Well, I was going to post some pictures of the kitchen project, but my PWP host no longer allows FTP uploads, opting instead for a restrictive, amateuristic formula, so until I get a photobucket account or something similar, you'll have to make do with imagination and old pics that I can link to.
Here's a view of the kitchen as it was when I moved in. I had replaced the ceiling light fixture with one that had four 48" fluorescent tubes, but I've since replaced that with six can lights. As is always the case, nothing ever goes as planned in an old house. I carefully located all the joists for the upstairs floor and cut the holes for the cans. Although I missed the floor joists, one of the cans had the sink drain from the bathroom above going right through where the light needed to be. I was able to add a minor jog to the drain pipe with some 45 degree elbows.
It's not all that easy to see, but above the refrigerator was a fairly deep empty area with a cabinet behind it, that lined up with the other cabinets on that side of the room. I took that out and rebuilt it so it was flush with the pantry, visible above the refrigerator. Now it's useful and I've increased the storage by a fair amount. Bar used to have her cookbooks on top of the refrigerator, but I built a bookcase that sits on the end of the ell return toward the bottom of the picture. She thinks that's a heck of a lot better than the way it used to be, and I agree.
I also put LED strip lights under the cabinets. They run off a 12VDC power supply that's hidden in the cabinet below the switch (just off the side of the picture to the left). They make quite a bit of difference when your eyes suffer from TMB and you're trying to prepare a meal.
Bar has already painted all the cabinets white, and that brightens up the room considerably. I've replaced most of the particle board shelves with plywood, and added pull-out basket shelves to make access to all the stuff easier, sort of like I did with the pantry several years ago.
We still have the same counter tops, but they're on their way out, as are all the appliances.
One more thing that ended up as part of the rework is taking out a guest closet and rebuilding it.
Here's a picture that shows the closet as it used to be, on the far right of the picture. Bar said it would open up the entry if we(?) took it out and rebuilt it around the corner in the living room. It's out, and there are a few big holes in the hardwood floor where the walls used to be. I saved the framing, hoping I can use it to rebuild the closet around the corner. That's a job for the next several weekends.
And maybe, just maybe, I'll have some pictures showing off my handiwork.
Well, ours are wide open and we still have a messy house. Our dogs are worse than children. They constantly tear up their stuffed animals and chew toys leaving the mess all over the floor. Fortunately it is a matter to tidiness and not cleanliness...it can be picked up in a jiffy when people come over. Actually, I am the neat freak in the family. If I had things my way, we'd live in a museum, unfortunately, Bonnie is the opposite. Sometimes I just have to relent and just give up. I have little personal spaces like my office and car that I keep the way I want them. This helps. This will be a problem when I retire. 
