So. The guys finished up their part yesterday and now it's up to me to do the rest. Their work looks pretty good if you don't look real hard at all the details (which I am going to stop doing in a day or two, I hope, since done is done). These are Applad cabinets from IKEA (semi-gloss white--love them!) and their solid beech butcherblock Numerar counters. The sink is a big honking 16-guage near-zero radius corner Vigo from the O site, faucet from IKEA. The shelf was ripped from one 8' Numerar counter and installed on 10" corner brackets from the hardware store which were screwed into studs every 2 feet. I'd originally gotten some of those posts where you have to drill holes into the shelf edge and slip it onto the posts but they weren't sturdy enough for an 11" deep 1.5" thick solid hardwood shelf that will have cast iron pots on it---so I switched to this method (thanks to my daughter for finding it online!). It is STRONG. The parts that show on the wall under the shelf will be patched and tiled over. The undersides of the shelf were routed out so that the bracket is recessed--will see about patching that over with thin strips cut from leftover butcherblock using a circular saw. They also routed out a channel for the LED tape lights (again, thanks to Yllimuh!) so you can't see the tape unless you crane your neck under there which I do not intend to do ever. LOVE the LEDs. The outlets with the transformers are inside cabinets at the ends and they fished the wire through the wall on the side with no uppers. Still waiting for the appliance people to come back and install the DW and slide-in range, which I hope will happen in the next few days. I paid them for installation months ago but it had to wait until now. I am going to get the IKEA "Bursta" table in the 32" square size (with two pullout leaves which i think make it about 60" long?) and keep it pushed up against the wall most of the time with 2-3 chairs around it. It can be moved into the living room if I ever want to have 4+ people at a sit-down meal. Or just pulled out into the kitchen a bit. It'd be cramped in there but it would only be for rare occasions so it's fine with me. I think I'm going to repaint the walls. They are a very pale gray but I think they'll look better the same color as the ceiling and soffits. There are too many planes in there to have different colors going on, even subtle ones. Oh, also, I skim coated the sand textured walls (except for the vertical parts of the soffits) by rolling on thinned joint compound with a paint roller (!) and squeegeeing it smooth with a Magic Trowel (!!!!). It worked amazingly well and was much easier than the conventional skim coating method! It took only 2 coats. I also bought a drywall sander Shop-vac attachment for $25 on Amazon--WAY worth it to not have to drape the doorways and clean up dust off everything for weeks afterward. It vacuumed literally all the dust as I sanded. I didn't even wear a mask. Amazing. Overhead light only LED lighting only from the other end of the room looking at the opposite side - 24"W fridge goes in the first tall empty space and the end unit is a 24" wide pullout pantry

What you need is a lighting plan. I don't think the fixture you chose with that low light bulb will help make your condo brighter. Here are a few ideabooks to get you started. https://www.houzz.com/magazine/decorating-101-how-to-plan-your-homes-lighting-stsetivw-vs~12803740 https://www.houzz.com/magazine/get-turned-on-to-a-lighting-plan-stsetivw-vs~30716408 https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-5-layers-of-a-well-lit-kitchen-stsetivw-vs~102255777

As much as it would be nice to replace the cabinets and move the stove over, I don't know if it's a good idea. The kitchen is tiny and if you try to move the stove over, you won't even have a spot next to the sink for drying dishes. I would leave it as is and just go ahead with your plans for painting. If it's a condo, there are probably heat ducts in the soffits. If you're going to look for an island, look for one with all drawers. It will really increase your storage space and efficiency. As suggested, I would prime everything first then decide if you think you really want an accent wall. I would really rather see you bring in the green with decor. The Besta unit is great and moderately priced. The white with wood combo would be a nice choice. Definitely hang the instruments. If you move the artwork to create a gallery wall, you could hang the guitar and banjo slightly staggered on the wall to the right of the curtains.

aw, you're welcome. Do you have a live edge table/ resin in the center? If the set has a 'natural' vibe, imo another light would go better. Partly I say because your art and sculpture needs visual room of its own; the more variety of looks, whether lighting or other, the 'busier' it'll get. So in other words, the dining set doesn't need the unusual angles of the Lab, but the 'spare sputnik' was less... unusual is the word? I thought a bit of wood in chandelier could pair with, and create more of a 'dining place'... drum shade is a nice basic. But in the kitchen, though open, could use a tad more variety.... I see you posted a linear light, and it's severe a little, hanging as though in a den/office. Yeh, an island, I see what you mean. However, if LED for kitchen had a decorative feature, it might look like typical ambient lighting, in the middle.