do you have a dunhelm mill shop near you then memphis? what's it like?
if you're going to move house soonish then it's deffo worth just getting accessories you love that you can take with you without spending much/anything on the kitchen/decor itself
f you like lots of colour then you could afford to go mad with all that white/cream.
you then just need to decide what 'look' you fancy eg : chintzy, contemporary or kitsch for instance - you can make any of these work with lots of bright, clashing accessories against the white.
have you got/got room for shelves to display crockery etc?
e.g. if you went down the chintzy route then:
get a pretty colourful oilskin table cloth from somewhere like cath kidston
collect some vintage teacups and/or buy some mismatched new ones such as the totally lovely stuff from pipdesigns. saw some mismatched ones in next recently too (i don't normally like next interior stuff but they've got some nice stuff at the mo)
my fave thing in my kitchen (and this would suit lots of styles) is a massive, proper old enamel breadbin from a junk/antiques shop.
Lots of photos are always nice - we have tons everywhere except the bathroom! when they're going on a wall it works well if you group them in a style in some way - e.g. mismatched white frames; all black and white pics; or some kind of homage to a fave album or film or something (e.g. we have a large roughed-up frame in which we did our family (pre-aurelia) version of the Beatles Help album - will post a pic on fb if you like
if you have wall-space after all that then I'd buy or make something which represents you both - e.g. if you went down the chintzy route, I'd make up a vintage-looking picture of a teacup or pot with stylised image of a tattoo or a motorbike.
hope this helps 