Hi Magic M new kitchens have more drawers than doors. They also have soft closers on doors and drawers, as well as full extension runners on the drawers. Your kitchen is therefore immediately showing its age because it clearly has more doors and is probably missing the other elements I mentioned that are considered standard in today's functional kitchen. So it really comes down to your budget. If you have the budget I would replace the whole kitchen with cabinets (more drawers than doors) with a shaker style profile. Custom cabinets to the ceiling. Manmade stone such as Caesarstone benchtops. You could think about the same stone on the splashback as subway tiles are on their way out. If your budget doesn't run to a new kitchen then the Annie Sloan chalk paint as suggested is a good option on both the existing cabinets and the new add on ones. Any of your suggested colours in muted tones would work.

A smart idea for a tricky problem. Well done! Thanks, the Clipsal team

It would not be unusual to have black knobs, handles etc and different hinges. It is personal preference though.

Thankyou guys. The price difference between shaker and flat profile in my kitchen design is $7k (Aus) which is much needed! But I don’t want to depart too far from my Hamptons vision. Belinda- I’ve seen a couple of nice coastal/elegant kitchens since my post… I’ll update you soon. Bigreader- Thankyou 🙏