Theedge,
one bedroom, one bath with 3000 sq. ft. romper room?
Are you serious?

I hope you have no intention of ever selling.

Anyway:
here’s some ideas for a kitchen look:

with this one, you could put the stove top and a whole other side of counters and storage on the oposite side from the picture:
http://www.homebaseexpo.com.au/images/kitchensperth/kitchen-design-four-lg.jpg

this one uses lots of brick. You could replace the gray cabinets and/or the tile work with stainless steel:
http://www.homebaseexpo.com.au/images/kitchensperth/kitchen-design-five-lg.jpg

although, IMO nothing says "man’s place" like dark wood and black granite counter tops, like this (only darker wood): (eaxamples include the third picture down in the first and third row):
http://www.zodiaq.com/zodiaq/a/en/h/Photo_Gallery/HomeGallery1.html

good luck!