No clue how anyone is commenting on a link that isn't even on the post?

Matters not. A kitchen is feet and inches, and NO real estate photo will inform dimensions.

Sorry Jan, it's not highlighted very well, but if you click on the second Zillow link, the link is there. If not, I'm sure Houzz will let me add links to comments. I'm not sure why my pictures wouldn't work.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6357-Malory-Dr-Ocean-Springs-MS-39564/447322803_zpid/?

The link is there: "the Zillow link"

You post pics here in acomments and the trck is to post one at a time wait until it is no longer grayed and the the next one. Sorry but no pctures, no to scale plan no help. Take the time to do the drawing to scale on graph paper every measurement clearly marked also windows and doorways post that drawing here in jpeg format in a comment . I newer wnt to go back and forth from any link.

The Zillow link is broken for some reason.

The Zillow link worked for me - it's the second "Zillow link" in the original post (second paragraph). https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6357-Malory-Dr-Ocean-Springs-MS-39564/447322803_zpid/? It's not obvious, which is why I usually bold links when they're embedded in text (using the "Link" button) so they stand out.

However, I would try again to post pictures. The inability to post pictures is an intermittent issue on Houzz that, unfortunately, seems to be happening more & more often.

facing front door. OH FINALLY, my other pictures must've been too big or something. Thankfully, I'd saved these ages ago on another computer.

If you walk through the front door, and look left

In this photo, you can see the front room from this random peninsula. the door from my previous comment is seemingly on the opposite side of the vertical deep freezer at the back left of this picture

better view of the kitchen

view of the kitchen from the back

tiny little w/d nook behind the deep freezer

Honestly, the fact that I couldn't get my pictures to post until today feels like a sign. HAHA. Even my realtor doesn't like this house. Maybe I should just look for something else. Something I wouldn't have to re-orient to make the flow feel normal.

Just had another look at it. I think an island is the way to go (on the kitchen/living room wall). So rip out that wall, put an island with a cooktop in it, possibly put a wall oven on the opposite wall; then remove the door that currently leads out of the living room and into the dining area and shorten that wall all the way to the hallway. That would open everything up. I guess I just had to go through the struggle bus of getting my pictures to post to figure that out. :) Thanks, as always, Houzz!

Lots of pictures but what we'd need is a floor plan showing all dimensions, doors, windows, entrances, etc.

Thanks @Buehl! Now that I think about it, I guess I don't really need an island there. Just take the wall down to open the space and do an L-shaped kitchen with what's left, except I'd swap that old peninsula thingy out for a real one/extension of the kitchen. So much to think about!