Additional photos.

Holy Moly - carpet in the kitchen! I've never seen that.

There's so many unanswered questions. What are the dimensions? Are you keeping the fireplace? Are you keeping the space as a kitchen and dining room - or - is there other dining in the house? What is your style? What don't you like about the layout - if anything at all?

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5972404/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-2020-interim#n=11

Start by reading the above link. Educate yourself as much as possible.

if you are lucky, Buehl might stop by and give you personal advice.

Everyone here will request a floor plan with measurements. Show the entire area.

Looks like a lot of potential. Congratulations on your new home!

@eld6161 thank you for this!

@shirlpp - I guess I didn’t know what to expect when posting other than that I know there’s a way to design this to function well even for a family of 7, still be nice, AND be able to have great storage.

I will have to get the dimensions:
Kitchen / Dining Room 13’x22’

Right about half of the room is dining and half is kitchen.

The fireplace is double sided —- and we have considered possibly closing off the kitchen/dining side to make room for more cabinets and the table.

Our style is currently between farmhouse/traditional and some modern.

I’m adding some photos of our CURRENT kitchen area for you to see. This is a house we JUST sold and renovated.

This is the CURRENT kitchen we have. The one thing I would NEVER do again is have dark floors.

Floor plan now, without measurements.

Kitchen and Dining measurements are 13’x22’ (shared space)

That fireplace is intrusive in the kitchen/dining area and your thoughts on closing it off sounds good.

Consider getting a kitchen designer to help you successfully layout your kitchen.

Living in the spaces will allow you to also decide if you can remove one of the entrances and gain more wall space.

First thing I’d do is rip out that closet for more countertop space. I’d also think about exchanging the island for a narrow kitchen prep table.

Talking to a designer is a good idea. I am not sure what the budget is but if there is money for it, I would flip the kitchen and dining room. You could get a good size kitchen and island where the current DR is now and the DR could have great bench seating along the back and garage walls. Congrats on your new house

Toni —- Flipping the spaces wouldn’t do anything … the dining is half the room and kitchen is half the room. Thank you though!

@Rachel Lee would you show me at example of a kitchen prep table? Thanks!

Rolling or stationary.

I don't mind the current layout, but if I could change anything I would put the fridge where the pantry cupboard is now. I'd then place floor to ceiling cupboards on either side of the fireplace for storage. I'm not sure how you feel about bench seating but you could put bench seating with storage along the dining room wall.

Shirlpp has the right idea, but aesthetically I was thinking more English countryside

This landscape painting would bring nature inside, in my opinion. Actually you can take a look at some paintings like this here.

More such paintings are on varnachitra.com