Cooking was a chore in this small galley kitchen.

Sarah removed a dividing wall between the kitchen and living room to create a beautiful, open plan main floor. To give the updated space a cottage-style feel, she added charming antique corbels to the support beams and accented the abundance of natural light with cheery white paint.

Outdated fluorescent lighting highlighted the low-grade, damaged cabinetry in this small kitchen.

Sarah traded the old fluorescent lights for chic, antique wedding cake fixtures to complement the new marble-clad kitchen island. To make up for storage lost when the kitchen's left wall was removed, extra cabinets were built into the island and installed along the right wall into the mudroom beyond.