first I'd paint all the yellow . Not sure about color on the walls but the pale blue on your card on the right......take it a bit lighter... if you want one material for the entire floor I'd seek out a green linoleum. complements the counter and cabs. Just put in a white tile backsplash then the counters will work. The open area ...is it for table /chairs or a great room ? ....do your sunny invigorating thing there....once the walls and floors are corrected.

Painting the yellow an off white will automatically update your kitchen. I think the cabinets and granite is beautiful! The floor is a little busy. Possibly break it up with an area rug or throw rug. I’d paint the walls the lightest color in your granite.

Agree with Ac Lb A nice off white for walls will make the kitchen more cohesive. a muted area rug for the floor will help calm it down if you like color, add accessories and pick color from the granite

You do have a vibrant style. If you can stand painting it white, your cabinets and counter will look best. If that is too boring for you, then the blue will go well with the cabinets and counter. After you paint, use accessories to experiment with bringing other pops of color.

I would also paint the ceiling the same color as the walls but at 50% pigment.

Your cabinets and counters and floors are fine. I love your vibrant style. Its like a breath of fresh air around here. That yellow orange really does need to go. It does not go with your cabinets at all. On the colors you posted above, at the very end is a light bluish color, or maybe its a light aqua. Take a look at paint samples, in that color. It will go well with your cabinets, counters, floors, and really look good in your kitchen. It can be a darker shade, or a lighter shade, just play around with it, until you find the right shade and color that will make you happy.

I would paint the entire area a soft white (Swiss Coffee?) so your eyes can rest. Then you can start figuring out where to put color. You may decide to paint the cabinets, which look like they’re in great shape, and change the countertop. Or you might want to change your floors, which will make the entire area completely different. You have a strong brown/beige/wood statement going on here and it looks soooo “Not You” based on your preferred colors. I would neutralize the space so you can add your colors strategically.
FWIW- tile floors can be painted.

Thanks! Yes, it is soooo not me. Our last house had a similar problem with the kitchen. The cabinets are ok, but I won't feel bad about painting them as they do have some wear and tear you can't see from these photos. I hadn't thought about painting the tile floors....i'll have to look into that, thanks!

@cat_ky I don't mind white! We have all white walls here now, and it's still pretty colorful. Out of curiosity, what does painting the ceiling at 50% do? And thanks, I've asked friend for help but many of them just send me different shades of grey. Which is great, just kinda over it.

Start with getting the tile floors professionally cleaned if they weren't cleaned recently by the sellers. Then paint the walls and ceiling white.

For your color scheme, choose a rug in colors you love. Add furniture and artwork when you are ready. The photos show rugs whose colors are carried through the rooms. Notice the wood plays a small supporting and calming role.

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I would definitely do white walls.
And something to the flooring as soon as you can.
I would paint either the uppers or the lowers. I wouldn’t do both. Wood is beautiful and timeless.

I’m picturing a deep green for the lowers. Wood uppers.

(The following is just a creative thought I had. Totally not necessary at all. And definitely not necessary for now. But I think it’d be kinda cool if you removed the peninsula. And the upper cabinets from the vaulted ceiling wall. [the wall with the fridge] and then use the peninsula cabinets as an island. And those other cabinets to continue along the wall with the window. And then some open shelving on the now empty wall .....)

Your space has SOOOO much potential

Keep cabs and countertop. Floors and walls white. Big bold artwork

thanks everyone! I went with Swiss Coffee. I will post an update photo soon :D

Good choice!

Yay! Swiss coffee should look great!!

I don't know if that is a living area or dining area in the last photo, but it is a great area to put your love of vibrant color via a rug and pulling a color or two from it for accessories and art. A couple of rugs (on Houzz) with nice colors (one subdued and another vibrant). So much fun to be had.

https://www.houzz.com/products/safavieh-illusion-collection-ill712-rug-blue-beige-8-x10-prvw-vr~135531471

https://www.houzz.com/products/kaleidoscope-area-rug-8-x10-prvw-vr~39086151

It looks great with your floors!!

It looks great!

Complete transformation with Swiss Coffee paint. Looks great.

That yellow was awful. What a beautiful transformation the Swiss Coffee made!

What a difference a can of paint makes. it looks soooo much better. i’m not a “yellow hater” but with your floors and cabinets, that yellow was a bad ‘combo-platter’ in the befores.

Thanks all. Here is another angle. I love it. So fresh. Dont mind the junk we moved this weekend.

So much better. Even took some of the orange out of the cabinets! Love your cabinets btw!