If you want to paint, paint. I think I'd agree with the people who suggest professional re spraying though unless you love diy and love the idea of being able to change the colour yourself relatively quickly. I recently painted a dresser (heavily stained and varnished wood, nowhere near as nice as yours) and a chest of drawers (bog standard orange pine) and unless you can take the wood right back it takes coats and COATS and a lot of patience to get a good finish. It is worth it though! Personally, I'd go for a greyish blue on the bottom half, White worktops, and paint the uppers the same white as the tiles (there's nothing intrinsically wrong with them, a classic choice that won't date). Put in a steel splashback behind the cooker (it should be possible to fit over tiles) to tone with your handles and a hard wearing natural fibre rug on the floor to break up the dark grey. A few wood accessories and the usual bits and pieces to finish.

I'm not sure on the extraction ratio but I couldn't live without a powerful, quiet range hood that vents outside. I think especially in a open plan kitchen, your going to want it as quiet as possible. My last one had the motor outside, mounted on the roof in the vent/chimney. It was so quiet and a pleasure to have on high if required. It was placed over neff induction hob.

white is probabbly the worst colour for changing colour (yellowing due to UV) over time, if you're painting the decor panels, you'll need the paint code (ral, pantone, BS number etc) used for the doors. also i'd find out the primer being used as well. also find out the level of sheen the doors are. but TBH with a mass produced off the shelf kitchen supplier customers don't get a kitchen that has been painted all at the same time and possibly not all painted in the same factory, its quite common that one factory makes the doors then another factory makes accessories. also if the doors aren't painted but a vinyl foil then a painted panel isn't going to match anyway.

Hi! We are looking for a builder to help us with a few elements of redecoration, and would love to hear any recommendations? Ideally we'd like to find someone who can do the full set of requirements, but also open to using separate contractors. The things we want to do are: - Sand and revarnish floors a lighter colour - Repaint - Install wallpaper on 3x walls - Install a floating bookshelf - Install new kitchen doors, side panels, and handles - Install new kitchen appliances and remove old ones (oven, microwave, cook top, range hood) - Replace kitchen countertop - Install new splashback (glass or mirror, TBC) Thank you! Tom