Painting Kitchen Cabinets–Selecting a Paint Color (11 Magnolia Lane)

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This is the current state of my kitchen, our cabinet painting has commenced. It’s probably going to be like this for awhile as I have quite a few cabinets to do but even with just a few done, I am so excited about the outcome. Lightening up even one section of my current cabinets up is making a big difference. However, I am already calling my paint color choice into question.

As I showed you all in this post all about our Kitchen Makeover plan below, I figured I would use Benjamin Moore’s White Dove for my perimeter cabinets. After all, it looked gorgeous in Christy’s kitchen HERE and I have seen it frequently as a top choice for cabinets, the perfect white.

After getting the first section painted, then seeing it up against our backsplash my heart sank when I realized this color was not going to work. Our backsplash is too cool, the White Dove color is too creamy and warm. It’s a gorgeous color, but just not right for my room.

So, I am back to the drawing board and the painting is temporarily on hold while I select another paint color. The question is, do I go white or light gray? {Thoughts welcome in comments!}

Note: the counters you see will be replaced, I know its hard to overlook them. I am leaning toward black granite because it is so classic and as I have shared HERE my real experience having marble counters, and I just don’t think I want the maintenance again.

While one of my favorite kitchens is the one at the top of the post, it’s a beautiful, classic white kitchen but it’s in a historic home, I am not sure I can translate that exact look into my builder kitchen.

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This picture above has been my inspiration since I committed to the marble subway tile. While the lighting in this picture isn’t the best, I am guessing that these cabinets are a true white-white? Not a creamy-white.

I went to my Pinterest board to see what I have pinned over the last few years I have been contemplating this Kitchen makeover. It’s so useful to look back and see what your drawn to consistently to make a decision. One thing jumped out at me–I pin traditional white-white cabinets the most!

So I am on the search for the perfect white-white paint. One like the island below. White Dove has a very creamy undertone, so I need something with a gray undertone. Suggestions?

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All that being said, I have spent more than a few minutes considering instead going with gray/greige. Because, what is not to love about this kitchen? This gets a ridiculous amount of repins so it must be a good one