I found the shaded graph to be helpful.

All black appliances could make the kitchen look a lot darker, which would make it feel smaller.  

You could put flowering bushes or at least a lighter shade of green with some nice grasses (the bush type variety).

If you stick with a darker color you need not seal it as often.  

The idea to go a little bit darker is nice though.

Change it,looks dull and lifeless.Something brighter like a nice shade of yellow or light grey.

If I were doing this, for me, I'd do light countertops like you have, a darker stained cabinet, extended over a bit towards the stove, and a pergo/quality fake hardwood floor (darker, but not dark, to go with the cabinets) in the kitchen and hallway, tile in the bathroom.

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(http://www.denverwater.org/Conservation/Xeriscape/...  )They also have a demonstration garden where you can see what the plants look like and learn more about them  (shade or full sun, what type of soil, if they bloom and when, etc).

Is the tin foil being used as shade from the sun (ultra violet rays maybe)?