Before: Additional view of kitchen, borrowed from realtor. this shows closer view of U-shaped kitchen, along with a wall of cabinets and a small desk area.

Before: Additional view of kitchen from a borrowed realtor image, this time showing the kitchen from the interior walkway that connects to the living room, facing out towards the breakfast area.

Before: Contractor image from the entrance to the walkway of the living room that ran past the kitchen to a powder room and eventually the master bedroom.

Before: Additional contractor image of entrance to kitchen from living room.

After: New view from the entry to the foyer. U-shaped counters were removed, and wall between breakfast area and screen porch was removed, allowing absorption of screen room into additional square footage of home.

After: View of kitchen facing toward foyer entry, with island on the left, and new cooktop arrangement and cabinets to the left. The oven and microwave are stacked by a beverage area with matching countertops and cabinets that double as a partition wall between the new hallway that leads to the...

After: Additional view of partition wall/microwave and oven wall.

After: Additional view of kitchen, showing back wall.

After: View of island, showing additional storage.

After: View from living/dining area, facing back wall of kitchen.

After: View of kitchen from living area, showing relevance to other living spaces.

Feature of note: We appreciate functional space, and that's exactly what the kitchen designers did here. What would normally be a fake front under the cooktop was ingeniously turned into a handy spice rack, making additional flavor less than an arm's length away.

The pantry just around the corner is the perfect spot to put small appliances and other sundries when not in use.