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You can also just wait until inspiration strikes. I painted my backsplash a semigloss version of the color that the rest of the kitchen was done in. (I love the green you chose, especially with the cabs and counters!) It's a breeze to clean and you know it looks good because it's that color already! Then when you don't have to rush into anything.

I hate the idea of painting over perfectly nice natural wood tones, but I feel like the cabinets overpower the small space. But what else do you expect in a kitchen?! It has to be functional. Maybe there's a way to add relief to the upper cabinets? Moulding of some sort? I would also suggest making the rest of the space more neutral in contrast to the cabinets. What about carrera marble counter tops (or faux) and a subway tile backsplash? Maybe there's wall space to frame a swatch of retro wall paper? hen add accessories such as a kitchenaid mixer and some bakelite tscotschkas and you're there!

My apartment in NYC was 10 feet by 17 feet, so a shade smaller than this one. When I first rented it I was traveling all the time for work. It was small enough to keep clean, cheap enough to have expensive habits and I was never pressured to entertain. Then I switched jobs and my boyfriend moved in. My sanctuary turned and bit me in the butt. We could have made it work if we were the types of people who went out and did things. But we're homebodies. So we moved to Jersey.