looks like you have a natural travertine tile and resin-like decorative 3D tile accent.

What don't you like?

And we really need to see the ENTIRE kitchen to get a feel for what's happening. post more pics

Will do! And I don’t like any of it, just want to completely cover it as much as possible. The colours aren’t doing much to brighten my kitchen either. The one thing I do like is the brick aspect of it. Honestly in my opinion it just doesn’t belong in a log house.

Entire kitchen (its small!)

ok. need to see the entire space first to give options. (at the very least you can white wash it w/Romabio) But, may be best to remove it all. Hence, needing to see the space

Just posted!

cute kitchen.

I see what you mean.

(please remove that weird pendant light over the sink!! try something like this:

as for the other portion (that stove is amazing!) Do you like any of these?

this is a slate tile to match the greenish stained cabinets. You have room for a butcher block island like this. w/some type of light over it. can you do this?

you can completely mortar wash that stone (look it up. it's not difficult to do).

But I think I'd prob just remove all of it and re-sheetrock to do something else

Wow! Those are some beautiful ideas. I especially like the green. It’s a similar colour we have used in our home on the small amount of drywall we have. Unfortunately my kitchen is way to small to add anything extra. I am currently in the process of updating the lighting fixtures. I wish I had a lot of money to sink into this project but I think I will just contemplate the mortar idea!

you won't need a lot of money if you can DIY.

but sure, try the mortar idea first. for less than 100 you can do it. lots of tutorials online (mainly for fireplace stone and brick, but you can do it for yours too. If those accent tiles won't take the wash, pop them out and replace w/the stone travertine tiles. cheap and easy to do. )

But that behemouth pendant over the sink, that has to go! you could get a cheap metal one at Home depot and spray paint it any color you like. bring in a bright LED bulb for more lighting

heck, HD has these on sale for $20

Vintage copper would be pretty

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-1-Light-Vintage-Copper-Warehouse-Pendant-with-Metal-Shade-AF-1032R-CPR/314287387

what about a vintage looking tin pendant? this one is from etsy, but you could prob salvage shop and find something similar.

bring in a copper sink

Or the Kohler drop in farmhouse.

another pendant if you like more white.

This one is a 16" for $89

If the whitewashing doesn't work, you can remove it (or replace over it) w/a simple beadboard. cheap and easy. tutuorials online. paint it any color

here's a quick mock up w/black bead board, new black cup pulls and handles, and maybe a black/gold pendnat for over the bar area

check out this one w/similar stove, copper accents and copper hardware!! love this w/a copper sink on yours. and look at the backsplash. simple wood

You could buy a sheet of copper (I did this to my trailer. bought the thin roll of copper and nailed it up behind the counter.

resembles this:

you could easily do that over your stone.

try a vintage looking copper color light. you can see how it looks w/the wood cabinet and the somewhat washed brick in the background

I am LOVING all these ideas! Any suggestions for the counter tops?

you don't like the leathered black granite? or is it something else?

I liked the black when we first moved in but I really need to brighten up the kitchen and give it more of a fresh look. Our lighting is very poor and it feels like you’re always cooking in the dark! Hence why I’m getting new fixtures that will hopefully help.

you could run a conduit along the ceiling to bring in ceiling light (you can't do recessed cans? maybe a track light?)

Or, can you get up behind the ceiling and punch a few holes in the wood ?

thats why I mentioned the LED lights in a 75-100 watt. you can use those since they don't draw a lot of energy in regular sockets that only call for a 60W. you could do a pendant over the peninsula area.

can you post another pic that shows the entire space?

back up and get as much as you can in one shot. take it from diff angles. want to see what's on the other side of the bar too

Adorable stove, wow!

Agree that this tile is totally out of place. I'd rip it all out, repair the drywall, prime, and then reassess. You could just paint the wall a neutral/cream and not add tile (esp. since the stove has its own wall protection), or you could add a simple white tile to make the stove at home and lighten, or you could use a green tile, or maybe a mild gray stone that's more at home in the log environment while being less formal and less intrusive than this one.

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Hope this helps you brainstorm.

Sorry for the late reply! I had some time to go to the hardware store and get some ideas and prices. I’m thinking of just painting the brick backsplash for now as it is the cheapest way to create more brightness. Secondly I reached out to my lighting girl and electrician and looked into track lighting. I’m planning on doing three tracks and one of them would be more a pendant light over the breakfast bar. I’m confused because the only tracks I could find are 2ft and 4ft (from Kendall lighting) and when I measured only 3ft ones would work. I planned on doing three lights on the two three foot ones and then on the 4ft track would you do only three lights or four?

These are the lights

Bead board might be a good solution for you. Paint it a colour to match your decor and complement with a washable vintage area or runner rug (Ruggable).

It is so hard saying no to this idea! I have no way of custom cutting the board at the moment. How would you install something like that as well? I had a really hard time even hanging the pictures onto this wall! Also your colour match is on point. That green is used in the rest of my home.

I saw online they also have peel & stick bead board but I haven't seen the actual product. It's like wallpaper so might be something that could install on top of what is already on the wall. There's this one in green or some you can paint.

Here's a video on How to Install Beadboard:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=how+to+install+beadboard&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_YAfDY9rGN-6nptQPqe6SMA_27

Do you have other options for the track lights? The ones that you posted look very contemporary, not at all rustic.

No I do not. I’m meeting with a local designer on Monday to see other options hopefully. Not dead set on these but I don’t have a million other options at the moment. This will most likely be the best way to increase lighting in my kitchen as well. I think adding a little modernization to the space is not a bad idea, I just like the simplicity aspect and it wouldn’t be overwhelming in the space. Would love to hear your opinion!

Before doing anything I would try Beverly FLADeziner's suggestion for spunging the existing tiles. If that doesn't work you can always do something else but I think that's a very good option.

I 100% agree! I’m going to mute it with a colour that will be able to cover most of the brown tones. Then re-asses everything. Love the bead board, love the green, but I’m going to take this step by step! This is a big accent in our kitchen so I don’t want to go overboard with it

I would not install or replace any of the lighting with fixtures that have metal shades. Metal shades prevent light from the sides and top of the fixtures and only allow downlight. Since you want to brighten the area, you want the light to flow to the sides and top as well as down. There are lots of track lights with glass shades (as well as pendant lights for over the sink) which will allow greater illumination of your spaces. And a bonus is they seem to be a better style for a log home. I'd get frosted so you aren't blinded by bulbs shining through clear glass shades. Here are some that showed up in a google search:

Track lights with glass shades

I see what you mean! I would have to do some measurements as the ceilings are quite low in the kitchen/ dining areas and some of those really nice track lights with shades might come down to low?! (My husband and I are quite tall) and these are in high traffic areas. I already hit my head on the kitchen sink chandelier while leaning in to wash dishes😂🤦🏻‍♀️ Going to look into this more, thank you!

The spec sheet on each fixture should show how much they hang down. I think there must be some that hug the ceiling more. And since they are designed to be aimed in different directions, perhaps none of them would actually be hanging straight down but would be offset. Good luck!

eta: I looked again at your sink ceiling fixture and most track lights with swivel shades will not hang down anywhere near as far as that. You probably won't want silver, but just to show what i mean about height:

I forgot to add that I wonder if your 'tile' isn't full panels made to look like tile? Since you mentioned that it was more like sheetrock than actual tile, I'll bet they make, or have made in the past, panels with images of bricks/tiles printed on them. Kind of like the wood panels with images of woodgrain printed on them. They would be much easier to use on log walls than installing tile, which would require a lot of prep to even out the uneven surface of the logs in order to install the tile.