This is what happens when you watch too much HGTV (or, photoblogging the before and after):

Looking into the kitchen before:

and after:

I didn’t have a before view of this one, but it’s a better view of the new side wall, where we removed the fridge and centered the stove:

From the kitchen to the eat-in area before…

…and after:

A slightly different view of the sink area:

The eat-in area, from the family room looking toward the laundry room:

The same view, with our gorgeous new buffet:

A closer look at the built-in:

Another angle looking into the kitchen:

Originally the pantry and dishwasher were on this wall:

We moved the fridge to where the pantry was, then added a cabinet pantry. The dishwasher is now to the right of the sink:

One shot of work-in-progress. This was our makeshift kitchen in the family room. My favorite part was having the washer and dryer in there: