As is, the space is feeling dim, crowded and honestly the angled island layout had me questioning your builder’s choices. As I reconfigured your island and styled the room I kept in mind your desire for more space to sit as a family. Here are my recommendations for a full remodel of your kitchen and breakfast nook:

Kitchen:

• Cabinet boxes to the ceiling

• Build vent hood in lieu of a microwave

• Repaint all upper and lower perimeter cabinets to Sherwin Williams Accessible Beige

• New quartz kitchen countertops - I would opt for white quartz with warm gold/brown veining

• Vertical shiplap as the backsplash behind all the countertop spaces

• Accent tiled backsplash behind slide in range - some sort of patterned marble mosaic (harlequin, checkered, arabesque)

• New single bowl kitchen sink - opt for a quartz composite in lieu of stainless steel (I got one last year and it is a game changer!)

• Gold Hardware - kitchen faucet, cabinet pulls

• Window trim - this will transform the windows from feeling awkward and annoying to intentional and decorative

• Curtains on those big beautiful windows

Island:

• Total demolition and rebuild a brand new 3’x5’ island (see my drawings for an idea)

• Straighten out the angle

• Stained oak or maple wood cabinets - a medium-toned, warm brown

• Match perimeter countertops

• 10” overhang to allow for bar stools

• 18” trash drawer - let’s hide that thing!

• 30” microwave opening

• Drawers anywhere else we can get them

• Replace linear light fixture with two pendants

Breakfast Nook:

• Build window seating that wraps towards the pantry and provides storage

• Window trim

• Curtains

• Replace light fixture with a linear one to match the hardware in the rest of the kitchen