Before

This September, we're embarking on a house renovation. For 20 years, our living room has been a dark, narrow rectangle:

The living room is adjacent to a sunroom that was poorly constructed, cold in the winter, and warm in the summer. It, too, is rectangular, and generally unattractive:

With this renovation, we plan to combine the two rooms into one light and airy living room, with a through the glass french doors. We'll add on a porch to the front of the house, and replace the large dining room window with more glass french doors:

Currently there is a door leading from the dining room to the kitchen. The door is almost always open:

Therefore, we're going to replace it with an arch. The arch will be the same size as the existing arch that leads from the living room to the dining room:

We're also going to add an arch between the kitchen and the living room, but we're going to make it a pass-through with cabinets beneath, a countertop for baking and a breakfast bar that extends into the living room:

Finally, we'll be adding a front porch to the house. The porch will fill the space between the two wings of the house: 

The construction is supposed to begin in September and last for two months. We don't really believe it will go that quickly; we'll be happy if the construction is complete before the holidays.