while the cabs aren't bad, the hardware needs to be replaced. it's way too modern for the more traditional, earthy look of those cabs.

I would do something like this:

The countertop on this one looks like a Fantasy Brown marble, or maybe Python White

any of these would be far better:

That flooring tile is pretty bad. any chance of replacing it? because if you don't, the countertop will be driven by that floor tile.

when you do get new countertops, do not get the 4" piece up the back.

This is always a nice choice w/wood. Granite-Virginia Mist, jet mist, Virginia black (goes by other names too) in a Honed finish. paired w/black Cosmas hardware and use the wood cutting boards as accessories on the countertop (with a white tile) or if you have a blank wall you can hang them.

I'd also cover as much of that tile as possible and bring in this black jute or sisal rug. you can also do a natural color

see how large this rug is ? I do the same for your flooring if keeping it

You could do a countertop like this one. I believe it's Giallo Ornamental granite. simple creamy white subway tile, and brushed nickel hardware. the glass in a few doors is nice too.

similar to yours (and I hate the pulls on this one too!) they used a granite called Steel Gray in a leathered or honed finish

TajMajal quartzite. it's more expensive but very pretty. if you're not tearing up the floors to replace them, I wouldn't spend the money on this.

Simpler white quartz option w/pulls and cup pull hardware. white tile. a nice runner

similar to what you have w/the white. white 4x4 tile, diff hardware. you could paint your floor tile to resemble this:

or, paint the grout so that it lightens up

Can we see the whole space?

have you been to any stone yards to look at options?

Have you thought about soap stone or a black granite?

Leave the kitchen alone , until a real update. I see nothing wrong with the counters you have and PLENTY wrong with the flooring.

What is the flooring in the adjacent rooms, please? I see hardwood? What are the appliances?

Please do not add a black sink to the repertoire,

nor a black faucet.

Please show the kitchen in entirety as well. Add more pictures below: )

Here are some more pictures of the whole space. We’ve since pulled out the horrible pink tile backsplash.

The tile floor extends into the front hallway and bathroom and is not something we are looking to replace at the moment. I’ve been working on cleaning the grout to brighten it up but painting it may also be an option. It’s slightly better in person and grows on you a bit 😅

We’ve just started looking at lots and so far like the look of Fantasy Brown and Azul Nuevo but I’m not sure either really works with the floor enough.

Here are two of the granite slabs we considered so far.

Those slabs are too in the cool gray family on my monitor and too patterned to work with your floor tiles which are warm toned and also patterned. Look at plainer/less busy options like the ones Beth featured. I'd think hard on the black sink-you'll be wiping water spots all the time.

I agree with you, Tylnn. I want to find something warmer for the counters. We also want something less busy but it’s been harder to find with granite.

That is why.....

I beg you leave it all alone, save more money.

Any granite beyond absolute black or virginia mist is going to look like %$$## with the flooring.

You won't starve while you save.

Don't peck at a kitchen remodel - it's like slapping lipstick on a piggy you already don't love.....post the dream, and save more money.

The granite you posted above?

NOOOOOOOOOOO. ? please.

Agree with the others about the busyness of the floor - I think the current counters are fine, low key and non-obtrusive, but if you need new counters then I would look at something simple and clean looking like a soft white Corian - I would not add put granite in the kitchen with the flooring

I am so glad you included a photo with the pink backsplash - that is crazy!!

The floors have to be considered. Either paint them or bite the bullet and spend the money to replace them. They will be an intruder on any updates you do to the main kitchen (countertop, hardware, etc.)

The floor is driving the bus IMO change that then you open up a ton of choices for granite , wall color last choice and I like the hardware you have and please no black sink ever .

just a suggestion- I used NACARADO quartzite and it's great. I have somewhat similar flooring and it works. Nacarado pix There is a lot of variability so you'd have to see the slab. The good news is that tt is not considered cool, so the price won't be crazy high.

Just pick a countertop with a under tone toward off white/yellowish. Stay away from gray. I replaced with Formica and I love it.

If I waited until I could rip out and replace I would have died with the old stained counters.

ETA: You can have thetile steamed cleaned. Also, if you have a source Corain is very nice.

@Sherry8aNorthAL agree with you ... and love your 2nd paragraph 😄

Look at Typhoon Bordeaux granite which goes with your cabinets but not your floors. Here is how it looked in my old kitchen. However the floors are driving your bus and you really should wait.

Jan has repeated what I said in my first comment.

are you going to be in the house for awhile? if so, spend the money on the floors. can you lace in hardwood to match what you have in the other rooms? they can stain on site to match. that would be the best option.

for now, live w/what you have, change out the floor tile. (if you do decide on new tile, pick something large, 24x24, and very neutral. neither gray nor beige. maybe a soft charcoal) then you can choose a lot more options for the countertop.

the slabs you have pics of do NOT work w/that floor tile. In fact, they don't work w/your yellow toned cabinets either. the Fantasy is very cool blue gray. your cabs are not. (unless you plan on painting them)

here's the Alaska white on cabs that are a darker brown, less yellow

and with white. which looks much better

jan said not to piecemeal it. you'll go crazy. get new hardware, and do the floors. save up for new counters. that would be my suggestion.

if you don't care about the tile floor and just want new countetops, stick w/the black or find a very goldish hued granite slab.

here's the giallo. its very cheap. like 800 bucks a slab.

these are the exact colors to work w/your cabs and flooring. besides the black. or a creamy white

Cielo could work. but it's a quartzite

You need a plain countertop with those floors. Not worth it to spend money on an updated counter top with outdated floors. If countertops are in rough shape then put in a biege or off white laminate countertop.

How can you decide paint color is “ Yarn “ when still deciding about counters & possible floor? I’m not even Yarn goes with your cabinets. Paint should be last choice.

Here's the why of "don't peck" at kitchens:

In any home, there will come a point when a kitchen has outlived its time.

In your case? The orange tone of the flooring which goes well beyond the kitchen

The pink/orange warmth of the cabinetry, in combination with the flooring, screams 1980.

It is 2024. I don't buy into fads, but trends are hard to ignore.

The last thing you want to do is remodel/refresh /trap yourself into a design corner, and you especially do not want to do this with a not great kitchen layout - one that is quite inefficient!

Save money, address the flooring.........and before you do these things?

Draw a floor plan, please. Of the kitchen, and include whatever is behind that cook wall, and include the family room. Walls, windows, openings, where the garage entry is. All of it in feet and inches. Please.

It's not a large kitchen. The cooking is across from sink, has no real venting. You've virtually no drawer bases, it's all doors.

It probably could be a lot better before new anything, but especially..........counter tops. Even if that means a delay.

If you simply can't bear the tops?

Corian the original Dupont. Cameo white.

Just remember, every dime you spend now, is a dime gone, and unavailable ........for later and what you really want.