Room assessment: Kitchen

our kitchen currently looks like this: 

 i thought i liked the deeper blue, but now that the cabinets are white, i'm having second thoughts.

and m's isn't too much help because we seem to have completely different tastes.

honestly? the best thing to do when you cannot agree is to find a picture in a book that you both like.  and that's what we did.  we now have a shared vision for our kitchen:

in order to make our kitchen look like this we'll need:

1. lighter blue walls (simple)

2. a slate-colored countertop (not so simple)

3. dark wood floors (simple! they're already waiting for us to sand and stain)

4. stainless steel appliances and cabinet hardware 

(hardware being easy, appliances also easy but expensive)

so that's where we are.