I think white is pretty timeless. I'm not sure you can really go wrong with white, as long as you're happy to do a little more cleaning to keep it looking good. I think "cream" is a little old fashioned, but it depends whether it s a true cream of something closer to a light eggshell white. You could consider white lower cupboards and possibly doing the upper cupboards in a timber veneer which matches your floors. If you'll have an island bench, I would also consider injecting a little colour into the "back/underside" of the island bench or possibly even use the same flooring material.

You could try polyurethane? Vinyl can peel if exposed to too much heat i.e steam from kettle or heat from cooktop.

Thanks everyone so far. Only hesitation with glass (or a white-grey tinted glass) is that it might be a bit glarey with the spotlights above, but will definitely consider it! Cheers Annb, my father built the whole room including the cabinet :). The cd shelves are from IKEA. The metal strips you see are just over-door clothes hooks you can pick up for around $10ea. They just slide on top of any old door and are not bolted on in any way. We are going to install a rail inside to convert this to more of a wardrobe. The room dimensions are actually 3.8 x 3.7, but the width of the wall pictured is more around 2.7 because of the cabinet & bricks. Behind the curtain is a double sliding door with windows and optional external access. Same on opposite wall (which is more important to access.. and has nice views, hence the current, slightly awkward bed placement..) The pocket door is to what will be an ensuite. Main internal access is opposite, or external through the sliding door (marked with arrows in the second pic). The mezzanine is 1.4 wide, with sloping ceiling overhead. Could technically fit that king single up there, just, but the bed will probably be upgraded to a double bed soon enough. It's just storage on the mezzanine for now, but brainstorming... thought it could be used as a reading retreat or put that bed up there for guests once the double bed (thinking IKEA's Malm with the under-bed storage drawers). Just one young adult (20s) using the room. Between the wardrobe, drawers, sideboard and mezzanine there is plenty enough storage space. Drawers and sideboard will stay as is, but we are hoping to use this side of the room more wisely! A bit of a quirky space to get right! Thanks for your help everyone :) :).

Hi NL, As a Kitchen Manufacturer I am not sure what you have going on there. I am wondering if that when your doors were installed they had a protective film applied for transport, which should have been removed after installation but it was not. I actually suggest that you find out what the door brand of laminate is IE who manufactures it and what the woodgrain & finish is and then take a door to that manufacturer (be it Laminex, Formica, Polytec, Formex, Abet, Wilsonart, Egger, Colourpyne, Ikea, etc) and have them work out what has happened. Also check their warranty. I will be interested to know what has happened and who's board this is so, please report back too on what you find. Hope this helps, Malcolm.