Wanting to have more counter space for entertaining, my clients wanted me to open up the wall in their kitchen and install an 8 foot bar countertop (see these posts). For the counter I turned to a friend of mine who is also an artisan when it comes to making specialty wood items like cabinets, [...] Read More

Yesterday, I covered removing the trim and drywall for the opening I made in the wall between a client’s kitchen and dining room. (See this post) Now it’s time to remove framing. Again, it’s important to think this through. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a NON-load bearing wall. 1. Remove the old header. Before removing studs, [...] Read More

A common project on many people’s wish list is to open up their kitchen by removing a wall, or at least making an opening in a wall. That’s the goal at my current project where I will be removing much of the wall between a kitchen and dining room, installing a beautiful wood serving counter [...] Read More