Backsplash is 🤮. That would be your easiest fix. You could replace the floors or counters for the sake of it, but if they are good condition that may be a waste.
If they columns aren’t hiding anything structural, I’d take them out too. But that too would become a rabbit hole as you would then want to take out the drop-down from the ceiling.
thomasp449
Looks pretty damn nice to me….
Get an air fryer lol
cujodeludo
Cabinets look in good condition and the counters appear good quality. I think a simple paint job on the cabinets and walls (to match the worktops I’d personally recommend a warm neutral cabinet and cooler neutral wall) would get you 90% of the way there.
Replace the mosaic tile splashback with a clean tile as you’re unlikely to find a matching countertop material for an upstand.
If you wanted to go a little further, I’d change the flooring maybe to a wood or more natural looking stone. And personally I’d update the oven, remove the integrated microwave along with the above cabinet and install a decent extractor hood.
Character-Sun-9425
I would personally change th black splash and maybe take some top cabinets off as the kitchen feels a bit “heavy” to me
Morty_A2666
What’s wrong with this kitchen, looks pretty good to me. Get refrigerator.
syntheticsuede
I think a new wall color could make a huge difference to start! The warm/yellow tone is giving me “Mid-West Tuscan Kitchen Dreams”. Something with a more neutral or cooler tone may make it feel less dated. What a great space!
Jlx_27
Backsplash is really all it needs. If the rest is in solid condition, its a waste to tear it out rn.
xerpodian
Maybe just change the backsplash tiles to something to match the kitchen a bit better but otherwise it looks nice as is.
josoap99
You could get the kitchen professionally sprayed and change the handles. I’d take the window pelmet off too but that’s just me
SoftBoiledPotatoChip
Honestly that kitchen looks nice as hell. You should see the kitchen in my moms house 💀
Stashmouth
How did I find out I’m officially an old? I didn’t see anything ‘aged’ about this kitchen lol
NInjamaster600
Perhaps some hanging lights over the island? Other than that definitely the back splash and maybe a new coat of paint
karebear66
How much do you want to spend? Lol. I’d paint the cabinets, rip out the back splash, add a pendant light over the island, to start. Next for the big stuff: remove the arches and columns, make the counter into the living room only 1 level with enough overhang to have stools to sit on.
PhoenixRose33
If it were me I’d change the back splash asap to one with different shades of brown and cream. I like the counters and cabinets.
gretchens
I would live in it for 6 months and then figure out what you want to change.
Arisia118
I’m not much of an interior decorator, but I think the cabinets are beautiful. Maybe a lighter color on the walls or something less yellow?
No-Historian-6391
Back splash , sink and hardware.
meezer_donut
Depends on your budget. If you’d like to keep the cabinets, I would say update the backsplash, the paint on the walls, and add new flooring (wood or tile that looks like wood?) The columns seem to age the kitchen also. If they are load-bearing, see if you can find someone to build around them to make them more “squared columns,” so to speak. There’s some really nice examples on Google if you look up “how to modernize columns in my home.”
Mizwalkerbiz
It’s beautiful. Maybe a slight wall color change and see if you can do a beam facade over the columns.
phrasingittw
The floor blends in with the counters too much and doesn’t fit with the backsplash.
webguy1975
Paint the walls and cabinets and install a new backsplash. New flooring appliances and countertops if you can afford it.
Windycitymayhem
Maybe change your mindset into gratitude? I’ll show you my kitchen.
reformedginger
Replace the island with a wood burning pizza oven.
randomname437
This kitchen could be beautiful with some small changes. Back splash, wall color, and the arch/pillar part being updated would do so much.
philippotgieter
All kabinets are the same. Just replace the doors or paint them a nice modern color.
Emotional-Baggage66
Lighter cabs.
aquila-audax
The arches and columns are a bit dated so if you could knock those out (if the columns aren’t structural) it would help. Other than that, in order of inexpensiveness/work: paint the walls (light not yellow), change the splashback, change the benchtops (light not speckly), resurface the floor.
zoopysreign
What’s your budget? The kitchen is indeed dated, although the scale and materials are nice.
Cheapest fixes first: – new paint (I would go for an airy linen color, a white with some yellow undertones). Do this first, then see how you feel. – replace light fixtures – replace stools – replace pulls – if you don’t replace counter, see if you could get a carpenter to fashion linear “boxes” to go around the ornate platform pieces under your counter; remove the wood trim over the window
What don’t you like about it? Looks pretty new to me but maybe just not your style?
Beralt
This is a nice kitchen, yes, a bit dated, but if you want to upgrade your kitchen then you are probably looking at either something simple – changing out backsplash or something drastic – changing the floorplan and getting all new everything.
I see a variety of responses on the backsplash and painting your cabinets, but if you do want to go more drastic, then you are probably talking about changing your middle “island” because it is so small – it’s not a workspace design and your classic kitchen work triangle suffers.
If you are looking to go drastic, go to a designer/architect and consider changing walls, positions, cabinets, floors, countertops and getting crazy. My point is here, if you are going to change this nice kitchen, then maybe you are looking for your dream kitchen – get everything you want.
Or you can call me crazy and move on and enjoy your perfectly fine kitchen.
HotFloorToastyToes
Paint all white, new backsplash. The yellow makes it aged.
Beautiful kitchen! Fresh coat (color) of paint and new backsplash will spruce it right up for you!
4everwithu
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
4everwithu
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
4everwithu
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
4everwithu
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area so it’s more open and have a slightly wider and longer island maybe with lifted legs so it’s less blocky. different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting. also consider removing that thin wall between kitchen and door (if load bearing then maybe another pillar similar to the arches or if in budget just add a support beam) I like the arches but I don’t like that they are choppy with different designs, it would be much more effective beautiful to have it be all square pillar all the way down.
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Backsplash is 🤮. That would be your easiest fix. You could replace the floors or counters for the sake of it, but if they are good condition that may be a waste.
If they columns aren’t hiding anything structural, I’d take them out too. But that too would become a rabbit hole as you would then want to take out the drop-down from the ceiling.
Looks pretty damn nice to me….
Get an air fryer lol
Cabinets look in good condition and the counters appear good quality. I think a simple paint job on the cabinets and walls (to match the worktops I’d personally recommend a warm neutral cabinet and cooler neutral wall) would get you 90% of the way there.
Replace the mosaic tile splashback with a clean tile as you’re unlikely to find a matching countertop material for an upstand.
If you wanted to go a little further, I’d change the flooring maybe to a wood or more natural looking stone. And personally I’d update the oven, remove the integrated microwave along with the above cabinet and install a decent extractor hood.
I would personally change th black splash and maybe take some top cabinets off as the kitchen feels a bit “heavy” to me
What’s wrong with this kitchen, looks pretty good to me. Get refrigerator.
I think a new wall color could make a huge difference to start! The warm/yellow tone is giving me “Mid-West Tuscan Kitchen Dreams”. Something with a more neutral or cooler tone may make it feel less dated. What a great space!
Backsplash is really all it needs. If the rest is in solid condition, its a waste to tear it out rn.
Maybe just change the backsplash tiles to something to match the kitchen a bit better but otherwise it looks nice as is.
You could get the kitchen professionally sprayed and change the handles. I’d take the window pelmet off too but that’s just me
Honestly that kitchen looks nice as hell. You should see the kitchen in my moms house 💀
How did I find out I’m officially an old? I didn’t see anything ‘aged’ about this kitchen lol
Perhaps some hanging lights over the island?
Other than that definitely the back splash and maybe a new coat of paint
How much do you want to spend? Lol. I’d paint the cabinets, rip out the back splash, add a pendant light over the island, to start. Next for the big stuff: remove the arches and columns, make the counter into the living room only 1 level with enough overhang to have stools to sit on.
If it were me I’d change the back splash asap to one with different shades of brown and cream. I like the counters and cabinets.
I would live in it for 6 months and then figure out what you want to change.
I’m not much of an interior decorator, but I think the cabinets are beautiful. Maybe a lighter color on the walls or something less yellow?
Back splash , sink and hardware.
Depends on your budget. If you’d like to keep the cabinets, I would say update the backsplash, the paint on the walls, and add new flooring (wood or tile that looks like wood?) The columns seem to age the kitchen also. If they are load-bearing, see if you can find someone to build around them to make them more “squared columns,” so to speak. There’s some really nice examples on Google if you look up “how to modernize columns in my home.”
It’s beautiful. Maybe a slight wall color change and see if you can do a beam facade over the columns.
The floor blends in with the counters too much and doesn’t fit with the backsplash.
Paint the walls and cabinets and install a new backsplash. New flooring appliances and countertops if you can afford it.
Maybe change your mindset into gratitude? I’ll show you my kitchen.
Replace the island with a wood burning pizza oven.
This kitchen could be beautiful with some small changes. Back splash, wall color, and the arch/pillar part being updated would do so much.
All kabinets are the same. Just replace the doors or paint them a nice modern color.
Lighter cabs.
The arches and columns are a bit dated so if you could knock those out (if the columns aren’t structural) it would help. Other than that, in order of inexpensiveness/work: paint the walls (light not yellow), change the splashback, change the benchtops (light not speckly), resurface the floor.
What’s your budget? The kitchen is indeed dated, although the scale and materials are nice.
Cheapest fixes first:
– new paint (I would go for an airy linen color, a white with some yellow undertones). Do this first, then see how you feel.
– replace light fixtures
– replace stools
– replace pulls
– if you don’t replace counter, see if you could get a carpenter to fashion linear “boxes” to go around the ornate platform pieces under your counter; remove the wood trim over the window
Bigger projects:
– replace backspace
– replace flooring
– replace sink & fixture
– replace countertops
What don’t you like about it? Looks pretty new to me but maybe just not your style?
This is a nice kitchen, yes, a bit dated, but if you want to upgrade your kitchen then you are probably looking at either something simple – changing out backsplash or something drastic – changing the floorplan and getting all new everything.
I see a variety of responses on the backsplash and painting your cabinets, but if you do want to go more drastic, then you are probably talking about changing your middle “island” because it is so small – it’s not a workspace design and your classic kitchen work triangle suffers.
If you are looking to go drastic, go to a designer/architect and consider changing walls, positions, cabinets, floors, countertops and getting crazy. My point is here, if you are going to change this nice kitchen, then maybe you are looking for your dream kitchen – get everything you want.
Or you can call me crazy and move on and enjoy your perfectly fine kitchen.
Paint all white, new backsplash. The yellow makes it aged.
I love the [grey/ green cabinets and black stove shown here.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CihE6AHApQ0/) Also removing a cabinet for open shelving is nice.
Beautiful kitchen! Fresh coat (color) of paint and new backsplash will spruce it right up for you!
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area and have a bigger island maybe? different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting.
remove upper cabinets, if you are tall, move it right up to the ceiling. remove bar area so it’s more open and have a slightly wider and longer island maybe with lifted legs so it’s less blocky. different backsplash and resurface wood with new stain or just get new cabinet doors and paint the whole thing. The kitchen is over all nice but the warm walls with reddish wood gives too heavy a feel and needs to be less stuffy. nice pendant light and some sconces on the wall for better lighting. also consider removing that thin wall between kitchen and door (if load bearing then maybe another pillar similar to the arches or if in budget just add a support beam) I like the arches but I don’t like that they are choppy with different designs, it would be much more effective beautiful to have it be all square pillar all the way down.