This layout makes no sense. None of the working room is in the rights spots. Post what exists now, in a back and white diagram with measurements. Renders are counter productive until the very end of the design phase.

Not a pro, but if the pass through is at the bottom of the second rendering, is it over a sink or is that a stove? If stove, wouldn't a hood be there anyway? I guess I also don't understand why the bar area is U shaped with two seats facing away from the kitchen (must be walked around to enter bar area) instead of just having an L shaped bar area. Especially if those two seats are in a pathway/doorway which could impact flow of traffic from the room south of the drawing.

My sister has a pass through in her 80s condo and she basically ignores it. Nothing is ever passed through and no conversation occurs from kitcen to the adjacent dining area. I can't imagine opening a load bearing wall for something that seems kind of retro/dated. I worked in a condo community of 88 homes (built in the 80-90s) and some condos had pass throughs, but when renovations were done, most people opted to remove them entirely. I never saw anyone that had windows or shutters in the pass through space.

My moher’s house, built in the 60’s had something like you describe It looked a lot like Tara’s first picture and had a bar with bifold solid shutters hung on either side that could be closed. The problem was that the bar was a space where lots of stuff collected and so it would have been a major pain to ever close them.

This is attempt #3. I get a post nearly completed and Houzz tells me something went wrong and erases everything I wrote and posted. This time I am going to try to get the photos in first and then put in the text.

Ideas I found for a similar situation.

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Because I am getting fed up with what I have written being erased and errored out, I am going to try to post this and then make a new post of what I am doing.

I need to see your space as it is and a to scale 2D floor plan showing all windows doorways where the doorways lead and all measurements clearly marked . IMO pass throughs work only in really warm climates and they open to a lanai or deck for summer entertaining .BTW I never like kichens open to LRS only DRs Please do not start a new post there is nothing worse than a duplicate post .

My house has a very small pass-through (original to the 1910 house) that slides up vertically into a pocket in the wall, like opening a single-hung window (it opens to the back of the dining room hutch, between the drawer section and the shelf section). Unless you have very high ceilings, this approach would significantly limit the vertical height of the pass-through.