I would paint the walls a color.

Why replace the chairs when you can paint them. I just watched a video that painted the chairs just like yours. Let me see if I can find it again.

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Try black Thonet chairs with cane seats. And I agree that your kitchen looks bland because it needs some pattern and/or color. You don't appear to have much wall space, so painting probably isn't going to make a very big difference. But you can add color and pattern with things like plants on your windowsill, a colorful window shade, a bright colored teapot on the stove, seat pads for the chairs, a hanging light over the table, a whimsical clock on the side of the cabinet behind your baby chair, a vase of flowers or a bowl of fruit on the table, etc. You can choose your favorite accent color and repeat it in at least three different places. For example, my kitchen looked bland until I leaned a small piece of art in a corner against the backsplash and then repeated its colors in a glass bowl and a clock. Or, if you would rather keep to a neutral color scheme, then choose a big splashy oversize black, gray, and white print and use it for a window shade, seat cushions, drum shade over the table, etc. No need to use it three times, you can just pick the colors out of it and repeat them in accessories such as a shiny gray toaster, a plain black flowerpot in the window, white ceramics topping a light gray runner on the table, etc. I like your black hardware, have you thought about getting a black faucet as well? I think your kitchen will be easy to improve, hope you will show us the "after" pictures.

Does your hood exhaust? I'd remove the microwave and cabinets above and get a sleek stainless steel vent hood.

I'd pick a color and thread it through -- rug, chair seats, maybe a teapot or other visible accessory. Art on the wall from which the photos are taken?

What color do you think would go with the honey oak? I’m not a huge fan of color so nothing crazy

Medium blue....blue and honey gold is a classic kitchen color combo, and blue accessories are easy to find.

Thanks for the feedback!

Your kitchen has great bones! I second the notion of taking down the black microwave hood and replacing it with a stainless steel one.

SW's 2022 Colour of the Year Evergreen Fog would look good with your warm-toned cabinets. https://www.sherwin-williams.com/

I would change out the upper doors to white to make the cabinets seem taller. So not choppy.

Included here are a few kitchen designs of ours. Notice the colors: blue, orange, green, and yellow in each kitchen? Perhaps incorporating a color of some sort would help.

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I just think brown wood cabinets look dated these days, so i would paint the cabinets.

We are waiting on new stainless steel fridge, range and microwave.

I hope your new fridge is counter-depth. This refrigerator sticking out is not doing you any favors.

Also removing the decorative valance above the sink.

I'd like to see a curtain to bring in some color and softness ... and a matching /coordinating drape for the sliding glass door.

Paint colors for walls?

What color is predominant in your closet? Consider that for your walls. Everything you have is neutral colors ... I'd like to see a tile backsplash with some color and personality ... not plain white tile.

Anything else we can do to put lipstick on our pig!!!!

- Do those soffits contain ducts? Removing them would be a big (but not inexpensive) step.

- If you remove the soffits, you could then replace the uppers with something taller. The cabinets you have now look to be in good condition, but the uppers look kinda squatty. Again, not an inexpensive fix.

- Painting the cabinets won't be easy because they're oak /they have strong veining.

- How about replacing that very basic door we see beyond the kitchen?

- Replacing the countertops would go miles and miles towards updating the look.

i think you need color.

Agree. You have wood and white, and that gray mat doesn't count as "color".

Try black Thonet chairs with cane seats.

I don't know what kind of chairs those are, and I'm not a big fan of cane seats, but I think you need some non-basic chairs. I like the chairs you have now -- I have their first cousin -- but everything you have is so simple, you need something with a bit more personality.

I'd pick a color and thread it through -- rug, chair seats, maybe a teapot or other visible accessory. Art on the wall from which the photos are taken?

Agree with all of the above.