's oiled or waxed. deegw posted a nice photo of a honed Jet/Virginia Mist granite which would look great, too.

Thank you. My husband would love a soapstone look. I'm not yet convinced since I like how my cheap white formica counters reflect a lot of light I do like the look of soapstone and how it works with the other stone in the house. That is my dilemma. I keep trying to mix the wood and stone of cabin with the painted and light colors (and the exterior of my house) with cottage looks. Is that impossible? The Virginia Mist granite on wood is attractive. la-la Girl's comment about ligting is true, particularly if I go with a dark counter,

oops. I liked my own comment, Still learniing here.

Glad you are not painting your beautiful wood cabinets. Get new lighting first as it will change the look of every color you test out in your kitchen. Even live with pigtails and bulbs if you don't want to select the fixture yet. (Rejuvination looks can be had for much cheaper on Esty. Rejuvination isn't great quality, just expensive.)

While I love soapstone, but even the grey is too dark for your kitchen. Find a warm white countertop that works with the range, add a 4" splash of the countertop like you have now, and color match your wall paint to the countertop material. This will make your small-ish kitchen feel much bigger and really let the wood cabinets be the star of the show, which makes sense for a cottage feel.

I did this in my kitchen and to my surprise, Corian won! I went from beautiful marble in my last home to Corian in this home. I thought it would look plastic or cheesy but it doesn't. I'm an antiques and brass kind of gal and the Corian works for me.

any chance I could pull off something liike this with my cabinets? https://i0.wp.com/beckiowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1d2519a5c1edc88c952b5e942484b871.jpeg?resize=800%2C1000&ssl=1

That photo doesn't read cottage to me, it reads modern farmhouse. In any event, I really don't think you can - those are natural white oak cabinets with a lot of grain and color variation and a clear, flat finish. Totally different material.

Note that based on other discussions on the range you selected, it has a cold purple-gray undertone to the white which will make finding a warm white counter or wall color to complement it difficult or impossible. And gray undertone whites are not going to look good with your cabinets. I probably would have not wanted a range to dictate design decisions, but if you love it then I would reconsider warm whites.

The photo you posted with green accents is far more on the money, especially if you're married to the stove.

I agree with Kendrah. Any gray, charcoal, dark counter material is going to be far too dark for your kitchen. #1 reason why is because of the windows being black holes after sundown, sucking light out of the kitchen. I would use white/ light for the counters and lighten up the wall and ceiling paint. Your call on the splash.

For what it's worth, and those of us who like yellows, here is a pallette that uses blue violet (from the range) and yellows. And a photo of the only thing I have with blue violet and white. It's very pretty but probably difficult to pull off considering the rest of my home.

The link- yes, I think you can achieve a version of that using slightly different tones based on your cabinets and range. Do you like the color of your current counters? That color on the walls plus antiqued nickel hardware and lighting fixture looks good to me.

Start getting counter samples and playing around. Remember, your counters are on a horizontal plane and your range door is on a vertical one, so they are always going to look different because light is hitting them differently.

Hang your plate on the wall as decor, but don't make color selections for wall or counters based on it.

Correct, quartz is not a solid surface. That makes it even better. Quartz countertops are as strong and durable as natural stone and resist scratches, cuts, and chipping. Solid surface is softer and can be damaged when using knives to cut or chop directly on the surface.

Examples of solid surface are Corian®, Swanstone, Staron®, Avonite Surfaces®, HI-MACS®, LivingStone®, STUDIO Collection®, and Wilsonart®, is a generic term for materials that are composed of two main ingredients: a natural mineral filler and a resin binder.

Years back we lived in a Maine Post and Beam home. Pine floors throughout and dark cherry cabinets. It was a large house with tons of windows and I painted the walls B.M. Navajo White.

It worked nicely. I did wallpaper the bathrooms; but, that's my way of taking the focus of the toilet.

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Love the purple and gold! I would use them in fabrics, rugs, art and accessories rather than a wall color, although OP has a knack with color.

Thank you all so much. I'm going to look at lighting, and counters that work with my mat white range. I've gotten a lot of useful ideas and resourses.. The Kylie Interior Blog is so full of information! Truthfully I am always changing my colors via pillows and throws. My husband teases me about my textile addiction. Although I have a lot of fixed items (pine floors, maple cabinets, rock fireplace, husband made cedar furniture, and now a mat white range, I'm hoping to put together a backdrop that is flexible enough to allow me to change up my colors. I love monochromatic (try doing that with yellow/cream/wicher/camel) but around the corner in my living room that color has to work too and I got a whole lot of other stuff going on there. LOL . HU is right. I am not cottage or cabin in the kitchen. I'm hoping now for something neutral that i can play with.

We just looked at counters yesterday and fell in love with Ocean Blue quartzite. This would look great here. It has some olive tones to it that would totally fit the mountain cottage vibe.

Thank you. I'll be sure to check that out.

"I'm hoping to put together a backdrop that is flexible enough to allow me to change up my colors. I love monochromatic..."

So practical. Always my go to tactic. I find monochromatic really soothing.