I like your ideas for your kitchen but please change the back splash? So busy looking. As for cupboards to the ceiling...will look awfully tall with your 10 foot ceilings but that is up to you. Will be lots of storage but need a ladder to get to it, I would think.

I love the changes you are making. I think if it's in your budget, I would replace. That way, you can make any changes you want to fit your style - perhaps more deep drawers, a different island configuration etc. I don't like the way the corner cabinet and the one over the fridge are taller than the rest. Painting cabinets the right way is expensive, so I'd get what you want if you can.

Cabinets to the ceiling will be stacked at 108”. And the redo you’re thinking of is in the 60-90K range, depending on choices. A whole home of expensive new floors isn’t cheap to do correctly. Neither are cabinets. Refacing costs almost as much as replacing. But there’s no point in putting 10K of quartz on old cabinets with only 1 drawer base and the design isn’t what you want.

You might want to live with it as is for at least 6 months while you work with a good Kitchen Designer to plan your changes.

Refacing is always more expensive than you think it would be. I would wait and redo everything when I had the funds. What you have there is great compared to most we see on the forum.

@User - It's best to get a kitchen designer in to educate you on what you can do in the space and how to handle the high ceilings. He/she should have all kinds of ideas to refresh your space.

It doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Look for a good, reputable carpenter with access to a place like ProSource. They have RTA all wood cabinets that look great and have some customization options. I assisted on a new construction job a couple years back with this kind of product, with a level 2 granite. It was a huge kitchen with two large islands. It looked great and the buyer has been very happy. Happy shopping!

Don’t rush into remodeling. Save up the money for doing the flooring and the new kitchen at the same time. The first thing to discover is if there are enough cabinets for all of your stuff. There is room for adding more cabinetry. Ceiling-height cabinetry would look good, but you will need a ladder to retrieve anything stored that high, and someone to hand it down to. Of course, if you don’t go to the ceiling, you will need a long dusting stick for weekly or bi-weekly dusting of the tops. Work on a new Houzz ideabook or edit an existing kitchen ideabook. Draw up a detailed floor plan of the whole space on graph paper and make ten copies so you can try different cabinet layouts and include more drawers. Plan to put the stove on an exterior wall and add a real exhaust hood which exhausts to the outside. I like a counter-top microwave because, when/if it dies, I won’t have to match a specific slot size for the new one. Also, there is less chance of spilling a hot liquid if your microwave is on the counter rather than up higher. For now, I would get a couple of colorful runner rugs and put up some window treatments.

You can build up the top of the cabinets with trim work. You might also consider less upper cabinets if you have enough storage or a pantry. I am short and do not make good use of the storage in my normal size cabinets. Taller cabinets would be more space I can't access without a step ladder:)

Build up the trim - I love this kitchen except for the over the range micro - they don't vent well and this one would be too high for me to feel comfortable lifting anything a little heavy into. You may want to consider changing out yours to a hood:

In my dream kitchen, there would be less uppers and more windows: