I would love to hear you advice! We are finally ready to tackle this kitchen that we are not in love with. The "orangish" tone of the cabinets bothered us since we moved in, but there were other priorities. Now we are considering painting it the cabinets. But there are so many questions... Color - stark white won't work, but should we go with an off white similar to the trim, or do we go a little tad darker? Glaze or not - we are trying to modernize the old world look where we feasible (i.e. we would change the banisters of the spiral staircase but that's too expensive) so we're leaning toward no glaze, but will they look cheap? Glass fronts - we're thinking about adding some glass fronts, would it look good to add only on top of the sink? Finally, to tie up the look, what else should we do? We could leave the island as is or paint it to match (or contrasting). We could also change the backsplash. We could add more $ and change the tropical brown granite in the outside countertops, but the granite is, of course, in good shape. We could spend even a little more, although not sure it's worth it, to change to a built in fridge. I hate that because I love our fridge, but sometimes is form over function. Any thoughts are much appreciated.