Sumod- The medicine cabinets are simple wood frames with a cabinet-grade plywood back that just sit in the stud cavity. Because of the dimensions, the front of the frame projects about 1"+ beyond the finished wall. The medicine cabinet doors are also plywood with veneered edges and they are attached to the frame with standard cabinet hinges (Euro hinges). The mirrors are just 1/4" plate glass ordered to size from a glass shop and held in place with mirror mastic and a metal strip at the bottom that you don't really see. The guy who did the cabinets just made the medicine cabinets as part of the job. I don't know about the door brand...we live in a large metro area that has lots of door shops and the doors are just solid core maple doors with the center cut out and a maple panel held in with molding. They're not stained; they simply have a couple coats of clear spray lacquer.

The second bathroom with white vanity is already leaning in farmhouse direction. The first bathroom, maybe bring in another light fixture over vanity (I can’t really tell what is there now, too much glare in photo). Plus it looks like mirror or mirrors will be installed, so you can bring some more of your style in there. If you wanted lighter walls in that bathroom, maybe something like Benjamin Moore”s Ballet White or Swiss Coffee. You can try some samples. I like BM’s Natura line. You could also consider painting walls in that bathroom a light pastel blue. Other than that, both are very nice bathrooms as they are. Maybe accept them for that.

It’s definitely all in the eye of the beholder 😊 - everyone has different opinions. I don’t use any particular brand. I do like Cree a lot, and many people like Feit. They both tend to have a CRI (Color Rendering Index) of 90 or higher. CRI is a measure of how accurately the light will make the colors in your home appear. Whereas Kelvin is the color of the light emitted by the bulb. Ideally you want the Kelvin you prefer, with a CRI of 90 if you can find it, or 80 if you can’t. No lower than 80. Most brands will be 80. Not all manufacturers list their CRI in their specifications though. With regard to the kelvin of recessed lights - you can buy recessed bulbs now that have adjustable kelvin, so you can experiment with different levels and see what you like. The ones I’ve seen have an option of 3000, 4000, or 5000k.

you seem to have perfectly fine red oak floors. what's bothering you is the yellowing, the honey color and the shine. If they are able to sand down the finish to raw wood and get them to look something like this, could you like them? This is a dark walnut stain. Unless you plan on painting your cabs white w/light countertops, and getting some new lighting, all white trim, etc, I wouldn't go this dark. You home doesn't appear to be overly bright as is. If you do want the darker wood (see if yours can be refinished w/a walnut) This is how it would look w/all of the lighter elements. See the diff? Replacing flooring w/diff wood planks in an 800 sq ft area is going to cost in the neighborhood of 15K, including demo of what you have) Refinishing everything may be less than half that. I'd call in some flooring specialists and have them sample a few spots for you. Cabinets. Off the bat the 'stepped' upper cabinets and the arch design are what date the look. The wood itself isn't bad. A few things you could do. Paint, Re-face and paint (which is what I did with mine), leave as is and work with them. I would redo the crown molding to something a bit less ornate looking. But basically you'd get this look if all you did was paint the cabs (these are all one level though) What if you rasied a few of those uppers to be level, got a new built in microwave (GE Profile 1.5 is a good one) and did a proper vent hood insert w/matching surround? this is how it would open up the stove area if you made them one level to the ceiling: diff ways you can do it. build boxes on top, raise what you have, you could reface w/taller doors, build a little box on top to the ceiling, and cover the whole thing w/taller doors Or you could remove that ornate crown molding and trim and do something more up to date to fill the gap for you desk area, try removing a few of those uppers (and since they're taller and w/glass, move them over to the stove area where you need taller uppers) put a bev fridge in the lower opening, do some tile and open shelving above that. Something like shown here if you painted cabs white, did some wood shelves around the sink area, lighter countertops, new pendants,, navy blue island (Ocean Floor) w/painted white cabs(Cloud White) and the gap between ceiling/uppers closed. This is BM Soft Chamois on the cabinets. this was a very cheap makeover. Nothing but paint and an inexpensive granite countertop was done. If you would rather keep your cabinets as they are, stepped on the top, at least remove the micro and do a vent hood to match the style. This is SW Dover White. Floors are similar to yours but in a warmer stain color. The granite is River White. Island is a darker wood. Similar to yours. new lighter countertop, white perimeter w/a greenish gray island and wall color. cabinets are leveled but the ceiling gap is still there. (I like the idea of closing the gap) I mentioned refacing. I had it done w/mine. The cabinet painter gave me a good deal. all new drawers/door fronts (solid maple w/mdf center panels) for an extra 2K. (I have a lot of cabinets) Here's what they looked like. I had all my top drawers as slabs and wanted all shaker. I had all of the ornate rope trim on the crown, the fluted pieces around the upper and the island removed, the mirco removed and a vent hood made, and the lower drawers modified (and two new ones made in my island) so that I could have a built in micro below my wall oven. My hood vent is so much nicer than that bulky OTR micro, and I love the cleaner look of the crown/trim molding. My ceilings are lower than yours, so I was stuck w/what I have here. I kept my desk area because we actually use it. off to the left of this pic I have a coffee bar and a large pantry area to the left of the fridge. I had similar lighting to yours too. that's gone. It's so much brighter and lighter in the kitchen now. you can see the two large drawers in the island where open shelving used to be. if you can modify and make more drawers, do it.