go to a lighting show room, take pictures of the space and any ideas you have. They are best suited to help you. also have a budget. the how to part is nice but most consumers have no idea that the pendants above are probably 300.00 each. Budget for lighting! take advantage of the pro's in the lighting world, its all we do!

White I guess the thought of pink walls just throws me right off

mostly Indians uses brown varnish paints for their main wooden doors....I even don't know why they didn't use other colors...even in my house doors are given brown color wooden texture...

high full length shelves sort of block the view and create partion in the continous space. sink is too close to the shelf? fridge? believe me when you are working that close to a shelf it keeps on hitting a person's elbow. the shelf would become inaccessible to the person making food because it is so far away. try to demarcate between different work areas and how they would interact with each other. like spoons plates etc, near the half island or more accessible to the person using them. range too near the sink.