Hi! We are about to make some changes to our kitchen. I’m looking for advice on paint colours, counter tops & lighting and anything else really.

It’s a small dark kitchen and the rest of the house is painted the same beige (...too much beige!)

We are hoping to cut a whole in the wall between the kitchen and living room to open things and putting a little breakfast bar counter top with stools and pot-lighting. (Its the wall with little storage/counter thing is in the picture)

So I’m looking for advice on:

-What counter top should I go with for the breakfast bar? (Thinking maybe a wood block?)
-what counter top to go with for the rest of the kitchen
-What colours should go on walls?
-What colour to paint cupboards (leaning toward dove white)
-what colour to paint tiles

Note: Flooring and layout can’t be changed unfortunately