Kitchen, Dining, and entertaining area of
the Eastern Side of the Knight Homestead
Now we see the Kitchen area that also served my Aunt and Uncle as a main Dining area and entertainment area. Many times we played cards on that dining room table and then had cookies and ginger ale and ice cream. Oh what fond memories I have of those days.
But the reality is that I might have to live at first in mostly this room, hence I am suggesting something as both old and new.
My Aunt Elizabeth had the sideboard over between the entry to the living room and the cellar stairs. I would return it to that position and place a Micro-Wave and a TV on it. Fine serving dishes would again be housed there. I would maybe put a shelf or something on the bottom area so that a box stained similar to the sideboard might contain other items in it to use the space well.
The dining room table would have two of its leaves folded down and placed in more or less the middle of the kitchen. Hence it would also serve as an island work station at that point. Where the dining room table was a futon would go so that I could live in that room in the winter, if need be. A folding rocking chair I bought would also be next to the broom closet and unfolded when company came. That way the rocking chair and a few of the dining room chairs could form a circle for prayer, etc.
Where the sideboard had been we would place the freezer and the Refrigerator. On the counter area by the Gas Stove would go a small microwave, as I cook a great deal with it. That would allow for two outlets dedicated to the two microwaves, two for the side-by-side freezer and the refrigerator (might need replace one or both of these), and the ceiling lights and at least three more dedicated outlets and the side outlets. That is about 10 circuit breakers for this room alone. But I really believe that since we are remodeling, do it right.
Also all the flooring here and on both porches need to be taken up and everything raised about 6 inches or more and a new floor put in.
