FEATURE Photography: MarkBuckwalter.com the makeup desk by the large exterior window in the hall nook facilitates much desired natural light for the task. The main house renovation benefitted from the removal of a dividing wall between the kitchen and dining room, transforming into a spacious open floor plan. One of the challenges this presented was due to the existing corner fireplace in the dining room partially situated on the dividing wall set for removal. Due to the age of the house and uniqueness of this original feature the hope was to keep the fireplace intact. The kitchen was laid out in such a way as to take advantage of the extra wall space provided byhttp://www.MarkBuckwalter.com