mary, you painted the hood, right?!

you still don't like how everything turned out?

(did you look at any window blinds?)

if you could change one thing, would it be cab color or the granite? which do you dislike the most?

(your cabinets aren't oak)

If you plan on redoing things, are you considering changing the shape of the island too? Mainly that round end portion. Is this where you eat or do you have a table?

Hi Beth-
Yes we did have the hood painted :) it’s tolerable somewhat but I still don’t love it. Haha if the cabinets aren’t oak, what are they? I think I’d switch out the granite to something more simple if I could only make one change and I would be open to changing the island shape. But I do appreciate how many people can sit up there!

the cabs look like a birch or maple, or something in that realm. hard to tell from the pic so far away and the color stain that's on them.

They have a glazing as well? Can you tell?

I think they'd look nice painted, maybe some diff hardware.

I can see why you think there is an overload of yellow. The clear coat finish has prob yellowed w/time, and the granite is also very warm.

Do you think you're up to painting all of them and getting a new countertop?

I think you could keep your 'table' at the island if you did a diff shape. Have you ever seen any of the options?

I'm thinking something like this would look perfect in your kitchen !

The cabinets aren’t bad at all! I would definitely consider changing the granite. And certainly the shape of the island. I always love corbels but I feel like it’s blocking the kitchen. Can we move them to another room?!

Love these. The shape on mine is quite phallic!
These are some other kitchens that caught my eye. I also want to change my flooring.

Love those inspiration pics! Great start. Flooring will certainly go a long way!! What’s past the island now? Can you show us the rest of the space. Maybe we can do a bench attached to the island kinda thing. I’ll show a picture of what I mean

Not great pics but just to show what I’m talking about. If there’s some more room to work with.

Oh my gosh! These are adorable.

nice floors.

you could easily feather in similar oak planks and run them into your kitchen. get everything refinished to match.

have you given though to painting your front door? Since you like the blue, I'd go w/a very soft blue for the door.

For you kitchen, I'd do the white and consider doing a darker blue for the island. or, a wrought iron color like your sofa.

you'll have to pick your countertop first

So start first with looking at countertops? Do you think quartz or butcher block or maybe both?

You want quartz on the perimeter and butcher block on that large island?? You'd need more than one piece for the latter.

But yes, start w/countertops first, then pick the color of your cabs, and your flooring.

That’s a great suggestion with the front door. I had our upstairs bedroom doors painted blue and I like it a lot- huge upgrade from the yellow oaks.

What countertop would you suggest?

if you like the blue and blue/gray tones, look at quartzite.

This would look great w/your living area, your floors, and white cabinets

(I just saw it at my stone/tile place. it's called Fantasy Macaubas, and the entire slab was $2500)

This is another one called:

Blue Fantasy. (not Fantasy Brown)

this one is a leather finish

or look at a Fusion quartzite

White Macaubas is another one

Shadow Storm

All beautiful!!! I like the less vainy ones but they’re all stunning

Your cabinets are beautiful.

You clearly like blue and grey, so it’s obvious why you want to redo the kitchen. A white cabinet, blue or grey island and new countertops will probably make you very happy. Great stone choices from Beth. Perhaps you need to do some stone shopping so you can get a fix on that most important element. There are a ton of paints that will match any stone you choose so go visit the stone yards and see what you fall in love with. Thanks for including us!