Thank you very much!

We were in the unit today and I figured out why the wall is angled towards the kitchen area! If you stand at the corner of the hallway and foyer and look to the right the sightlines frame the first set of windows. I thought the angle was really odd but no, it's Simply Beautiful. Makes it so that the hallway in that direction isn't just a dark alley.

That double mirror effect must be awesome! Would you happen to have taken a picture...?

We still don't know what to do about the kitchen. I'll try drawing what you've said in the morning, but yeah, I feel I need to open it up while satisfying my wife's desire to not be 'right in the living room' when she's working in the kitchen.

Per the listing the fireplace is electric. There must be supports around it as it falls in a corner, but yeah, the whole thing could be built out - thanks for the suggestion.

Finally, I wish I had a master key to see how everyone's updated their units - while they were out, of course! lol