i reckon to get rid of breakfast bar and extend the bench but replace with 1 or 2 tall pantry cupboards. at the other end move the doorway along to center of wall. on the other side of kitchen where the oven is i would have pantry halfway along and bench the rest of way to fridge with oven under bench and stove top. you could even have a builtin microwave in the pantry area.

Thanks for feed back everyone I do mean that the furniture is drab And dark The photo was taken a couple days ago in Melbourne ,so its dark and gloomy otherwise its quite a light room , my walls are creamy and i feel outdated . My husband repainted in the same colour and now i feel like nothing has changed I should of changed the paint colour I have also seen on here white walls and ceiling with painted skirting in white but I'm afraid my husband would have a heart attack if i asked him to do all of that because it would have to go right through the house Im so confused with what to do I do have wooden stairs and balustrade as well So whatever gets changed in living room will have to flow through the house Please help with any ideas

Just DO it ! You'll need to undercoat to make the paint cover, so once you have done them in white undercoat, you'll wonder why you hesitated.......they'll look brilliant. You could do them one unit at a time, until it looks right but you'll probably find you want to do them all white. Your suggested colour Antique White USA will look awesome and I too would suggest new door handles - it's surprising what just that change can do for a kitchen. The pendant lights would certainly make an inexpensive change to the whole area - I did it recently when I put in a secondhand kitchen and am super-pleased with the end result considering the awful lime green & mustard monstrosity I started with LOL.

My Home Stylist - I really appreciate your feedback. The Noguchi coffee is really nice. I think I'm getting closer to finalising the colours. I've done my research and found these. Do you think they match? Coffee table I did my research and found something similar to the noguchi coffee table but in white (thought it'll suit the white ikea table). It's aFreedom's Stockholm table . Dining Chairs I really love the chairs with timber legs but I've decided that since my apartment will be occasionally rented out I'll stick with a more conservative look. Dark Grey frabic will match my sofa. The steel........ It's similar to one of the photos on houzz. Bar Stool: Now that I have chosen a dark grey/steel leg dining chairs and an oak based coffee table, would a standard white barstool with steel leg still work well with everything else or is it starting to clash? I found some possible but more expensive options if it's starting to clash: