Kitchen Makeover, Ugly 1970s Kitchen Gets Amazing " Impossible -- A cramped and dysfunctional kitchen gets The crew takes on a twenty year old kitchen makeover. Spaces -- Keeping the features of an ugly kitchen " When Charles and Jane Long moved from Reno to California a little over two years ago, they rented first in Berkeley but were ultimately looking for a house with open spaces. And they found it. They were immediately drawn to this homeâs 2,500 square feet, the open, vast windows and iconoclastic idiosyncrasies. The Longs kitchen before transformation That last word was an understatement. Reflecting the former ownerâs nautical interest, the house had many nautical details, indulging a hatch you had to climb through and several dark hallways. Not to mention problematic additions, rotting decks, and strange entrances. And so the Longs got to work stripping the house down to its frame, trying to keep as much as possible while opening up the fa...