thanks to all who have posted so far, especially Eric. We can probably save/budget down the road for a kitchen redo, or do part of it ourselves. Additions would be a little harder for us except finish work (floors, tile, etc. Can do drywall even but would need to find time to do it). What that kitchen has is a U shaped layout, not too bad except there are overhanging cabinets between a small dining/family space and the kitchen. It's a counter/pass through kind of setup where someone can sit at stools and talk with the person in the kitchen....except the cabinets hang down so the person in the kitchen has to look under them. We would likely tear those out and relocate the stovetop to the perimeter wall and make that pass through an island. Then that entire space could become kitchen/dining. It is possible we could still move out a wall on that (kitchen) side of the house down the road too, we are in Hawaii so all the construction costs are much, much higher than mainland. So jealous of all the posters here who can put on a large extension for less than 50K. Plan A or Plan B will cost us about the same. We don't plan to sell and move anytime soon, but should we need to we're leaning toward sq. footage instead of just extending current bath and upgrading the kitchen. Our neighborhood is about 20 years old so people are beginning to redo those rooms as the fixtures and appliances are ageing. We redid all the appliances about three years ago with stainless finishes, new faucet/sink, and redid the countertop Corian, so the kitchen is livable - just need to clear out some clutter and make smarter usage on available storage space. We could paint or restain the cabinet doors to freshen it up. A few neighbors are creating the "big bang" kitchen now but I'm not certain a 70K upgrade will improve the value that much as a new neighborhood is planned about 5 miles away within the next couple of years. Would we love to live in a "WOW" kitchen, of course. But as with most people we have to make a decision on where it is best to spend the money for now. We could feasibly also add on a 2nd story in future years, but we prefer the single story and if we age-in-place as planned, the new bath will include wide accesses and no-curb shower.

Since we're talking a bathroom the first thing I'd check for is a GFCI. When GFCI's first came out, the code allowed you to put just one in for the entire house. You'll typically find that all the bathroom receptacles, your outside and perhaps garage and basement receptacles all connected to a single one. That one may be in any of those locations. I'd look for one and press the reset on it to see if the problem goes away. Wiring rarely breaks other than where there are connections made. Typically, you trace from the breaker out to each place where the wire would have a connection (usually receptacles, light boxes, or switches) to find the errant one.

Cute. Is it a studio? Is the bed in a nook, or in a large closet? Looks like it might be To the left of the kitchen? It’s nice that your kitchen is kind of set off from the rest of the place. My son’s kitchen is more part of the whole space, and I worry that his sleeping or living space will encroach on his kitchen space. So, what do you have in mind?

If you really are keeping the floor tile, LOVE the vanity in the first batch of examples with the very deep marble countertop and grayish vanity. I would have the vanity the blue of the floor tile though. The reason I’m loving the thick marble is it plays off your coffee table. Anyways, honestly, the floor looks really old and 80s to me in a bad way. Everything else is beautiful though...how old is your home?