Depending on the budget, you could hack a portion of the wall "closed welcome passage" and put up a wall horizontally by the main entrance (creating a passage way to the living area. The window there should be able to shine a bit of light into the house. Replacing the wall between the living area and garage with Large glass panels would also help brighten up the house. At the same time, will give your house the elite concept (of having a vehicle in the living area) http://homememo.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/kop-properties_sky-garage.jpeg Hope this helps. :)

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We use 1-3/4" solid wood interior doors. For prime areas, we use single panel stain-grade wood doors, and for less visible areas, we use simple flat paint-grade slab doors.

Can you describe your kitchen? Where are the doors? The windows? Does it have built-in cabinets? Where is the sink for washing dishes? Is there one place for cooking and another for baking? Is there a refrigerator? How big is it? Do you want help deciding what colors to use on the walls? What kinds of things do you need in the kitchen? Do you need more storage space? Do you need a larger work table? A container for cooking utensils? A place to store spices?