Kitchen Remodel

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I fricken love open beams, I think they are gorgeous. I like an open floor plan for the living areas too. I think it makes a room look warm & inviting.

Do you use your fireplace?

We never use that fireplace. There's no good explanation for that except laziness. I'm not sure but I don't think you can even build wood burning fireplaces any more around here. Spare the air and all that. It's ugly as it is AND there's no reason the brick and mantel etc. have to take up ²⁄_3^rds of that wall. There's a lot we could do with that.

I don't know how wide our kitchen is but the designer tells me I'm probably not getting an island like the one in the picture. She says that kitchen is 15-16 feet wide--I guess I don't have that (at least now) and she doesn't like islands anyway. She believes they're largely just something to walk around getting from the sink to the stove etc. I can kind of see that but we both like the colors and other aspects of that kitchen. Thank you, Sally.