You can scroll through my ramblings and photos – but I need advice at the end!

A few years ago this was my dream kitchen inspiration.

And this is where I am now:

I’m still very much in love with my original inspiration, along with these:

{the marion house book}

{house and home}

{house and home}

My plan from the beginning was to go dark on the lower cabinets, but once the counters went grey I started to rethink dark lowers…Would it be too grey?   So I did what needed to be done – I photoshopped.  Kind of poorly, I’ll admit. :)

All White – no photoshopping:

White Lowers with Benjamin Moore Sylvan Mist on the walls:

White Lowers with Benjamin Moore After Midnight on the walls:

Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal on the lowers and white walls:

(the kitchen cart is kendall charcoal)

Benjamin Moore After Midnight on the lowers and white walls:

Benjamin Moore After Midnight on the lowers and Ice Milk walls:

Can you tell I stumbled upon a BM color palette that sucked me right in? :)

So, let me just narrow it down.  After doing the photoshopping These are my top 2:

I guess I can say that I am drawn to contrast.  The windows are so big that I could definitely get away with going dark.  And after looking through my inspiration, I think that a super dark navy would look really sharp.  I really like the the kendall charcoal, again on the kitchen cart, but I almost feel like it might be a bit safe choice.  Now I am a safe person, but part of me wants to go out on a limb and try something daring, and bold.  I know, Is it really that daring? :)

And then part of me is telling myself to stick with white because it’s classic and might be better for resale…and then in that case, I could just go bold and sharp on the walls.

Ah…help please!  Which should I go with?

And just for a quick update, for anyone that is curious about our fencing endeavors.   We busted our butts and got a new fence up along the 140′ side of our property.  It went much quicker than I thought and really wasn’t too bad, especially when you figure it saved us 4K.  Now if only someone would give me that cash!!!

photo 5But I hope I didn’t distract!  Back to color advice, I need it!! :)