Kitchen Redo

We've decided to refinish the cabinets in our kitchen. It all started with wanting/needing to refinish our 20-year-old kitchen table and 8 chairs...the varnish was peeling and turning yellow. It took two weeks! That included doing the table top twice (I forgot to stir the stain and the top wasn't as dark as the 2-leafs!) Then I "practiced" on the 1/2 bath off the kitchen...learned a few tricks...then started on the desk area in the kitchen...learned some more do's and don'ts...and now there is no turning back. My goal is to have the kitchen done by Christmas...not a very realistic goal but what the hay, shoot for the stars, I say! Here are the pictures so far, starting with the "before":

Dark Walnut

Early American

The pictures don't really tell the true story on the colors (the table looks darker in person) and I think we may have to have the trim match the cabinets and not the floor...One thing leads to another! I'd like to do the fireplace mantel and railing going downstairs, too..Oh what have I gotten myself into???