I have a 20's bungalow in Wallingford, and I love the neighborhood, even the small size of the house.  But my wife and I love to entertain- she loves to cook, which means that I do the dishes.  Last Thanksgiving we had 25 people in our 1050 square foot house and that's a lot of dishes.  Well, with no dishwasher, I'm about to start using paper plates.

The other thing that is really bad is that our refrigerator is next to the stove, because they didn't even have refrigerators when this place was built.  I know we are using way too much electricity to keep the freezer things cold when we're cooking.  Is it possible to put in a dishwasher, and maybe even find a way to separate the fridge and stove?  My dream is to break through the wall into the dining room and have one big room, but I don't know if we can do that structurally.  What do we need to do to find out?