Sherwin Williams has a pretty green color called succulent. It’s darker and would look nice in a cabin. Congratulations on your new home !

That is a lot of wood and IMOtoo much of a thing is just too much.My suggestion before doing much is change all the lighting to LEDs in 4000K that mimics natural daylight and often takes away some of the yellow cast. Then get the stainless appliances get a proper stainless hood for the stove to eliminate the need for the fan and replace the fan with a nice LED track light for much better lighting in that space . I would look at granite for a counter in a light color maybe even one of the white granites then I love the idea of a pale green for the cabinets , change the knobs to stainless and get a nice stainless sink if you want ease of care.

Not really an answer to your questions, but if you purchase stainless appliances, I’d suggest a counterdepth refrigerator to replace the large black box.

agree with all your ideas to lighten the kitchen up. pale green cabinets, stainless appliances, whitish countertop that is also the backsplash... will look gorgeous

You sound like me when we bought the cabin we have now had for 3 years. All the wood was overwhelming at first. I will say that now I’ve lived in it, all the wood is fine with me now. Especially after getting the bill to repaint the interior of the old house! However, like you, the kitchen oak is overkill. Your kitchen is lovely and bright(compared to mine!) and I think a sage green is perfect.

Here are some of the pics in my inspiration file.

You will sooooo regret removing the fan! I know I know the practicality of them rugs the style conscious wrong but remember this is a mountain home not down town NY condo. Perhaps you and your hubby should watch a few youtube redos. Sarah Richardson has a ski chalet where she painted a lot of pine ..too much perhaps but still it would give hubby a view of what could be. The ceiling and kitchen are not the wood that I would need toned down. The cabinetry is not knotty pine--keep it!! The walls well I think they could use some help.

@arcy_gw...The hubby wants to keep the knotty pine, all of it, ceilings, walls, etc. Trust me, I've shown him lots and lots of painted pine photos, etc., but he is insistent, so I've decided to embrace the knotty pine. We live in Florida and everything here is white and bright and we did want a mountain home to feel more like a cabin, so the knotty pine is staying. While we know the cabinets are not knotty pine, we are thinking that those are just builder grade oak cabinets that would look better painted IF the walls and ceiling aren't being touched. Just trying to break up all of the orange a bit, visually. Thanks for your suggestions! :)

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions on appliances, fans, paint colors, etc., I'm making a list of your suggestions so I can check them out!

I love the “campy” look and feel of the knotty pine in the mountains, even if it seems a little like wood overload. Your idea to focus on painting the kitchen cabinets is a good way to break it up, and a sage green would be beautiful. Patricia Colwell Consulting made good recommendations re appliances, granite and lighting; you could “lighten” the cabinets more by having glass installed in some of the uppers. Also, if you are planning to have seating on the peninsula, it looks like you would need to extend the overhang to make it more comfortable—but choose to do that on either the end or the long side adjacent to the dining area. Too many stools will just impede easy traffic flow.
This looks like a fun project so please post pictures of your progress.