What I would do is remove the drawer & door. Then cut the rail away from the stiles on both sides. On the left side, pocket screw & glue a vertical piece of wood to the left hand stile (scrape paint for the glue to bond) to increase the width of the stile, wide enough to allow a new (narrower & taller) replacement door to swing open. You will lose a drawer and the opening will be smaller but you'll still have better access to that blind corner cabinet. You could opt to keep the drawer in which case you'd not cut away the rail and use two vertical attachments to the stile for a more narrow replacement door & drawer. Finding an exact match for the door will be tough. If you know the cabinet brand, check to see if you can get a new door in the dimensions that you need for the altered cab. Or maybe you can have a cabinet shop build one. Otherwise, you could just go with a raised panel door for a close but not exact match. Paint all the new stuff to match. Another option might be to use a shutter for the replacement door...perhaps one of those old style shutters that had fabric inserts. Or just a fabric skirt to cover the opening

good morning Jan, Laminated glass is not an energy product. It is very expensive and would add nothing to the overall energy performance of your windows. You are obviously unhappy over losing the original windows; have you considered restoring them rather than replacement? Although to be honest windows made in the late 40's tended to be a good bit less quality than those made a few decades earlier - with exceptions of course. I can appreciate why you like the simplicity of the single pane wood window, just as I appreciate (and often agree with) the desire of many folks to restore rather than to replace their existing windows. But, despite comments from the restoration industry that restored windows with storms are every bit as energy efficient as the newer windows with all the "bells and whistles", that is simply not the case. Ultimately, restoring older single-pane windows or installing single pane windows is an indulgence that has to be taken as such. My impression from your posts makes me think that you see it that way as well. And while I am not suggesting that certain "indulgences" are not acceptable - again, I often agree with restoring older windows - we have to understand potential the trade-offs involved in doing so. Relatively few dual pane windows made today have aluminum spacer systems. The majority of dual pane windows use one form or another of "warm-edge" technology spacer systems. These warm edge spacers range from stainless steel through completely metal-free systems. All of the newer systems are much better than what was used in dual pane windows even 15-20 years ago. Differences between the best systems used today and those used 20 years ago are such that there simply is no comparison. Like most new products, there was a learning curve involved in developing dual pane window systems. While many folks do have concerns about longevity of dual pane systems - and very justified concerns in many cases - even the less-advanced systems in use (older and newer) generally have historical failure rates of less than 20% based on the glass system - which is where most people's concerns seem to focus. While the better, newer, systems often have failure rates in the tenth of a percent range (or better) and those failures that do occur with the better, newer, systems are almost always related to human error somewhere in the process. And while there is no question that a 20% failure rate in any product is totally and completely unacceptable, one would think that there is a 110% failure rate of dual glass windows based on what some people in the restoration world claim. Sometime last year (give or take) the California department of energy published a document that stated that replacing all of the single pane and less efficient dual pane windows in the state with state-of-the-art dual and triple pane windows would result in energy savings equivalent the energy output of two (or maybe three I forget) new power plants  and at a cost significantly less than the combined costs of building and operating those plants (over a 20 year period if I recall correctly). Thus my assertion that restoring windows is an indulgence  one that I often agree with  but still with the understanding that there is a trade-off involved versus replacement with an energy performance state-of-the-art replacement. Anyway, sorry so long  and I did tend to veer off track a bit  but ultimately making sure that whatever fills the hole in your wall is operating at its peak efficiency is going to benefit you. And, if you choose the replacement option donÂt forget the quality of the installation  that is so very important! Have a great weekend!

As requested earlier from Davidro who wanted to understand traffic flow, below is a whole house "sketch" which shows our first floor layout (upstairs is only a loft) and second diagram is where I'm at with regard to kitchen design after input from you guys and after Ikea consultant/designer who was at my home today gave as far as cabinets fitting. Also, from the earlier discussion, I had some confusion about whether I could relocate the washer/dryer to the hall. The contractor who visited today didn't have any problems with the relocation. It helps a lot that our foundation is "pier and beam". Moving plumbing around is a whole lot easier. New location of washer/dryer may be a bit claustrophobic in the hall way outside the bathroom but I only do laundry a couple times a week for short spurts. I'm in the kitchen a whole lot longer and since the relocation of washer/dryer is the only thing keeping me from having the kitchen layout I REALLY wanted from the beginning (barring the fact the pantry has gotten quite a bit smaller), I am a happy camper. I'm going to lie low a while and get our bathroom done and maybe a roof before I come back with any updates on the kitchen. And for anyone who is in doubt, the Ikea prices for all cabinets is half of what price was quoted for Innermost cabinets by Home Depot. And the Ikea quote includes several of the appliances though I'm not sure yet if that is how I will really go. But cabinets -yes - their prices are too good to pass up. The money we save can go for the bathroom we're getting that has a curbless shower, and several other expensive details which Ikea can't help us out on. I'll still be listening but hopefully everyone can see the aisles around the island are considerably wider (maybe even too wide with my feet problems). If I need more pantry space, I'm fairly sure that several of the drawers in the main part of the kitchen will not all be used so I can use them for pantry space spill over if there is any. THANKS AGAIN (though I will definitely be back - still need to pick out countertop/backsplash/flooring/hoodOverCooktop and make decisions about appliances..) And since I haven't marked it well, let me explain that there are upper cabinets on either side of the cooktop and also to the left of the fridge. No uppercabinets on the sides of the "cleanup sink" with the large 6 foot wide window. Think I may wait until kitchen is done and probably install some open floating shelves on either side of cleanup sink - more for esthetics than function but I think I can wait until the last minute for that. (Maybe even some art work...)

Hello all, I would like to share and hear your comments on more information I added after you kindly helped me with the hallway. As I am placing the items, it seems as not that long anymore. Please bear with my drawing as i don't have the technical skills as most of you have , you can laugh of it as it is very simple... :) :) but I hope I can share the message.. What about adding some visual separation using the ceiling height or it would be too "busy", too many things at once?. Which painting would you place beside the sideboard? I was thinking of the rectangular Oops I forgot something.... I might be jumping too far ahead as we are still on planning phase. This help me to see if the layout will work with the painting and of course the ceiling is something I should decide. thanks again Thanks again for taking your time to help.