I like the look of the dark over light, it feels homely and warm, it'll look awesome.
I've seen some Kaboodle kitchens and my brother has had a couple of IKEA ones which he's made to work really well. There's others also so I'll be looking around and determining which will work the best. I want to approach this strategically so I'll not be rushing it. I have an open-plan house so the kitchen will need to tie-in with the rest of the living area, the lounge room and dining at least, so I'll take inspiration from there and tie certain elements in although I also want to make a statement with the kitchen, leave no mistake that even though it's open to the living areas it's a room in and of itself, which has it's own purpose and character.
Yeah that makes it tricky, we are doing the same with the open plan segue.
We're trying to find a balance between need and want and also the fact that we'll not be here forever, as in this property. I moved house pretty recently and there'll be another on the cards in the not too distant future. One must look at it from all angles right?