My husband and I recently moved into his childhood home. We need to update many areas including the kitchen. While he is okay with most of my ideas, he will not budge on changing the 1990s cabinets in any way other than hardware. Also, he insists on a natural hickory floor which I love the idea of for all of the house except the kitchen because I'm afraid the grains in the cabinets and flooring will compete and be too busy. Even so, those are done deals.

Having said that, my plan is to paint the walls Benjamin Moore's Landscape (green). This color will continue into our family room which runs together with the kitchen. The countertops will be quartz (polished Pearl White which has grayish/silverish flecks throughout it. The backsplash will be small glass tiles that are a pale green, blue, and white. Appliances and sink will be stainless. In order to try to tone down all of the wood, I'd like to change out the stools with ones that are either painted or metal. Not sure about window treatments yet. As you can surely surmise, I am no designer, and any ideas, help, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.