We just purchased an older home built in the mid 60's. We are wanting to do some renovating in the kitchen but wanted to get others' ideas about how to update a small kitchen. We are planning on getting new stainless steel appliances, installing new countertops, new sink, new flooring, painting the cabinets, and installing new hardware on them.

We are also considering taking out the upper half of the kitchen sink wall and creating a bar. This would open the kitchen up to the dining room on the other side. The wall is not a load bearing wall. However, doing this would take out a lot of cabinets in an already small kitchen.

Any ideas? Here is a link to some pictures of the kitchen. https://goo.gl/photos/SxzkDKBDrRuhh5xPA