This Old House

Before & After: Kitchen Moving a wall makes it work

aving family mealtime is a must, but sometimes parents need their own space, too. That’s one reason Wyncote, PA, homeowners Molly Eigen and Sarah Elder—parents of three, all under age 11—wanted to preserve the formal dining room in their 1950s center-hall Colonial.

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