If you get all new furniture for your all new fantasy style direction. Otherwise, no. Blobby cluttered traditional with dead things doesn't go with sleek city loft 5 minute trendy pop at all.

The first rule of design is to design for the life you actually have. Not the one you wish you had. That kitchen and that living room are about alike as Snoop Dog and Dolly Parton. If your living room is comfortable and feels homey to you, that kitchen assuredly will NOT. It’s a fantasy look that won’t live well for you. Pick something that goes with the house you have, and the life you really have. Not the fantasy.

Your living room furniture won't fit the rustic farmhouse vibe. But your colors are safe, personally I think it is lacking color.

Hard to tell from a few photos, but your house seems dark ... is it wise to add a dark kitchen too?

GreenDesignsYour feedback is not super helpful. It just seems really negative without really helping me find a better direction. I'm trying to pick something that goes with what we have, but I'm struggling and asking for help. Telling me I'm living in a "fantasy" is not helpful. Maybe suggest something that would work better with my "Blobby cluttered traditional" things.

Sativa McGee Designsthanks for the feedback. I'm planning to bring in more color with the rugs. Do you think that would work? We don't have the budget for new LR furniture, so just trying to work with what I have :)

chispado you think a white kitchen is safer? I really like grey kitchens, but I ruled that out since we're doing concrete floors.

You need Traditional, with wood. That’s what your living room says. And COLOR. It all needs COLOR.

Do you have any pictures of your current kitchen and space?

I’m not a pro, but I empathize with you that you want to refresh and renew but you need to keep most of what you have (been there before!)

It sounds like you are having concrete floors in your kitchen, dining and living room? It also looks like you like black and white judging by some of your living room furniture.

And...I’m assuming the deer heads are staying and that adds another layer.

If the floors will be concrete, I think the grey wall paints you are looking at will be too much grey for your home with low ceilings. A nice, clean white to light off-white would probably be a better choice for the entire room.

If your ceilings are “popcorn” it would be a big job, but cleaning that off of the ceiling would also freshen your room.

About the deer heads: would you consider grouping them on one wall instead of spreading them out, so they are more of a collection instead of decorations?

For your fireplace: it may be a good idea to whitewash or paint it to lessen the orange color in it. If it was my fireplace, I would practice and watch videos on how to tastefully whitewash it.

For your kitchen: I love the inspiration but without seeing more of your room and current kitchen I don’t know how it will work for you.

I quickly found a picture of a house with shiplap or plank wall, (and a deer head), and maybe it will give you a suggestion for wall color.

Good luck to you.

CindyRThank you! That's all very helpful! Those pictures of our current stuff is when we had our house for sale. We already sold it and are living in an apartment while we build. So I'm trying to plan and make selections for our new house. We'll have 9' ceilings and I'm planning on the fireplace being shiplap similar to the pic you posted. Great tip about the deer heads! In our new house I'm going to dwindle down to one in the main area and put the others in our boys' room. As far as the kitchen, I'm torn between picking what I like (black cabinets with butcher block) and going with something that might work better with our furniture. I know we'll get new couches/ LR furniture eventually, but that won't be for a few years.

Good suggestion about the wall color. I'll keep that in mind when I go back to sherwin williams :)

The color of your furniture works with the kitchen you posted. It is just a different style.

If you plan on replacing it in 2-5 years I wouldn't worry about it.

Design your kitchen for what you want, as you never want to do it again.

mdrake, If it's any help, I have a 'dead thing' (lol) and stained cement slab floors in my son's room. I brought in some industrial accents, since that works a little better w/the cement.

so, for the dining room furniture, I'd ditch the more victorian style light over the table, and do something a little more industrial/farmhouse type

Your chairs are fine, but I think a new table like this would look way better w/the look you want

even something simple like this, would work a bit better w/cement floors and the look you want. doesn't have to be expensive. look for a sisal or jute rug, a large farmhouse type of pendant w/at least 100watts, and a simple farmhouse plank table. (are you guys handy? these aren't difficult to make)

Your hutch will work, but those flimsy white curtains will not. replace w/blinds. remove the photos and put them in frame, in a hallway, and find some type of art for the dining room wall.

here's your black cabs, industrial type pulls, rich warm butcher block, and you can see the ship lap in the background, along w/other wood and glass accents.

Lastly, the tv thing. with a little DIY skills, you can make a proper media unit or shelving on either side of the fireplace. it will look so much better.

if you do this, the tv can go on one side. the other side you can mount one of the heads.

check into Ikea Hacks for bookcases. some use the Billy bookcase and you can totally make them look like built in's. all over Pinterest.

It helps to know that you are thinking about this in a new house, rather than the one in the photos. But before you decide on the kitchen, you need to decide exactly what style you want for your entire house. It will help you in choosing ALL your many options from the main ones like flooring to lighting and colors. Your furniture is very traditional, but you can still have an updated transitional house. However, concrete floors are very modern or MCM. Shiplap is farmhouse. Your kitchen inspiration is rustic/industrial. All those things are nice, but not together. Decide what is most important to you, and start there. I think your kitchen choice could work if you reconsider your flooring and use hardwood instead. You will have your kitchen for a long time, and can change out furniture over time, so get what you want. Hardwood floors would also look much better with your furniture.

I agree with Cindy and Sativa. Design the kitchen you want.

Do you like to dust? That's what you will be doing constantly to keep black cabinets looking nice.

Oh my goodness you are starting fresh with a brand-new home? By all means, get what you want now - your furniture can be changed down the line with a quick trip to the store or click of a link! Your kitchen cannot be changed again without significant effort and cost.

All one room - do black, white (to very light off-white), wood, plants, with great rugs!