Thanks CreatPerfect, yes the rendering looks such a useful tool, that could be good. Nice kitchen, too. Minnie, yes! That's the green kitchen I was thinking of. I wonder if we could pull off such a bold statement... It's all pretty light and bright at the moment. Don't want to repaint the walls as they've just been done, and figure the few cabinets would be easier to change. Good advice to wait until the floor etc is in. No splashback, just a 5cm strip of the same marble going around. Thanks so much for saying it's still a lovely kitchen, ColourHappy! It is quite gut-wrenching to spend so much and have it not look quite right... And many thanks for explaining what's going on here colourwise... Makes total sense. We sort of knew we'd have that problem with the Sand and marble, but was steering away from grey-toned paint (as surrounded by concrete brutalist buildings) and wanted something light and bright and that would work with brass and the oak floors. I found the pale neutrals from Paint and Paper a bit restrictive... Although have used Slate 2 and Wattle 2 in bedrooms and probably should have used one of those here, too. The other problem is that the marble is supposed to be Carrara Bianco, the whitest... But maybe that's the colour trickery at play. I hope the brass finishes work, as the tap will be quite pricey. Going for unlacquered for a less blingy look. I just hope it doesn't look 80s, like the kitchen we've just pulled out!

Wow you're all so helpful! ! Thanks. . ☺ I thought of the neutral colour myself. ..beige .. I think that's all I can invisage, but if I spill on it it won't look good for so long! And I have a dog. Difficult. May go for leather and just get this in a chair for a corner . Shame as red sofa was a rare mutual like for us both

I do think you have to get used to change. I think it looks fine. When we had our carpet done in the lounge a couple of weeks back. I brought the swatches back home from the store and struggled to decide between around 3 different similar colours. Changed my mind at the last minute and went for the darker shade and really love it so did make the right decision.

yes its the wrong colour of kitchen for that space, so I see two options - make the white-on-white monochrome look intentional by adding even more off-white (nothing more cream than the cabinets and nothing more blue-white than the floor) - think chunky utensil holder, large vases, big bowl for fruit. other option is to introduce lots of colourful accents and ignore the wrong whites - I'd add a rug, colourful bowls/vases/towels/etc. give it some personality and make it your own and enjoy it! couple fixed areas that you could renovate fairly easily - remove the short kickstand at the back of the worktop and install a proper til backsplash - and/or paint the walls!