Design on a Dime

The excitement of updating our first house is almost enough to make me want to move back in.  When thinking about the finishes I want to make sure the house looks like 2017, with-out being too trendy.  My biggest conflict to date: kitchen cabinets.  In the estimate from the insurance company they are going to give us what you would expect for 15 year old cabinets and used laminate counter-tops (read: not a lot).  While this is our first home, it is not our dream home / forever home / home we live in. So, we need to be budget conscience.  That is hard to do when you are in-store mesmerized by the fancy drawers, cabinets that lift open, lazy-susans, built-in organizers for, well, everything.  Ideally, we will purchase unfinished identical versions of the cabinets we ripped out (available at Home Depot) and re-use the upper cabinets.  To bring the cabinets into 2017 we are going with a gray finish, Silestone counter-tops (in white arabesque), and brown wood-look tile on the floor (this will continue through out the house). You may be thinking, well it looks like you have this all figured out....  Actually I am having a super hard time finding someone that can reface cabinets.  How hard of a time?  I am pretty resourceful and my current mood is:  For the love - someone please refinish our cabinets!  Headed to Houston tomorrow.  Wish me luck.