Idee , I think you are on the right track in wanting to add some chandeliers here . The juxtaposition of rustic, like your wood ceiling, farm table and antique sideboard with a little glam ( consider adding a couple of gleaming copper pieces in decor ) will give that french quarter New Orleans vibe. Sending some inspiration pics. for colors to consider painting your cabs. (either all ,or maybe a mix with white uppers and diff. lowers, or painting the perimeter white and the island a color ). Think about gray- green, pale sage, teal blue or black. I would paint your walls a soft white , just a slightly diff. hue from your white trim, since your space appears somewhat dark. I would use a rustic tile backsplash or possibly a brick tile. For counters consider a light butcher block or a honed dark stone like dark Emperador marble, soapstone or leathered granite. So, —light fixtures, painted cabinets, the countertops and backsplash- nothing structural- hopefully you could achieve this in your budget ... ? ( maybe try to include a copper sink or some other type of new sink while doing the counters) .—- The inspiration pics. show many of these individual elements . The following focus on cabinetry colors. -

We also purchased a custom 1990's home last year -- we are still unpacking! Our single-story house has 12' ceilings in the 'public' rooms, no crown molding, and shiny brass "gold" metal hanging lamps and accents throughout. I hated the brass and before ever spending a night in the house, I spent $2000 (on a good sale!) on chandeliers and lamps in satin nickel. Ten months later, those light fixtures are still in their boxes in the garage! Some of the "gold" is going to be too costly and fussy to replace, so now I'm thinking I only want to replace the lamps that don't suit our uses of specific rooms, and to go with maybe antique brass to blend with the polished items. That doesn't apply to your situation, except to validate the people who said wait and see! Here's what *I* see: (1) The crown molding is pressing everything down! I would paint it all the color of the wall beneath, to raise the ceilings visually. That means DON'T paint the crown molding in the all-wood library upstairs. (2) Leave the mullions/grills off the windows; don't paint the rest of the oak until you live with it some months. Adding a (3) after looking at the photos some more: Go ahead and paint the oak around the fireplace, it is that awful. Are those DOILIES??? Paint it the color of the wall and hope it disappears into it, until you find a picture somewhere of what you do want after living with it. Maybe just the marble/stone part and some big art or textile above? Oh, and if you choose to paint before moving in, in the previous house we re-did we used Benjamin Moore's Brandy Cream OC-4 on all the walls (and crown molding, and chair-rails in a couple rooms). Actually it was Sherwin Williams paint made to match OC-4, and it acted like a "full spectrum" paint, slightly changing according to the lighting... which would be wonderful with the big windows!

I wouldnt to an LVP. You have one type of wood on your cabinets, the wood on the side table and another on the oak trim. (and all of them are diff shades/colors) now you want to bring in a 4th wood-look using vinyl?? nope. bad idea. do real wood. I'd do a natural, white oak, and paint out the dated trim around your door/baseboard/crown to a nice white. leave the other wood in the kitchen and peninsula as is. But just painting over that 90's orange oak will have a huge impact. Or, a black slate (or porcelain slate) would look really nice. or a large format tile. do you plan on keeping the brick? if you're doing the flooring in the living area, just bring it up into the kitchen. I'd also consider doing lighter counter stools. everything is so dark right there. Have you considered painting your island a nice white (same as the proposed trim?) reverse of this one this type of flooring would look nice w/your cabs/granite I

See if you can use standard off the shelf vanities instead of something custom and put the money you save there toward complete retiling. It probably is best to rip it all out if you're going in. We found we had a very small leak in a shower floor in a small bathroom (dating from 30-40 years previous) that we didn't know about, but it was dripping water into the ceiling below very slowly over time which is never a good thing. I have to say I wouldn't want an acrylic shower/tub combo in my bathroom, but there is one in our secondary bathroom where we live now and it's really not bad. It's a Kohler. I think it's been there 25 years and it still looks new. So that really might be a good, inexpensive option for a guest bath as Patricia says. They're easy to clean.