16 “Before & After” Kitchen Remodels That Really Cook

After: Dyer was very strategic about changing the kitchen’s layout in the existing footprint, so as to disturb the home as little as possible. Dyer allocated the new entry to an existing niche in the dining room, saving and reinstalling the woodwork, and putting red oak inlays at the floor to mark the new threshold. The opening frames a beckoning view of the kitchen, as well as the striking new windows over the sink.