Should I keep kitchen wall?

last year

I'm trying to decide if the kitchen wall with fridge should be removed to open up the floor plan. Right now the wall partially hides the adjacent living room area. If the wall was removed or lowered you can see the whole kitchen, dining and living area at once, which I'm not sure is a good idea. There is no foyer, the entry opens into the kitchen. If the wall is removed the fridge would be relocated to the wall with the stovetop and I would lose countertop space and cabinetry unless I put in a small island or peninsula (which would have a narrow halfwall separating the kitchen from the living area. The only reason to remove the wall is for esthetics but I don't know if I would like to see the whole room at once. Also I would have limited options for TV placement in the LR.
Any thoughts?

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Kendrah
last year
You listed a whole lot of good reasons for keeping the wall. I would keep it. You mentioned aesthetics as a reason to remove it, but you didn't mentioned what would be aesthetically pleasing about seeing into your kitchen. I personally find that seeing most kitchens in action, pots on the stove, dishes on a counter or in the sink, are not a nice look to see from a living room.

Our home used to have a galley kitchen. The previous owners took the wall down to make an open concept kitchen, living, dining space. The first thing we did after purchasing was to put the wall up and make it a galley again. Different strokes for different folks.
herbflavor
last year
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awfully large dining area..is that to the left? I might want to place kitchen over there and use the vacated kitchen with that big rear area a little differently. cant tell what sort of property this is w the front bedroom having a door out to the front?????? ...

living/dining flow together and kitchen to the side

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