That island already has very tight clearances, and if you try to cram seats in the space, you're going to end up with a traffic jam and some accidents. It already needs to be narrower, and then you want seating for 5? Gonna be tough to accomplish safely. There's only the single drawer stack to the right of the sink. That's not great for your storage needs. Drawers hold a lot more than do doors with shelves. To be able to put in a large pro style range, you will need to rework the entire stove run, base and uppers. The easiest thing would be to take the cabinets down entirely, as you'll need a larger vent that won't work with that size uppers. That vent will need to vent to the exterior. Which means going up through the roof or horizontally through a wall to the exterior. If you also want to add a wall oven, probably beside the fridge or at the end of the run on the fridge wall, then that entire run will need to be redone as well. There are several other issues that need remedy such as the shallow above the fridge cabinet. Potentially the soffit itself. You've already spent more in labor than the cabinets cost the builder. 2-3K in labor. The cabinets do not look to be worth paying labor to paint. It's certainly not a granite kitchen without new cabinets. Professionally painting would be around 3-4K for your layout and you're still left with builder's grade cabs with paint with all of their current storage issues and lack of quality. If you can DIY paint them as an interim solution for a couple of years until you do a full scale remodel that would be a different story. DIY labor is always worth doing if you don't kill yourself doing it. But the moment you start having to pay labor, that becomes the point that this kitchen isn't worth reworking cosmetically. It's time to address the bones. Take the 7K that it would cost you to do the cabinet alterations and paint and buy new cabinets after posting your layout here for suggestions for optimum efficiency. That means that your project won't be done before you move in, but it's better that it's delayed and done right than done in a rush with not so great results. Also, be very sure that you want to live with a dark floor if it's as dark as it sounds. Dark floors show every bit of dust and dirt and aren't the easiest thing to live with even if you don't have kids. Medium toned floors are more forgiving. But, if you LOVE that floor, and you're fully informed and willing to take on it's upkeep, then by all means go for it! Buy plenty of extra so that when you redo your kitchen, you have enough to work with an altered layout.

That kitchen is going to be lovely when it's done. Your renters are lucky. We usually put the cheapest builder-grade, unfinished cabinets from HD in our rentals. I'll throw out this thought just in case you never can find matching doors: some kitchens of that era had different color doors on cabinets. Think Mondrian. It was more common in kitchens with sliding door cabinets but the same concept could still work. I think if you got doors quite different, like one of the black/brown color lines, so there was a lot of contrast and strategically placed the dark doors, it could look quite striking. I almost ordered my kitchen through IKEA during their summer sale but cancelled as soon as I learned about the roll-out of Sektion (Metod in the rest of the world) beginning in February for the very reason you stated. If I get sick of my style in 10 years, it's pretty cheap to just hang new doors/drawer fronts. Also, some of the cabinets I wanted were already out of stock then and I was very concerned about availability. Besides, after playing around with the UK's website and designing a Metod kitchen, I really like the new look and the flexibility in designing this new line gives you so I'm glad I wanted. Not to mention that I hadn't put my thought into the design at that point. Since then places like GardenWeb and IkeaFans has been a goldmine of ideas and I sure like the layout I'm working on now much better. I've read reviews by Europeans who have experience with both the old and new IKEA lines and none of them have expressed concerns with strength or durability of the new line. Anyway, none of that helps you, right? Have you tried ordering online? Although the shipping costs may make that an expensive option, it might be worth checking out.

The kitchen looks okay but I'd lose the desk area. It's crowding the eat-in space and most kitchen desks become dumping grounds. The prep sink is too close to the main sink to really provide much additional use. If you want one I'd move it to the end of the island by the fridge. Make sure you actually like bench seating. It can often be a pain to slide in and out of those little nooks. The laundry room is hard to say since I don't see the W/D marked on the plans. It seems a little oversized unless you plan on including storage. The powder room is a little far to be convient. The big issue is the dining room. It's sooo far from the kitchen and requires a very long and out of the way path.

First and foremost, it will depend where you are. In some areas, builders/contractors are in such demand, that they won't even talk to you and won't waste time giving free estimates. With that being said, I very much agree with the comment(s) above about getting a designer and/or architect first to work up what you think you want. When we remodeled, people advised us to get plans drawn up first, and then provide plans to several contractors to get bids. Let the designer or architect know what your budget is, so they can try their best to design what they "think" would be in your budget (they might not be very accurate, but at least they can try). I found that having already paid for an architect and having plans in hand resulted in the contractors/builders we spoke with giving us the time of day (they are all busy) as they at least assume we were somewhat serious (having spent money for an architect and plans). With plans in hand, contractors can either a) give you an estimate, b) give you a ballpark idea, or c) they can tell you "yes/no" that's in your budget. If they are over your budget, they may be able to show you a few areas that are driving the cost higher, so you can then go back to the designer to fine tune. Some were willing and able to give detailed line item cost estimates (with allowances for things we had not yet decided on), Some were able to give ballbark estimates, and one said "that would cost me so much you'd be better off just tearing down and building new." With at least a few somewhat good estimates in hand, we were able to go back to the architect and make a few changes, and then we were good to go. You have to know what you want to do, what each contractor/bid includes or excludes, or there is no way you can make an informed decision. For example, while none of the contractors we received bids from included appliances (we had to purchase them separately), some contractors provided a bid that included the cost to install appliances we purchased while others didn't. That alone could be a thousand or more difference with all else being equal. Higher end contractors might assume soft close hardware on your drawers and cabinet doors, others might not, so unless you specify the bid could be considerably different and you would only find out after the fact that you have to pay more to get something you thought was included but wasn't.