Yes! The remodel we are widening the window and removing the door and putting the fridge in its place. The sunroom is a plan as well.

I love a white kitchen when it fits the home (we put ours in about 15 years ago) and I also love the warmth of wood cabinets - what is your flooring going to be?

Our flooring options are open. We know we want that red acacia wood gone for sure.
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Since it’s a small area. I’m wondering if wood will make it even smaller, even with the white countertops we chose

I prefer when the flooring can mostly be the same throughout the home, makes the home feel so much bigger

what is the flooring in the adjacent rooms - is there an opportunity to make it all cohesive?

Yes, though not without the work and money put into it. But I agree. It would be worth it. Here’s more of the room. It’s throughout the house.

I'd do one or the other, not two-toned. Or white cabinets with a wood island.

Is it possible to site re-finish the wood floor you have? (don't know anything about acacia wood). If not, I'd replace it if that is in your budget; a neutral mid-toned brown is timeless and goes with pretty much anything, you won't get tired of it and it won't drive the design choice bus.

Whatever ever you do, get a good lighting plan. You need much, much more light than what is there now.

Thank you! Agree 100% That acacia wood is too thin to refinish and red tones are near impossible to get rid of. I have never liked it anyway. Much too busy, especially for a home with 8ft ceilings. Yes lighting is a must. We plan to expand the window above the sink and eventually add a sunroom dining area. All the light fixtures are being replaced as well.

One or the other. No two tone.

IMO you are doing this backward first you choose cabinets and design then the counter and backsplash and wall color are last .Since this is aredo why not get some good free advice here . All you need to do is post a to scale floor plan usually graph paper makes it easier . Show every , doorway where those lead and every measurement clearly marked post here in jpeg fromat in a comment Farmhouse style is really already waning so not something I would aim for. As for color of the cabinets I think white kitchens are pretty timelss but maybe something like a pale green might be better I see a lot of very country style in the space .

No to two tone. The first thing you do is draw and measure the entire kitchen space, Every wall, window has a dimension and if an opening to another space? That has a dimension.

There is WHERE you sit and lounge beyond this below....show that as well

and yes to a full measure, the entire space, Use graph paper...neat, bold legible

Of alllllll of this and beyond

, all FOUR directions, : )

You want the red Acacia gone, but changed to what exactly? If this runs through the first floor then wood should stay.

Given the space and the wood flooring, a white kitchen seems the best option.

I hope you have planning for considerably more recessed ceiling lights than you show in the rendering.

Here are some real life Before and Afters to illustrate a more realistic kitchen space and the results.

Thank ya’ll so much! Loving these ideas, opinions, perspectives! A kitchen remodel is a huge investment! I don’t want to make a mistake!

Let me also add what the original kitchen looked like 😅it’s come a long way! Still has much to go. Very excited to finally have plans started! They will begin in April!

I want this^^ .....PLUS the existing space. .The as is condition from which this came? Along with ALL the pics of what surrounds it.

The "this is what we have right now STORY"

@Corrie - You have the attention of some great contributors on Houzz - you shouldn't waste the opportunity to receive design help.

Jan has asked for a scaled sketch of your kitchen including all dimensions for every window/door/doorway/etc. as currently exists. She is the "kitchen design queen" of Houzz - take some time to provide what she's requesting. She has GREATLY IMPROVED renovation plans that people have posted on here.

I would choose all wood cabinets, not half white and half wood. If you must have something painted, then paint the island, if you are putting an island into your new kitchen.

The angled corner cabinet is a dated look. I’d consider going with no uppers on sink/range wall and a larger window(s).

For what’s best above the range, do you all think no cabinets and just a flatter range, bigger windows? Or something similar to this where it is flush with the cabinets?

In addition to the fully-measured layout of the existing space (Kitchen + table space), a sketch of the entire floor the Kitchen is on will help. This sketch lets us see how the Kitchen relates to the rest of the home. It doesn't have to be to-scale, but it should accurately show how the rooms relate to each other and should include all interior & exterior doors. In addition, it will help us see how traffic flows in, around, and through the Kitchen. Label the front entry and family entry. The family entry is usually a garage or side entry, but it might not be. It's helpful to know which door you use to bring in groceries.

It would also tell us:

• if you have another table space (e.g., Dining Room)
• where all the doors lead

The above layout is helpful to see what you plan, but it might not end up that way, depending on the final layout. We need to see what you're starting with.

Other questions:

• Are you removing the sliding glass door to fit the expanded Kitchen & peninsula?
• Are you removing the table space so you can move the Kitchen and peninsula into that space? If so, do you have a Dining Room elsewhere that you plan to use on a daily basis?
• Are you adding an addition for the Dining Room as your fist pic in your original post shows or was that just for inspiration and not an AI mockup of your plans?
• Tell us about you and your family and how you plan to use your Kitchen. All-adults? Empty Nesters? Children (now or in the future)?
• What appliances (& their sizes) do you plan to have?
• Where are you flexible? Can walls/windows/doors/doorways change (move, change size, add, delete)?
• Do you have a basement under the Kitchen or are you on a slab?

One thing I will note is that you have very little counterspace in the location it's needed most - between the sink and range. This is your primary Prep Zone as it's next to the only sink (direct water access) and near the range. You should have a bare minimum of 36" b/w them, with 42" or more even better.

I don’t have the original measurements but these are the worked up measurements from our architect

I came up with this design. Removing the cabinets near the range hood and increasing the size to 36” inches (our stove is 30”) plus adding windows to balance. The wood stain is wrong. It’s acacia wood which is not ideal but not terrible. We will keep our acacia wood flooring and go with a neutral color of the flooring for the range hood.

not a pro but where will your dishes and glassware be stored? When the DW door is open, all those cabs on the left will be hard to access

This is what our architect worked up. Ai messes it up

Not sure how to fix it, but I dislike how close the range is the sink in all of the options. As the main Cook in my family, I feel like that is the most used space and you do not have a lot of it. I would also try to get the dishwasher in a spot that is not blocking so many cabinets when it is open.

What is going on in the area to the right of the peninsula? Can you expand the sink range wall? Range and sink too close and DW not great in corner. What kind of range are you getting? If you’re getting one as shown in the mockups, I wouldn’t pair it with a statement hood.

You still have not shown dimensions for all beyond the peninsula,( big slider and then a very blank wall.)

You can be "excited"....but I'm not feeling it as is. Especially the cabinets at the two windows.

I’d prefer one big window over the sink like 6-7’

What is BEYOND the peninsula? That means all of the beyond.

Is the slider remaining? What is beyond the slider? What are the dimensions of all beyond the slider.

You are denying us the full context. Were any of us in your home? We would see ALL of the living floor, would we not?

We can only advise as we are shown. Show ALL and yes, with feet and inches all.

What we see in your post is a cosmetic improvement and still a small kitchen

NOT close: )

And nothing you have posted, informs beyond that peninsula

Changing out the stove you show to a slide in range ( no control panel at the back) can make a small kitchen see less ”busy”, and less dated.

Since I hate the new lower cabinets with drawers, I would want all the upper cabinets, needed to store things in. Nothing like reaching in and grabbing a glass or a plate, etc, rather than reaching in a drawer to grab one. Yes, I have had lower drawers. I actually have 3 of them right now, plus a hidden set. I use them for junk drawers.

Other than the poster, cat_ky, I don't know anyone who prefers their lower cabinets to be doors, rather than drawers. To get something from a lower cabinet with a door, you open the lower cabinet, squat or crouch down to see what you need to get out, then reach in to get it, and stand back up. Or you can pull open a drawer, see everything in it, and reach in and get it out. No deep squatting needed. Therefore, for most of us at least, drawers are so much more convenient. Besides being more convenient, having heavier plates and items in the drawers is far more ergonomically easy to access. This is especially true for older (or shorter) people, or people with shoulder issues. Because it is easier to reach down into a drawer, rather than trying to reach above shoulder height to get heavier items off an upper shelf. I have all drawers in my kitchen, and have my larger, heavier dishes in a drawer, and my lighter plates and glasses in an upper with the ones most used on the lowest shelf. Even my husband, who is 6'2" prefers the drawers to the doors- think how far those long legs have to squat down to get something out of lower cabinet shelf! I would recommend making ALL of the lowers drawers! Unless you have something in particular that you have to store and access regularly that is too big to fit in a drawer.

Place the most used items in the easiest places to reach-lowest shelf or two in the uppers and upper and middle drawers in the lowers.

Also, suggest that you post the measured plan with adjacent spaces as Jan Moyer requests. You have a lot of flaws in the designs that you are showing, that Jan and some of the other pros could improve upon. You want the kitchen to be both beautiful and functional. These designs that you are showing are definitely not getting a passing grade in the functional area. As others have pointed out the flow is not there. It is hard for them to help design your layout, not knowing what is in the adjacent spaces. Will you have open or closed dining/living etc. and how much space is left for that. If you post the layout, someone on here will provide you with a layout (or layouts) that will make working in your kitchen better.

Architects are NOT kitchen designers. As that dysfunctional little diagram shows. You cannot ignore half the room. Or the large costs for ”widening” whatever, and reworking the exterior siding, moving plumbing bits about, etc. What is getting widened? By how much? Where are you eating at a table? How does this space connect to the rest of the house? Heck, how does it connect to the breakfast area that you are determined to treat as 1939 Poland/2026 everyone else and invade?