Before and After: Flipping the Layout of This ’90s Kitchen Made It Way More Spacious

Large windows that let in lots of natural light are a gift in any home or apartment, but that gift is rendered almost useless if the windows are blocked by trees or hedges on the outside or walls or half-walls on the inside that disrupt the flow of light.

Homeowner Colleen Pastoor, who runs the blog Lemon Thistle, had two great bay windows on opposite ends of her home in the kitchen and dining room spaces, but the problem was, a half-wall in the “before” kitchen was blocking the flow of light.