We just got finished with taking the wall down between the kitchen and dining room.  We had a beam put in and painted the walls.  We also took out the box(served absolutely no purpose) above the cabinets.  We have to beautify that area now!  Wei are thinking of just painting the cabinets and adding a little trim to the top.  We have to add the subway tiles and get a new appliances.  We are going to add a white chair rail to the dining room and use white trim to create the frame boxes under the chair rail.  Oh man, we have so much left to do!  I just hope we are able to finish the major things before the baby gets here!  I would love to hear if anyone has any different ideas.  Any opinions are welcome!