My sister painted hers black, and rehung the doors upside down. Looks modern. Finished with butcher block counters and a glass tile backsplash. Not as fancy as new cabinets but definitely budget friendly!

things are getting older including the appliances. would it be so difficult to wait 2-3 yrs and in the meantime plan for a reno. "live with it" until time to transform it , is the question....and its certainly a liveable , workable kitchen . You have a largeish open space and beautiful floors …..a great new space can be had when budget and time allow.

Appreciate your insight. Just bought the house and needed ideas. I can live with it until I do a major overhaul. Would like to try and preserve the cabinets as they are good quality and then update counters and appliances.

"preserve the cabinets...quality??? " BE SURE and browse in kitchen showrooms as to new features of cabinetry available. FEATURES means function, storage aspects, looks. You can get taller wall cabs here which will give you MORE storage. You can get glass doored fronts as the window is smallish and the glass gives a brighter look. You can get base drawers for up to date better storage. Perhaps critical, but kitchen decisions need to be of the critical sort. "Preserve" for me would be leave as is, No new counters...and full appliance package would be part of remodel [ to plan for. ]...involves decision about range /hood/venting etc. Some new hardware is easy for now.

Where is the cooktop in this kitchen?

The cooktop Is on the opposite side of the bar area. Definitely outdated as well.

Thanks Herb. very good points.

GCubed thank you. I agree. I do not like the bilevel peninsula at all. The bar stools and table were left by the previous owners. I do not plan to use them. My problem is I am more modern/contemporary but the master bath overhaul is first in my book and I can live with this until then. Definitely plan to change the knobs and light fixtures and paint at the least for now. Maybe I will win the lottery 😊

I actually think the pain color looks good with the cabinets, but a soft white or blue would look nice too.

Keep notes about daily function things you don't like and store pics in your IdeaBook so that in a year or 2 you may have the funds and be ready to renovate!