get yourself a new fridge, as long as it's a standard size …. and leave it all for now. Ditto the above.

It may be all white but it is still a nice kitchen! I love an all white kitchen. Once you get your stuff in there, it will look different. Or, maybe you hid all of your stuff for the photo?

I would love to have your kitchen!

You are well on your way to rustic farmhouse with a white kitchen. What does your hardware look like now? Difficult to see in the photo. Maybe post additional photos going in the other direction.

I would start by:

-painting the walls and area above the backsplash since that will be inexpensive

-get a counter depth refrigerator

Agree that you should live with the kitchen for a while to make sure the cabinet paint job is holding up. For now, just paint the walls a white that harmonizes with the cabinets. This will give you a quick blank slate you can paint over later or leave.

There are so many possibilities with a white kitchen. Start an Ideabook called "White Kitchen." Another with "White Kitchen Colored Island" "White Kitchen Taupe Tile floor." Then do Houzz, Pinterest, and Google searches with those terms. Bookmark kitchens that have similar layouts.

Not sure why you'd want to take out the tile floors--they're a great neutral.

I would repaint the walls to start with.

I think a butcher block countertop would look great on your island and add to the "farmhouse" feel you are wanting!

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Butcher block counter is a great idea, and inexpensive new backsplash, while you're doing your 6 month period of waiting to see if the paint job was crap, or well done.

I love how clean and fresh it all looks; it's a nice white color.

I would do a large plank dark with a gray tone wood floor. Marble white with veins of light gray counter or like shown in pics something more natural toned stone. Stainless steel modern appliances. Do a higher height decorative above stove cabinet. (I am leaving some ideas) by raising that cabinet with a microwave or a decorative fan feature. Upper Cabinets are all too straight across. If you could find some of those topper small cabinets like in 2nd pic that would add some demension. Need more up and down along top line. All your cabinets I would leave color and hardware but find a few for glass doors or take out a set and add open shelving. Maybe paint the island cabinet a pop of color for interest. Add shiplap or cris cross barn look or board and baten to spice up the island to add interest.

Thanks so much everyone for the suggestions, I appreciate it. I have not moved in yet and was planning on doing Reno first, but it would be a good idea to hold off just in case the cabinets don’t hold up. How unfortunate!

The knobs are a brownish color btw. Here’s a closer up pic. The floor tile is in good condition will leave it til next year was planning on doing some type of grey brownish floors

The kitchen looks very pretty and liveable right now. Might consider a couple of area rugs instead of replacing the tile, which looks nice and neutral to me :)

Another thing you could do to make a change without wasting money is to put in a nice sink that you can later reuse. I totally recommend a Franke granite sink. They have a huuuuuuge single bowl sink that takes the place of an existing double bowl, meaning you can probably drop it in the existing sink hole. I have one and I totally love it! Also, a new faucet (I recommend Annabelle brushed nickel by Moen-- have had them in two houses and love them both!)

I think this is the sink.... and it can be overmounted to start, and later when you get new countertop, undermounted if desired...

Franke Single Bowl Sink

Can't say enough good things about this faucet:

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Good luck! I think your kitchen looks wonderful and only needs a few little things to make it uniquely yours as well as farmhouse style :)

Consider natural floors to keep the space warm. Gray floors are a bit trendy. All the newer design pics I am seeing have natural white oak type looking floors. Painting the walls is something that you can do because it would not be a large investment and would make the space more your style.

I agree abut waiting - both to see how the paint job holds up and how the layout works for you. The layout is good as far as the placement of the appliances. I find the island to be somewhat unnecessary and a possible block in flow and space. This type of space with a U shaped kitchen lends itself to a peninsula much more than an island. In the pursuit of having an "island" many turned their peninsula into one without realizing the negative effect it would have.

Examples of the newer look in flooring - this is warmer and more flexible style wise then gray weathered look wood flooring:

This is a pretty wall color if you like gray, but want to keep the kitchen feeling warm. It also has a traditional oak hardwood floor in a natural stain:

I would paint the soffit to match the cabinets; take down the blinds & topper (if you want blinds for privacy, go with 2" plantation, but I would just hang a simple roll-up fabric in a pale color. I would also paint the ceiling in a pale warm color, something that looks good with the floor and maybe tones down the pink tone that I see. If you do paint the ceiling then the wall between cabinets needs to be white also. You've already got 4 different whites in the room -at least they appear so on my laptop (cabs, appliances, ceiling and counter) - so the wall needs to match one of them, preferably the cabinet or the counter.

Love all the suggestions, thanks Houzz community!

You may have already thought about this, but removing the valence and the vertical blinds (that's what they appear to be) will freshen up the kitchen at no cost.

Paint!!

Change hardware

You can get away with leaving floor if needed but that would be a bonus!

If you want to save money, find a white fridge that fits and keep the others if good condition.

Our kitchen was all white, so if you redo countertops, switch out island with butcher block (we bought at menards, sanded stained less than $100)

@Jennifer - wow very similar kitchen colors, thanks for the photos! I am considering a butcher block (extended) as well but unsure of what to choose for main countertops if I did that

I did find a really cute Kitchenaid fridge that comes in white and stainless steel. Although theres a sale at Home Depot where if i buy the SS fridge, stove and dishwasher I’ll “save” $500 so I am unsure which way to go bc the stove and dishwasher were barely used.

I did forget to mention I am taking out the valence and vertical blinds immediately LOL

Also so considering painting the walls a lighter greige

I would recommend granite for main countertops. There are some beautiful, warm colors to break the whiteness and to match butcher block too. Not sure would you like to go for more or less contrast, with brown, beige, yellow or bordeaux granite, but all of these options can make your setting so warm. Crema Bordeaux has a unique combination of pink and beige swirls, Ivory Fantasy is light, vanilla hued, while Juparana Delicatus granite can look pretty bold. If you decide to go with granite, make sure to choose from slabs and see the slabs for yourself as granite slabs differ. If you need to match different slabs of the same granite, check and make sure with your fabricator that you like the seams. This is especially important if the granite is busy.

A white kitchen is really nice. You can possibly think of changing the hardware. The counter top could also be changed but depending on the overall design of your home it would be your choice as to what color suits you.

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