Again. Swap the oven and the refrigerator. Refrigerators belong on a kitchen's outskirts, not in it's heart. You're creating crossing traffic patterns that will be a PIA. Use the depth of the pantry to be able to recess a full sized refrigerator. Swap the cooktop and cleanup sink and flank the cooktop with two windows. Put a small prep sink on the island. Now your traffic patterns don't cross and you have a dedicated counter for baking from the wall ovens into the pantry area with the sink there and the oven is close enough to the cooktop to be able to sear something and finish it off in the oven. The food goes from the fridge or pantry on the outskirts to the island at the kitchen's heart to be prepped, then a quick turn to place it on the cooktop or into the oven. The prep stuff gets hidden in the cleanup sink and the island serves as buffet space for the dinner. Then all of the dinner dishes and prep stuff go into the cleanup sink area which is closer to the dining area and that's where the clean dishes are stored when they come out of the DW. Ideal traffic patterns for both the people and the things.

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There are some articles online about removing permanent marker from wood. Try to remove it and do simple things first as you may change your mind about what you want to do as you progress. See what you think after the walls are cleaned up / painted. I would next paint the backsplash. I would look into cladding the island in beadboard - not sure if that can be done - there are some construction adhesives that stick to about anything. I have oak cabinets and am fine with them - but I am not living with all the other surfaces. I might remove all the uppers on the sink wall. My kitchen has about half the cabinets yours does and I get along fine - with 4 kids:) This is my wood kitchens idea book with both new and older refreshed wood kitchens. It might give you some ideas as to paint or working with the older cabinets - especially if a few years turns into 10 years and a new kitchen is still not in the budget. https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/75202366/list/wood-kitchens Sometimes a new house has unexpected expensive cost - new roof or furnace and the more cosmetic projects have to wait. I live happily with my oak cabinets, but I agree that there are surfaces in your kitchen which would drive me batty, and if nothing else I would attack with paint those areas before the cabinets.

I came upon a similar predicament in this home two years ago. The original window above the sink was exactly like yours. Except wider, and for some reason had been painted shut! Almost every window in the home had a lovely half arch accent above each one, so I went on a search for an arched-styled window to replace the original eyesore sitting above the sink! Not only were standard arched windows very expensive, they took months to deliver. So I spent about three weekends scouring second hand shops, resellers and Habitat for Humanity Second Chance stores. Finally I came across a large warehouse where they deconstruct old buildings and homes, then sell every salvageable material imaginable. There I was able to find a gorgeous arched window in its original wood frame with trim, and walked out with it at the pretty tune of only $65! We stripped off all the old paint on the frame and trim. Cleaned the glass well and then my carpenter blocked in the surround wall so that we had a new custom opening for this (old) arched window. Added new drywall, a tile trim accent to the arch to give it more impact, and a quartz windowsill...plus two new gooseneck light fixtures above...and it became the focal point in the kitchen! It also gave such a magnificent view of the new sunroom and deeply wooded back yard beyond. Although it was a custom job, it did not have a “custom window” price tag. My point is to think outside the box, look around your home for inspiration (other key structural accents you can copy or find a likeness), and always check around for off-brand, and in second hand and resale warehouses and suppliers when it comes to a unique or challenging window, door or space. Don’t give up!