If your painting the cabinets, I would just put a false front on that and paint it out.

@RL Relocation LLC thats what I was thinking to

Do you have cats? They would love that cat-condo! 😄

Is the cabinet company still in business? Maybe you could order a matching door and have it painted and permanently affixed in the space. I think having it filled in with just a flat piece of painted wood is going to look odd too.

@chispa LOL! I don’t have cats but can totally see them doing that. It was a modular home but that’s a good idea, maybe they did it and can make a different one.

I thought there was a cat inside. Lol

@Monis Gonzalez LOL nope just an ugly vase with fake flowers

Can you post the whole kitchen? There may be a way to selectively remove some uppers - honestly it’s the ‘whole corner’ not just that opening that makes it so awkward. Also, posting the whole room may help you get good comments on exact paint color to consider. As I see you have laminate counters and maybe a tone or color might enhance your kitchen more than ‘white’.

@thinkdesignlive here are some more photos! we are replacing the flooring, appliances, sink, floor and painting the walls and cabinets so its going to be a blank slate.

If the double wall cabinet to the left of the refrigerator would fit to the right of the window, I would use it there and remove the single and corner cabinet, perhaps repurposing them in the garage or laundry room.

@wilson853 yes we did think of that. The only thing is that won’t it look empty not having anything there?

It would be a nice spot for a piece of artwork or a TV and at the same time would give you symmetry around the window. I think that you will appreciate having a small stretch of counter with no upper above especially if you are using those small appliances there.

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If you are replacing the flooring, appliances and sink AND paying to have cabinets professionally(?) painted... then, if it were me, I'd wait and just spend the money on new cabinets.

In fact, I got an estimate a while back on professionally painting my oak cabinets, which have almost the same doors yours do (partial overlay).. and it was going to be approximately $8,000 AND the first painter refused to paint oak because he said I would be so disappointed to see the grain through the paint. Seeing the grain through the paint is not the end of the world, but for that amount of money, it can just be put toward new cabinets, where you could have all drawers on the lowers, hidden trash, roomier cabinets, etc.

@Mrs. S yes we are. But we cant afford to do everything at one time so we are replacing things little by little. The flooring and painting is going to be done immediately. I get what your saying. The house is only 10 years old so the cabinets arnt in bad shape. We are waiting to get a quote first but my cousin just painted her oak cabinets herself and I actually love how you can see the grain still.

So you are keeping the counters as is?

@thinkdesignlive no, they are going to be replaced

@wilson853 could probably put open shelving in that blank spot also.

I was wondering about removing the cat condo corner and pivoting the cabinet to the right of the window 90 degrees. It wouldn't fill the whole spot, so it might look odd, but it would bring more natural light in.

If you're also replacing the counters (as well as the flooring), are you sure you don't want new cabinets? Changing cabinets in the future may be a real challenge if you already have nice counters on there---I've read over and over in these forums that you can't count on the counters being salvageable with new cabinets. Plus, you won't be able to run your new floor underneath...

Proper diy cabinet painting takes weeks in between coats and sanding and staging...

You have a wonderful space, I would price it out....

Again, if it were me, I'd get new cabinets and laminate counters and save for better counters at some future date, rather than paint oak cabinets.

Honestly,

I'd keep it!

Put a glass door on it with simple in cabinet lighting and put my wine glasses in.

If you are going to all that work - I'd say the biggest improvement you could make would be to go full height with your uppers (leave the fridge section as is) so I would remove all the other uppers and do fridge to corner double height open shelves in the corner. Then the rest of the cabinets could all go full height. This would allow you to do square panels on the top which would greatly improve the visual of the kitchen. You could leave the lowers and fridge surround in wood and then all new uppers could be white. Similar to this kitchen:

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For a good quality paint job you are paying $$ but still have arched not full height uppers - and for leaving the lowers and fridge surround and getting new already done white uppers you are paying $ maybe $$ depending on cabinet line. The only tricky part is redoing crown at the ceiling but any good handyman/carpenter can do that in a day. Don't rush your decisions and settle on floor before anything else.

Granted the inspiration pic I posted has a more brown wood than yours but you get the jist....there may even be a scenario where you keep your floors which would be a huge cost savings.