Have you confirmed the tops will be able to be removed in one piece and reinstalled? Many times they are broken or damaged during removal.

if I were to remodle my kitchen this is on my vision board. SW Austere Gray paint with light gray subway tile backsplash.

The island top is beautiful.

Did you mean keep whole island intact, and just replace perimeter cabs ? That seems do -able, even if you decide the island cabinetry needs to be painted to work with new perimeter.

But is perimeter counter wood? Wanting to keep that?

Honestly, I’m just in the investigation phase and will likely be on a low to mid level budget. I would even consider cabinet refacing if that’s an option. Chat gpt suggested grey too, lol. I’m really over grey though (I’ve been moving my other interior spaces away from that).

Yes, the island cabinets are stained maple and in good shape. The white ones you see are low end Lowes and the bead board is well…has seen better days., lol.
Yes, the outer counter is butcher block. I want to keep all my counters.

Pardon the mess. I’m taking a break and wasn’t planning on a photo ready shot.