Here's another tip: What is YOUR favorite color? Don't let anyone tell you it won't work. It will. You can find a way to use it in your kitchen, even if it is just used in small amounts as an accent color.
For instance, if your favorite color is a deep cobalt blue, but your kitchen is in a dark depressing corner of your house, paint it, say a sunny yellow, and add bits of your blue in tile back splashes, cabinet hardware, etc. Bring in a third color to tie it all together in a fabric on chairs, curtains, shades or whatever. You know how to do it. You just need to be brave.

This is a treasure chest of design ideas. As a Southern California home owner with one foot in NYC design and architecture I am thinking about a warm white kitchen with an ebony counter and perhaps some soft antique Spanish tile. I especially like the work of Goralnick and St. Charles. Dorcas Greene

Building lake house. I stay in my kitchen more than I am out of it. So everything needs to be in right place for convenience. I want it to be light & airy, a really welcoming place the place where everything starts & ends. The room where everyone is relaxed & wants to join in & cook. Or just take a little or sample alot!