Katie, I am sorry yours was broken. I was taking a chance mailing without a bubble envelope but it would have cost 249 each to do so and didn't think those little sticks were worth that. LOL I can't believe your hubby ate that either. Mine would do the same though. Margo

That is very cool! I imagine the fireplace isn't used anymore, so why not? And it could be painted in any way...imagining some cool trompe l'oeil in there :) my brother had a Union Jack painted on one whole wall of his white bedroom when he was teen. It looked great -- until he pointed out that the painter had done it upside down. Yes, it can be, apparently.

I like layout #1 better, but I think the slider opening is crowded in either layout. The following quick plans have structural changes, but not as many as there would be if you changed the kitchen's location. The first one moves the fridge wall forward, recessing a full-depth fridge, and giving you wall ovens, with a side loading shallow pantry. With the addition of headers, the current DR wall becomes storage. In both plans I moved the laundry door around the corner, and moved a pantry cabinet over, to leave space to pull the table away from the slider. You could convert the former door space to shallow open shelves on the laundry room side. In the next plan I moved the sink to the L, with a wide pass-through above. The DR wall could be converted to between-the-studs storage, with a center glass door portion for glasses and cups, since the DW is now close to that side. You could even make the glass door cabinets double sided--opening from the DR side, too. The base cabinet beside the DW opens to the side--a 30x24 upper cabinet could be converted to a base, with the addition of a toekick. This plan would require some custom carpentry. [Houzz--stud space storage[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/tap-into-stud-space-for-more-wall-storage-stsetivw-vs~26936417)

Well, we went ahead and painted the walls SW Alpaca ( light grey), trim white, and the doors SW Dovetail (darker grey). I did the doors with foam roller and foam brush. Myself and the 3 guys love how it all turned out. We had help from some of our union members with all the walls. We’ve gotten nothing but positive feedback from those that come to the office. The photos only show the main hallway, we have a front entry area that’s about 10 x 10 (did the front door, it’s the only door in that space) kitchenette area, bathroom doors, , and a back conference room with an additional office and rear entry door. We figured it’s only paint and our time and it paid off. Now to reconfigure everything that was on the walls prior to painting.