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Originally Posted by id10t

We're mid-remodel now. Removing wall between kitchen and dining, adding a bar/counter top instead to keep a bit of separation. Already open from dining room to living room.

Good call on the kitchen to dining being like a partial open. We did the same thing in a previous house, put a large "window in the wall between kitchen and dining with a bar and storage under the bar on the kitchen side. It made everything more comfortable. Granted, it was an older home (1967) with fairly small rooms.