Standing in the eating area looking toward the back hall (laundry room, half bath, entrance to garage). Although it's hard to tell, you can't open the right fridge door all the way (it hits the cabinet next to the stove). Nor can you open the cabinet door (or drawer) next to the stove because of the fridge! The kitchen was designed for a much smaller fridge. The peninsula had a overhang that could be used with bar stools, but the eating area really isn't big enough for bar stools, a table and chairs.
The fridge got moved over to the wall the stove used to be on. I put a desk area for me where the fridge used to be. The island is on casters, so I push it around a lot. Someday we'll get a stainless fridge to match the rest of the appliances.
Standing in the main kitchen looking to the eating area (dining room and front hall to left, family room straight ahead)
Now it's one big open space!
Kitchen sink (under window) & dishwasher. Yes, it's a mess - last pictures before painting!
The sink and dishwasher stayed in the same spot. The stove/microwave are now where the peninsula used to be.
Standing in eating area looking toward main kitchen.
Space for fridge, stove and microwave on right.
Here's the "beautiful" floor that started it all. This picture was taken even before the flooding...not very pretty!
Here's the new laminate floor. It almost looks real, but is much easier to stand on and not so hard on dropped dishes as tile.
View of the two kitchen windows.
Another messy view of the sink and peninsula.
Two "after pictures"... Here's the eating area. I built benches that run along both walls. There are 6 storage bins under the seat cushions. Someday I hope to get a table with a pedestal base and have a butcher-block top made to match the island... and new chairs, of course!
And here's a close-up of the backspash and countertop. The mosaic tile took a bit longer to install than I expected, but the end result looks nice. The countertop is Silestone (quartz). I fell in love with this countertop first (because of the blue flecks to match my pottery)... then everything else was coordinated around the countertop.