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[quote=Anonymous]Does anyone like figuring out floor plans? This is a puzzle I've been trying to solve for six years and I've got nothing.

The kitchen is 13 x 9 and the layout is such that you have to do breathing exercises to avoid losing your sh*t if more than one person is in there. The counters next to the kitchen entrance are about 2.5 feet apart, so only one regular-sized person can enter or exit at a time. Between the appliance layout and my husband's preference for keeping appliances and a dish drying rack out on the counter, there is no great counter space for food prep. I'm usually shuttling between two 24-inch spaces. Actually, no, I'm usually doing uber eats.

It's a closed floor plan so I could theoretically knock out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room (not load-bearing). There are two problems with this: 1) The freestanding range and the fridge are on that wall and due to window and exterior door placement I don't think there is another place to move them, so removing that wall wouldn't actually give us more cabinet or counter space and 2) I suck at keeping the kitchen clean and it's nice to not have to look at it when we are hanging out in our cute dining room.

I suppose I could just move the wall a few feet into the dining room but it seems like we'd be paying a lot of money for maybe three more feet of floor space, especially since that's the wall where the oven vent is. Expanding the footprint of the house isn't possible. Two of the walls of the kitchen are exterior and the last is load-bearing and contains HVAC stuff.

It is definitely due for an upgrade. I think it was last renovated in the late 90s? Golden oak cabinets that are kind of falling apart, laminate countertops (the material has definitely grown on me but they're old and the style leaves much to be desired), a weird vinyl floor that matches the gold oak cabinets ( :shock: ) etc. I am leaning toward just doing a budget renovation leaving the fixtures where they are, but it seems weird to spend a bunch of money without improving the worst thing about the kitchen: the layout.

Thoughts? 
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