Before: this is how it looked when I first bought the house
First thing I did was replace the old microwave and range, and painted the walls red (the appliances I replaced shortly after I moved in, and I did the painting just before Mom & Dad's visit in May)
Then in August or so I had granite countertops put in.
And finally over the holidays, I had crown molding put up at the top of the cabinets and then did the last step of painting the cabinets and adding handles to the doors/drawers.Paint is Behr Navajo White with Valspar Mocha glaze highlighting the edges, topped off with a couple coats of polyurethane
Please ignore the cabinet handles above the microwave that aren't lined up right--I plan to fix that!
Another shot:
