Kitchen Plans

So, we've finally decided to bite the bullet and remodel our kitchen this winter. Every winter during the farm's "off season" Jeremy takes on a home improvement project and since we've wanted to redo the kitchen ever since we bought this house, this will be the year for that big job. I am really excited about it--it's going to be sooo nice and such a huge improvement!!
The kitchen currently looks like this:

Standing by sink looking towards dining and living room:


Notice the weird red checkered backsplash, and the filthy nasty carpet:
The big window you see on the left is going to be replaced:


We will be replacing the carpet with vinyl of this design:




And the countertops will look like this:
Our first plan was to paint the cabinets an off white, but we decided it would just be easier to replace them with something better, so there will be medium-colored oak finish cabinets. Oh yeah, we're also replacing the sink with a "bisque" colored enameled sink. The border is coming down and the walls will be painted a sagey green. Let's see, what else.......Oh, we're adding more cupboards underneath the big window and replacing the current microwave stand/pantry with a cabinet that will match the other cabinets.
Like I said, I'm really excited about this and can't wait to see how it turns out!!! :-)