Wow, I hadn't realized there were other replies after I posted a couple wks ago. I only came back to check now to rehash my decision. Because no...I still don't know what I'm doing :( I'm literally past obsessing about it. And moved on to being plain, ol' DEPRESSED over it. So much so, that I booked a flight to CA for Feb 26th, so I could go to Ikea and just waste some money on accesories. And NOT paint! At the time, I decided to just put glass in the doors, open up the other couple. Try to find something I really liked to go over the cabs. Nice rug, some under cabinet lighting, and call it a day. But, dh and everyone else knows that would only make me happy for about a wk. So, we're painting. What color? Well, we'll decide that when the guy comes for the doors :( Seriously, I'm just going to flip a coin. Last night I was set on all white. Figured adding some other color in a rug, painting the inside of the glass cabinets green, and adding other stuff wouldn't make it look so sterile. But, that darn floor and the white appliances keep staring at me. I could happily do white cabs if appliances were SS. OR..if the floor was wood. But, having both things against me. I've yet to EVER clip and save a kitchen with light tile, and white appliances. There's a reason for that. I don't like the look ! The black..sigh. I love black. But, since my first post I've changed out my living room quite a bit. It's taking on a lighter tone. And I worry the black is too heavy with it. I've had visions again of going green/gray on the bottom. Dh doesn't want to for resale. And because of how he thinks it'd look against the Lenox Tan paint on the walls. Blue, I love the color you've done! I can totally see doing something like that to work WITH what I have. Not against it. But, again..the paint throughout the whole space would be hard to work with. Dh suggested maybe going with the wall color, at half strength..for the lowers. White uppers. OR..back to black lowers. It's quite obvious I'm all over the map still. And am thankful for all the snow. So, my painter can't get started yet :( Here's my living room. Right off the kitchen. I need to make things flow. And I pretty much stink at this whole decorating thing, so it's a struggle!

Thank you ladies. Deb the classes are held at the local community centre. The teacher is a landscape artist who takes us through a picture a week step by step - he stands at the front and paints and we copy him. Lots of fun. The flowers on canvas was a one off thing just so we could experience something different, next week it will be back to landscapes on wooden boards :)I love the effect of the background with the canvas - it absorbs the paint faster than wood. Elaine - good idea. i'll start a new message and put the frame link as well. HUGS Sue :)

Nice work - you have way more patience than I do!! I read your other thread about the greys, too. I take it Storm is the middle one? I like it the most, too. And I think with the white cabs and the white subways, it won't be too grey. You don't have a lot of wall showing in the 'kitchen' part of the space. Is there a lot of wall on the other end of the space? It's the eat-in space I assume? Even so, I think you could easily lighten up that end with light table cloth, light prints on the walls, a mirror, etc. Also, if you paint the bottom of the opening the same color as the cabinets, I think that will keep it lighter, too. Though, I do also like the color closest to the cabinets!

Aw, thanks, @Diana. UPW is always and option, because it will look nice with the glass tile and, of course, go with the trim. Polar Bear belongs to the yellow hue family. Ultra Pure White the Green-Yellow hue family. I'd be looking to see how Polar Bear related to the green-blue glass tile. I'd be looking for that edge of yellowness. In terms of Chroma they work. Polar Bear has a nice bump more Chroma and that's a good thing. If Polar Bear doesn't work, then I'd be looking for a white from the same Green-Blue hue family as the tiles.