Take down wall in kitchen

Todd and I decided to go through with a kitchen remodel after much deliberation. We talked about doing nothing to the late 70's kitchen on one end of the spectrum and on the other end of the spectrum was taking out all the walls so the kitchen, family room, and living room were one great room. To due the later would of course cost tons more money with lots of demo work and we would have to raise the current dropped ceiling in the kitchen. When you start opening ceilings like that, you just…

If you follow us on Facebook, you already know we tackled more demo work this weekend. Quite literally. Ben got pretty physical with it. The destruction took place in the kitchen, to the wall st…

open area between kitchen & dining room with bar seating

When Jessie of Cape 27 Blog and her family got their new home, they got right to work on renovations. Just two months after moving in they were making big updates, including opening up this kitchen that was closed off from the rest of the house. Take a look at what they did. They started by tearing down the wall that separated the kitchen from the rest of the living space. They also removed a bar-height counter that created another barrier to the kitchen.

With all the organizing going on in social media, I was officially bitten by the "I need to get my life together" bug! You see....Since moving into my home, I h…

She wanted to raise her home’s value by ‘tens of thousands.’ Look what she did in her kitchen: This will literally blow you away! It took almost 6 months, off and on, to create our Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel and we are so excited to share with you

Fixer Upper: A section of wall between the kitchen and living room was removed to create this pass-through with serving bar on HGTV.com.

Kitchen Wall Pass Through: After a month of sleuthing into my house's structural makeup, I decided to visually open up the non-bearing wall between the kitchen and dining room. Knocking it down completely would require adding cabinetry or leveling the floor to match the hei…

Cutting into a load bearing wall can be a scary DIY to tackle! Here's how we were able to add a pass through to a load bearing wall and conquer those fears.

They got to knock down an awkward wall, too!