Can have a door or fabric cover for "cooking area". Make it small, narrow, if we do at all -- the cooking area. Use skylights to bring in more light. Use solar tubes lfrom indoor/outdoor space to bring light into dining space. Espec where the sliding door was.
Anura - Indoor/ outdoor room
Dotter&Solfgeld, Rockridge. Keep in mind, Accordian windows stack outside.
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