I've just removed subjects on a home built in 2014, but the original design looks like it comes from late 1990 or early 2000. Reddish brown laminate floors and kitchen cabinets, with soft yellow on the walls. Oh the Tuscan Era! The outside of the house is ok, and I see how they wanted it to be. The owner is an engineer, and clearly didn't involve a designer or anyone who cooks or does laundry. The upper floor with 2 bedrooms and a huge family room works well, and the 2 bedroom basement suite is good enough too. I expect to paint and possibly redo the laminate upstairs, and figure out the basement suite later. But the main floor was designed with storage and laundry as an afterthought, and needs some help. The master closet makes me want to cry, unfortunately not for joy, as it is very small, but the house has the best possible view, and is worth the work to make it amazing.

The current reddish brown laminate floor needs to be replaced with dark brown or grey wood. I haven't decided on flooring type, I used a simply grey oak look vinyl planking in a previous new build basement and loved the ease of it.

Originally there was to be a stacked washer dryer and entry closet in the space between the front door entry and the garage entry. The home owner MacGyver'd it to shrink the garage entry door (not to code - a hollow core interior door and no self closure, so no fire or fume protection) and stuffed a sink across from the stacked washer dryer. Plus added a bifold closet door to hide the laundry area and garage door. Then the kitchen was pieced together with bit of cabinets to make end shelves it looks so junky. The cabinet door fronts are wood, and I am considering refinishing them, but the ends and dividers are melamine and probably not worth it. So I'm hoping to come up with an amazing new design that is far more functional and to fit in some pantry space instead of using under the stairs for my pantry. I'd happily put cleaning supplies, mops, vacuum accessories, in front and seasonal decorations in the under the stairs area.

There is a funny little gas fireplace in the living room, but no gas behind the kitchen stove, and I don't know enough about gas to understand if running the from the fireplace to the stove area is an option. Either removing the fireplace entirely, or splitting the gas and having both. This is an area I'm willing to compromise, as I expect it might be too expensive.

My idea for the laundry is to removed the bifold closet doors, shrink the entry closet and install a sink on the outside wall between the washer/dryer and the closet. The other side of this room will allow for the garage man door to be replaced with a proper exterior solid core fire door that is to code.

I'd love help and suggestions with re-designing the kitchen, as I don't think the moveable island, long run with the stove and hiding the fridge in the back is functional. I'd move the fridge out, left of the stove or left of the sink even, and put a pantry cupboard back where the fridge was. My preference for lower cabinets is drawers. The room isn't huge, it is the kitchen, the only dining room and is the main living room, so I can't have the kitchen take over it too much... The house is for me and my 2 teenaged daughters, eventually it may just be for me and possibly a plus one if I dare to dive into a relationship ever again.

The room has stunning south facing beach views, so tons of daylight. 8 foot ceilings. and the overall space is 20'3 by 20'10. I prefer coastal, or even cottage design and to modern. Silver and brushed stainless over gold or brass. I love a white kitchen, with bluey-greens from seaglass and turquoise to teal being my favourite colours. My dream home build kitchen (prior to divorce) was ALL simply white by Benjamin Moore, shaker cabinets, walls and chunky trim, with stunning Super White polished Quartzite countertops from Brazil, and grey subway tile back splash. The main house interior was painted Simply White, with a half tint of Grey Owl in the dining room and powder room.

What do y'all think?