Have to admit when I first looked at your pictures I was shaking my head going don't do it, too tight and tough access. Upon reading further comments, I can see how that would be a convenient spot for the MW or toaster oven and other necessary kitchen items. My suggestions... have an extra plug put in this corner to facilitate all of the power you will need. Many cities advise having the frig on a different breaker from the other appliances, especially the MW. My GC recommended in our temp kitchen to have our frig and MW on different breakers as well. More ideas... Can you pull out the above frig cabinet to be closer to the front of your frig? We had it back like you have shown in previous kitchens and it was just messy. In our new kitchen it is lined up and gives us extra deep storage for wine racks and serving platters. To make accessing the upper corner cabinet easier, have you considered doing an open shelf instead of cabinets here? We did this in our previous kitchen and it was much easier to see what was where and reach it. I also thought about converting the base cabinet next to the frig into an open slot cabinet for cookie sheets and cutting boards until I saw that it is part of a lazy susan cabinet. Glass cabinet doors in this area would also visually lighten up this corner and help blend the frig and cabinets together. Is it possible to change the base corner cabinet to a slot cabinet and then the next cabinet have the deep metal pullout system that is available? I just think it would make it easier to access, but your cooking needs may vary...

You are smart to get your furniture arranged, prior to hanging any art. For right now, a piece of art would be best over the sofa. But, could we see other photos of the room please? Please remove the ladder shelf. There a very few places that these look good and they tend to grab attention from anything else in the room. A tv in a corner by a window is not the best location. The pigs are fun, whimsical pieces that might be able to be incorporated!

We have a great NextDoor community for the most part, but I feel like people are WAY too trusting of people found there. I see people advertising for a babysitter for their kids or house sitters giving the dates they'll be gone, etc....um, NO! There are better ways to find folks for those things. I hired a young man to do some work for me in the yard, but he posted his full name and I was able to check him out on FB. Saw that he was friends with some people I know, so I felt okay about him. And he was great! I would never sell something on Next Door and let people come to my house to look at it or purchase it, though. I think thieves are savvy to using it to scope out targets. We do have a few trolls, but a good thing about Next Door is that you can "mute" specific people (or conversations) and never see what they write. There are some good filters you can employ on Next Door.

HI. Before you buy chairs I have an observation and questions. -Looking at your ideabook, it ranges from contemporary to modern. I don't think adding chairs in an alternate style works well for you. Right now, the setup looks great, and I would hesitate to play with it more. Questions -how often do you have extra people at the table? --how much room is there around the table to add chairs? (doesn't appear to be a lot) -could you simply pull in chairs that already exists in the living room, when you need them?