DIY Concrete Counters Over Existing Laminate

I love the concrete top look! Idk if you have done the cabinets or not but I would add white to the uppers only. Not paint anything that is part of the ceiling boards and not paint the cabinet doors, only paint the cabinet 'box' white and refinish the doors and bottom cabinets with a light or medium honey finnish. For a more modern/natural element look you can remove the handles from the top cabinets and replace the hinges with ones that are placed inside the door. On the bottom cabinets, remove the handles on the smallest drawers and replace the rest with bell style handles. You can get basic brushed steal and use a hammered copper craft spray paint on them this would give the wood and stone a pop of copper. Also if you like the hammered copper craft paint maybe treat your sink with it and use a sealant on top(also look at a local Restore or Habitat For Humanity, you might luck out and find a sink there that you like for next to nothing:). Yellow, turquoise, or a vibrant green would be good accent colors for the tone of this room and would work with the little bit of white to brighten up this space.

I think that choosing one of the colors in the slate (perhaps one of the lighter bluish gray tones) would look great on these cabinets. It took me 20 years to give up my woodtone, but, wow! What a bright happy transformation. I would definitely leave the ceiling wood though, for some warmth. The wood above the cabinets? You could leave it wood, stencil it, (nothing busy, because it would clash with the slate) or use a peel n stick tile, again, nothing too busy though. Good luck.