I would also hold off on sinking $$ into it at this time. I feel the economy and housing market are a bit unpredictable right now, and if you want to move on in 3-5 years, you will need to get your money back out of it. Looks like a nice house! If you ultimately decide to remodel, I would open up the kitchen so it’s functional. Since you just bought it, you probably have a good idea of what will be completing against when you go to sell.

Just a nosey question but is the refrigerator in the other room because it does not fit in the area that was set aside for a refrigerator or was there no space in the room for an actual refrigerator? I see no place for it in the pictures but also wonder if there are under the counter refrigerators. I am seeing more places in this area going to under the counter type.

This is how they solved the refrigerator space problems back in the day. Uppers had a different meaning.

Maifleur03 that is a great question. The original owners seem to run out of space for a refrigerator but managed to put a wine cooler in.

Strange to opt for a wine cooler over a refrigerator. I do know of some people in certain parts of the US who have their only refrigerator in the garage. I have never understood why. A second one there would be nice for overflow or drinks.

I tend to think that having the refrigerator in the kitchen is pretty important. If you decide to make small changes to address that, I'd probably see about removing the peninsula and putting the refrigerator where it attaches - you could remove the peninsula and upper over it to make a galley kitchen with the refrigerator on the sink wall nearest the dining room, which would be a fairly functional layout.

I love those fridge cabinets Lulu posted -- what a great idea and much more attractive than big honkin' fridges!

I would definitely work on getting the refrigerator back into the kitchen - it's not a real kitchen without a 'frig. And no way would I want to look at a frig in my dining room. If you post a detailed, measured drawing of the kitchen and dining areas, you may get some helpful advice on how to do so in the most cost-effective manner.

Thank you everyone!

Yes I agree getting the fridge into the kitchen should be a priority as it will likely affect who are interested in buying your house.

I would consider what you can do with minimal work to do so though. Are there cabinets that could be removed that fits the needed space for a refrigerator then that would be a good spot to move it to with minimal work on the kitchen. Assuming floors go under the cabinets. Otherwise you may need patching of the floor. Also you will need to make sure to have an electric outlet that can handle the fridge and not cause it to trip a breaker when you're not home and not realizing your fridge isn't running.