Whether the flooring is tile or engineered wood, opt for a light color, such as bleached wood tones, soft whites, sandy beige, or soft grays. "For a small kitchen, I recommend light-colored ...

and the kitchen was closed off to the entire home." Moreover, the space was so "beige and dimly lit," she adds, that it simply "felt small." Forty-year-old appliances and crusty linoleum flooring ...