Here is an article about making black appliances work in a white kitchen: https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/white-cabinets-and-black-appliances/

While I tend to roll my eyes when someone suggests saving your money to go further on a project (as though factors like overspending in a neighborhood, ROI, reasons for updating, what ELSE you might be saving for, how long it took you to save what you have, etc are irrelevant and not something you’ve considered carefully already when starting a project and having a budget), I agree that the floor might be a necessary change if you’re transitioning to a bright white-on-white kitchen. That floor is going to ruin your look. If you need to keep the floor, I would consider a different cabinet/counter color story, personally.

Hi Jan, thanks for your feedback. Consulting with a Kitchen Designer is certainly a good idea and we will try to find one locally. We are open to getting rid of seating from the Island. I am attaching few more pictures so you can see entire kitchen area. I don't think we are ready to remodel entire kitchen but we do plan on replacing the kitchen floor with hardwood or tiles. Are you suggesting we update the floor first? Should this be done in a sequence (floor, cabinets, countertop)?

Hi Heather.Thanks for your feedback. Yes we are planning on doing wood or tiles for our floors but chose to change the countertop and backsplash first. Are you suggesting to change the floor first? do you have any suggestions?. Having hard time to visualize that if we pick the attached quartz for countertop and backsplash how will it look.

Here is some kitchen inspiration for you, since you are going with white cabinets. Don't forget the flooring!

Sana,

Yes! Get a KD and definitely share the desire for new flooring. You could hold a dance in the foreground of that kitchen, but photo's can be misleading. Get some pro help on site, first, and preferably not a cabinet salesman as they are not the same person or talent : )

You need a solid plan, and while I understand the urge to make a cosmetic "for Now" fix, it will simply take your $$$$ away from the kitchen you really want. Which for me would mean taking the hardwood right into the kitchen...... and all the aforementioned considerations above

Hello,

Thank you all for the feedback. We met a local KD company and pulled the trigger on kitchen remodel. New White Shaker cabinets, Sherwood Rustic Pine for the flooring everywhere (kitchen, breakfast and main entrance), Calcatta Laza for the counter top with waterfall on each side of the island (which will be little longer as we have more space in foreground), hood on top of range, height of the sink wall will be reduced by 3 inches, recessed lights and pendant lights over island.

Counter top:

https://www.msistone.com/quartz-countertops/calacatta-laza-quartz/

Flooring:

http://www.usfloorsllc.com/flooring-products/sherwood-rustic-pine/

Outstanding items:

We need to select the right Backsplash and wall color combination. We are thinking about "Benjamin Moore Owl Gray" for the wall but struggling with Backsplash. We need to pick backsplash by Monday or Tuesday next week. Any feedback would be very much appreciated.

I will post some additional pictures when the kitchen flooring and cabinets have been installed.

One: Take the flooring into the dining room beyond, as you do the foyer and all else.

Two: You do NOT need to pick a backsplash by Monday or Tuesday of next week, or the week after or a month after that! You do not need to select it until.......................your counter tops are INSTALLED. Believe me, and not the "liar, liar pants on fire" who told you otherwise.

Post the actual kitchen PLAN. : ) The cad drawing

We have a home bar with waterfall island using Calacutta Laza, we love it! Since it’s a bar area we used a stone backsplash but I wouldn’t recommend it for a kitchen. Good luck with the remodel.

Jan, thanks for the feedback. We did talk to our KD and they said the same thing that there is no rush to pick the backsplash until the countertops are intalled. It was mostly our urge to decide on backsplash quickly. Our reason for posting was to get some ideas that might look good but I guess after cabinet/countertop installation it will be easy to bring in some sample and decide. We have plans for dining and living floor but we removed it due to budget. Thanks again.

Thank you for the the feedback Karen. Your bar looks beautiful.

I am posting a few pictures of the project. The flooring (Sherwood Rustic Pine) and cabinets have been installed. Countertop (Calacatta Laza quartz) will be installed by end of the week and I will post more pictures at that time. I will definitely reach out for backsplash advice/suggestions.

So happy to hear you're planning on using the same kind of stone both on countertops and for backsplash. This pattern will give your kitchen an incredible dynamic and flow. Just make sure and check with your fabricator how will the seams look like. When you have a strong pattern you want to make sure how each detail pairs well with the rest. Also make sure to choose quartz from slabs, not from samples to make sure you get the pattern you want.

We have a small problem with the hood vent. Our wall is not thick enough to hide the pipe so the contractor had to cut out a section of the drywall (see top right of first picture). Contractor will patchup that section but there will be an angle drywall from the ceiling to the right wall and we do not want to see any of the dry wall modifications that have been made. Right now there is 8 inches from top of the molding to the ceiling.

Do you think we should install a 3-4 inch filler between cabinets and crown molding? Or will the filler look weird? Please provide your feedback and recommendations.

I'd reframe the shared dining wall to get the inches........ or ( nobody will like this one) return the hood for a recirculating hood. You HAD a microwave before. : ) People DO survive quite nicely with recirculating. That is why the option exists.

@Jan, thanks for your feedback. What about filler option? Contractor is going to cover it up with drywall and paint it with matching wall color to show us how it will look. I will post a completed picture and then see how it looks.

Ok they finished drywall and paint. I cannot tell if there was any modification to drywall on top right corner.

I can’t see the repair either. Your kitchen is looking great! Thanks for posting pics.

Do you have a finished kitchen photo? We are looking at Calacatta Laza Quartz and would love to see what it looks like all finished.