From the picture, I would say light. Have fun with your project.

Should go with light with cabinets and dark with the top

light, the room does not have enough natural light for a dark kitchen.

Always light! White kitchens are the best!

What region do you live in and what direction is the window facing? From the photo, the room looks dark, and like it's facing north, but I can't tell if it is actually dark, or if the camera compensated for the bright light coming through the window.

In your space, you should use white/light kitchen...I see lots of potential...Have fun remodeling!

I suggest white cabinets, clean, crisp, and timeless, color can be added in accessories, counter, floor and window covering. I really like the choices shown here by Chroma Kitchen and Bath . . . good luck with your project, have fun, and please post finished picture.

I think I am going to go with a light approach. I think it will help brighten the space! I was thinking about doing a pop of color on the window frames. I've seen it done before but I don't want it to look cheap. What do y'all think?

I would avoid that and use colors in the accessories instead. In my opinion painting the window frames would draw attention away from the rest of the kitchen. White would work great. Send me some pictures of the finished product, I would love to see how it turns out...

This is what I meant about the window frames, except a different color.

Its a cool idea, but I still feel that white frames would work better with the overall look and feel of the kitchen....

I think the painted frames are a nice accent. If you have some of the color of the window frames in the rest of the kitchen, it would pull things together nicely. You could try a backsplash material with some of the color. Or maybe some handles that pick up the color. Just remember that its much easier to re-paint the frames that change some of the other elements in the kitchen.

I'm a fan of wood faced cabinets, you can go with medium colored woods, or something very pale and modern. I use to have a white kitchen that I loved but then I moved to a home with maple cabinets, and I'll never go back. They are so much easier to keep crisp and clean looking, and they are still nice and bright.

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White cabinets and walls with a black and white tile floor set on the diagonal. Then pops of whatever color you'd like to accent -- bright yellow, red, turquoise or green.

I love white kitchens and yours looks like a dark space despite the number of windows.

Maybe not colour the window frame since it will draw the eye there and it looks like the view is of cars in the driveway. But I do like the picture you posted.

Instead I think add funky colour with furniture, tea towels, valence, dishes, light fixture, etc.

With one window in the kitchen I might be tempted to paint the window trim a different color, it all depends of the look you are going for. With three windows in your kitchen space I would keep the window trim white. But this is your house to Chandraify lol - it is only paint and a very easy and inexpensive fix if you want to test it out. The window to the left does not appear to provide any extra light? will this be closed off to allow for upper cabinetry?

The left window used to face outside but they added on a little room. So that window actually faces into that room. Still deciding if I should get rid of it or not. What do you think?

Bye bye window - that is prime property for upper cabinets. :-)

always keep windows make it bright go with yellow cabinets we did,
anyone can have white

Resist the urge to load the room with upper cabinets. You will lose the charm and open feel that this room currently has. If you need more storage, try to find an adjacent piece of wall where you can put full-height storage units.

So that left window is no longer a window, but an opening into the adjacent room? I would close that off and put uppers there. There is no such thing as too much storage. I know I've hit a sweet spot when I have an empty shelf or drawer.

I love the look of the colored window frame with white cabinets. But yellow cabinets with white frames could also be really nice. Chandra, what is in the room that the left window now leads to? Could the window be used as a pass-through?

Solraven, there is such a thing as too much storage. I know I've hit it when half the space is filled with items I no longer use or "projects" I'll probably never finish. On the other hand, there's no such thing as too many windows! :-)

makaloco, That's not too much storage, that's too much stuff. There's a difference. I always make sure that in every room I have an "empty" space. When all of my storage spaces are filled, it's a clear sign that I have too much stuff, but it's nice to have the extra storage, so that it's not sitting out in the open until I do.

What's worse is when people don't have enough storage, so stuff is just left out. Cereal and bread is on top of the refrigerator, because there aren't enough cabinets. Or when the coffee maker, juicer, blender and vacuum sealer all have to stay out on the counters, because there's no where else to put them. The end result is a cluttered looking home no matter how much you may try to clean it.

I agree, that having lots, and lots of windows is ideal, but that "window" doesn't have a view, or offer fresh air. It goes into another room and makes everyone aware that it's not original to the house.

Ideal would be to move the uppers around that back window, and put them where the useless window is, then have the real windows wrap around. That would be stunning!

Solraven, you're describing my former kitchen. Barely room for a dinner plate next to the microwave, while appliances I used twice a year hogged the counter. Ugh. But storing unwanted items makes me forget about them. If they're in my way, I get rid of them.

You'd be surprised at the effect an opening between rooms can have. During the kitchen remodel, we opened half a wall between it and the living room. The immediate difference in light and air flow was amazing. That may or may not be true for Chandra's space, but it's a factor to consider in decision making.