I think having them professionally sprayed an off white would update the look.

I would like to get rid of the wood trim and go for a flatter look. They were job built in 1998. Want new floors too!

Are these real estate photos of someone else's colors and accessories? The choices of rug, plates on cabinets, dishtowels, candle sconces, etc. don't seem industrial. Moreover, industrial doesn't jibe with the house style.

Have you considered facing some of the existing upper cabinets in glass--either clear or opaque? That would break up the wall of wood cabinets. I think the finishes are beautiful. Whatever you do, make sure your kitchen choices harmonize with the open, adjoining spaces or you'll have a mish mash of styles.

It is my kitchen. Not really trying to make it extremely modern. This is our 18 year old ranch house and just want to update into something a little more modern and fresh.

Because they were custom built you might have trouble geting replacement doors off the rack if there is a cabinet maker in your area have new doors made in MDF if you are going to paint them I would change out the very top ones to frosted glas with an aluminum frame and change the handles to just a straight stainless bar handle. I do agree though that what I can see of the other spaces and even the rug in the kitchen does not say industrial to me.

Here's a look you could try without a huge expense. Note the more industrial hardware on the cabinets.

Sorry I was typing while you were too but what I suggested will do what you want without being off from the rest of the spaces.If you want a mored clean modern look then change some of the rugs to something a little more modern feel and don’t have them everywhere , take the stuff off the top of the cabinets declutter the counters and I would put the pots away and if you don’t have a downdraft for exhaust I would install a great stainless hood fan where the pots are hanging.

Thanks for the responses. You guys are all correct. Industrial was a poor choice of words. Here is a picture of our remodeled vacation home kitchen, which I love. I'm not trying to recreate this here, but I am really tired of a lot of things in the ranch house.

Also, the pots are definitely coming down, and maybe even the columns (that's going to be a mess and painfully expensive) and the flooring changed to porcelain tile, stacked. Looking to totally declutter. Just trying to avoid going back to the studs on the cabinets. Thanks!

Go back to your original cabinetmaker and have them come out for a consultation.

you have a lot of cabinets...do you need them all? sometimes a sleeker look can be had by getting rid of a few of them, especially over by the sink... then you have fewer doors to deal with also.

Good luck in your remodel. I am following to see what you do. Keep us posted.

Why reinvent the wheel here. You have good solid wood cabinetry. Replacing with MDF(!?) no thanks, unless you like crappy fake wood. I'm curious to know if the doors are solid or if the bead trim is applied? No matter. A wood shop can take these down to a sold panel door (or you could do it yourself with a decent power planer and some time). Or have new doors made and upgrade the hardware then. The other kitchen you uploaded is great so shoot for the same look by having the doors refinished, and sprayed to your choice of color. To me the bigger issues are the mismatched wood floor in the kitchen. What are you planning with that? And that big dry walled beam is so builder grade. It needs a different treatment such as cladding in wood. To modernize/change up the look of the kitchen consider eliminating the angled portion of your base units and instead place an island or table there - with a heavy butcher block top. Then you would have to address the flooring. But I would consider another floor or refinishing regardless. Best of luck.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Rusty, the trim is attached, so removable. We are looking to replace the flooring with porcelain tile, maybe stacked. New Bosch side open oven and convection/microwave (the Dacors worked great for 18 years) and a new stovetop. Looking at options for the columns, which are holding up the roof. Keeping them but making them look different is going to be the most economic for sure, IF we find an idea we like. This whole project has been simmering in the background while we remodeled the vacation house. And we just started talking about it last night. So preliminary for sure. Ideas welcome.

Beautiful job in your vacation kitchen!

Just a couple of questions. With all that storage, do you need to have your pots hanging from a rack in plain view? I think pot racks add to clutter and, unless they are clean and polished, the bottoms of cookware aren't particularly attractive. I guess I don't see the what's mismatched with the floor. Does the color of flooring have to match the cabinets? I don't think so. Or is it that you just don't like the light, natural shade? At any rate, porcelain tile is a great alternative. The angled peninsula with its rounded, glossy granite does not look like your style. I'm sure you'll change that out to something more modern as in the vacation house. With your taste and recent remodeling experience, any improvements you choose to make will be fabulous. Good luck!

Thanks flopsycat1, very perceptive. The pot rack and all the pots are going too. Life is too short to be looking at copper pots that need to be polished, ha. Also the wood floor is 18 years old and I have been "done" with the narrow width for several years. Here is the floor at the other house (while under construction)! And the view from the kitchen.

If the current floor is real hardwood, why not stain it a dark color and go from there? IF you are determined to replace the floor with tile please remove the base cabinets and do the job correctly. Sophie is dead right with her comment on "trapping" any appliance that sits on the floor under the countertop...a nightmare if you ever need to change it out for any reason.

@cbrock418 - Love your view, love your style. Where is your vacation home located?

We just finished ours and used porcelain tile throughout. It really unifies the design. (Hope you don't mind if I post my pics on your thread, but I think we have similar taste. Clean, minimal, modern)

Chiflipper, I appreciate what you are saying. I think we are okay about not trapping appliances because they were installed on the wood floor which is sitting on wood screed. So we would take out the appliance, take out the floor, take out the screed, build up the floor for tile, lay the tile including under the appliance and move the appliance back in. We would still have wood under our wall cabinets. Will that work?

Regarding staining and keeping the floor, that is a good idea to at least give it a try. I'm kind of over the narrow tile, so we will see how it looks. Thanks for your suggestions.

Flopsycat1, vacation house is on the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. I like your house. Love the floor. Which do you think is easier to live with, I.e., doesn't always look like a mess, dark or light tile?

Cbrock418 Texas Hill Country was our other choice, beautiful scenery.

We used to have a white dog, but our current pup is brindle. Since they shed a lot, floors look cleaner when matched to their fur. Ok, so that was not really the deciding factor. I think the darker floors ground the space better, and I do like the concrete look. We don't wear street shoes in the house. Keeping the floors clean has not been an issue for us. These are the tiles we used in Silver, 12" X 24". (Ignore the black accent strip.)

Cabinet refacing seems to be unpopular here, but I have had two good experiences with it. My parents, whose cabinets looked a lot like yours, did theirs in 1999. They got new doors and drawer fronts and it looked great. We just had our kitchen and bathroom refaced with new white (wood) doors and drawer fronts. It looks wonderful and although it is an expense, it was much cheaper than getting new cabinets. There are cabinet companies that do this so you can get quotes. Home Depot do s it too but almost all the comments about them are that they are quite expensive.

i like your wood floors, and agree that perhaps refinishing them and staining a different color could make a big difference. Tile floors are hard on one's knees as one ages!

Back to the cabinets--removing the trim, replacing some doors with opaque glass, getting the remaining ones spiffed up, and adding super contemporary hardware could give you the look you want with minimal hassle and expense.