Because water got behind the wall in my bathroom I'm in the middle of the demo. All of it was original stuff from the 60's. Removing the original tile and walls surrounding the tub wasn't too bad except for the corners of the walls where the wire mesh was at. I still have one corner to go but that will wait until I can get wire snips. The original cast iron tub is in pretty good shape in regards to the color and condition. I'd like to try to reuse it, but I don't know if that will be possible after looking at the tub around the drain. Something tells me when I torque on it to remove the drain because of the rust it will just give out. Can anyone take a look at these pics and comment? Am I better off getting the tub out of there? Thanks!

So I have been scratching my head as to what to do to make this kitchen a bit more open and to make the large empty nook at the end more useful. The weird empty nook is too small to be a breakfast area so not quite sure what it was intended for. I've cobbled together an approximate floorplan so you can see what I mean (each square = 1 ft) and put a big ol' red question mark where the nook is (please see images below). Some of the things we are considering: [list] [*]Moving the fridge (which is sticking out a bit) or pantry into the weird nook, but would require some modifications to the counter/cabinets sticking out at the end [*]Moving the laundry connections into the mudroom and divide the room so we can widen the kitchen and have a hallway [/list] [b]Floorplan[/b] [attach]101786[/attach] [b]Kitchen Images[/b] [attach]101787[/attach] [attach]101788[/attach]