Dh and I are about to revamp our kitchen.
We plan to replace the current cupboard doors with matt white shaker style doors and also change the countertops from dark grey to oak (laminate) This is driven by the whole of our downstairs being pretty much open plan - there are walls dividing rooms but not doors - large openings instead of doors. The kitchen is seen from most areas if you're downstairs and the current colour scheme no longer works with the rest of downstairs - it's dark and we like pale colours and wood.
Other than the living room all the walls interconnect in some way so it's impossible to have a feature wall. We have painted throughout downstairs an antique white but when I look online at white kitchens most images which give the look I like have very bright white walls or a bold colour, not something we can achieve unless we start again and paint everywhere white or get away with off white.
Our floors are light wood.