Losing the will to live - kitchen decision! Please help

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Kitchen extension. Cannot make my mind up about kitchen.

1930s house. Planning on being here pretty much forever. Whole room is kind of starting from scratch. Will have quite a lot of light, decent sized room. Layout of kitchen will be run of base cupboards (no wall units) with couple of tall appliance housings, then quite a large island.

Originally wanted in frame - but now I'm thinking all the ridges / gaps / lines in the doors would drive me crazy especially for cleaning, even though I think overall, it makes more of a statement (particularly if I choose a dark base unit colour for the island). Now it comes to the crunch, I'm thinking that the handleless streamlined design is more suited to us and family life, easy to clean, less "fussy" and if its fitted properly, will look high end and the gaps won't drive me crazy.

Its such a lot of money and worrying about getting it wrong. These are the two types of kitchens.

First - inframe shaker style, probably grey / navy for the island, a lighter colour for the run of units on the wall. Probably a marble-esque quartz.

Second - handleless probably in a "cashmere" colour and probably matt. Quartz worktops.
Any advice?!

*homeextender" yes, its a combination of a dislike of the look of extractor hoods and the layout - but we have a small (but powerful) wall mounted extractor above the tall unit to the right of the hob (hard to see from the angle of the photo).

This lady has a kitchen similar to the first one you describe and it looks modern, yet timeless. It's wonderful! ...
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Lashy it is indeed beautiful (as it the whole house) - its a Tom Howley kitchen

They are very different looks - there is no "better". I prefer a more traditional look. I think it is more friendly, homely, and timeless. Less likely to date than something that looks modern today. I can't imagine it makes that much difference in terms of cleaning, and as others have said, the first option is probably more forgiving if it isn't 100% immaculate.

Time for an annual bump 😂

I’m still undecided what to do with my tiny kitchen.

I’d love to know how you all feel about yourself another year on. Are you happy with your decisions & the quality.

I can’t find what I want, it’s driving me insane 😖. I want painted wood & I want it to look like painted WOOD not plastic. I want them to look like shaker doors, but without the frame. I’m clearly not describing what I want very well as they just show me their slab mat doors 😖 butbthats not what I mean 😂.

Annual bump! 😂 what did you go for in the end Annie? I know exactly what you mean , and in fact I know what you needed- if you still haven’t got your new kitchen by (but I hope you found it!) you should get a sample Norton door from DIY kitchens.

i’m currently trying to decide between a helmsley inframe kitchen by diy kitchens, and a second nature porter kitchen from units online (handleless). Help anyone??? 😂🙈🤯 the in-frame is about 20% dearer, but within budget.