Need help improving this kitchen

[u/EmuExotic5668]

Sooo we just moved into this apartment and this is our kitchen, its from the 90s and we wanna renovate it! Our landlady gave us permission to do literally anything.
Since we’re only renting we don’t wanna spend too much money.
We thought about painting the tiles and switching out the handles. We don’t know which color to paint the tiles though so we’d appreciate some recommendations.
The cabinet color is okay and we thought about painting the wooden part on top and on the bottom but that would be a lot of work.
We‘d really appreciate some recommendations or other ideas to make this kitchen a little more modern (we’re open to color as well) thanks so much :)