L&G started the year with a big bang.....through our wall between our kitchen & living room on New Year's Day!!
This is just PHASE 1 of only-god-knows-how-many-phases-we'll-take-to-do-our-kitchen-remodel project.
We decided that this year we're gonna actually devote some time/effort/$$ for our house that's been a little neglected....
But also we just got tired of the middle wall that divided our living room & kitchen, which made our kitchen feel too closed off since the living room & kitchen is where both of us hang out majority of the time.
So as the first step, we decided to tear some stuff out to start the project.... and also release all the stress built up from 2010!!
Here's what it looked like BEFORE looking from the living room.
We decided that this year we're gonna actually devote some time/effort/$$ for our house that's been a little neglected....
But also we just got tired of the middle wall that divided our living room & kitchen, which made our kitchen feel too closed off since the living room & kitchen is where both of us hang out majority of the time.
So as the first step, we decided to tear some stuff out to start the project.... and also release all the stress built up from 2010!!
Here's what it looked like BEFORE looking from the living room.
Dylan specking the wall to see what's up.
We took some time to tarp everything off...which is always surprisingly time consuming and not very exciting...
But then we started to tear out the first side of the drywall!!
And since I forgot to take photos, let's fast forward past making bunch of dusty mess, making grunting & hammering noises, taking down the upper cabinets and then tearing out the other side of the wall ....
TA-DA...we went through the wall!
TA-DA...we went through the wall!
Along the way I had to take this photo of this awesome texture, which was previously our 70's mauve colored tiled back splash wall....
Then we noticed that there's a mysterious half beam on the left side....yes, we just opened a whole can of worms.... This is gonna be an interesting challenge....
But here's what it looks like AFTER!
I know!...NOT that impressive looking at all!
Just to warn you, there's gonna be a whole lot of BEFORE/AFTER photos of stuff like this where the 'after' photos are just gonna look worse than before since it's probably just gonna be things getting torn up more and more....but hopefully that will change where the 'after' photos will get better as we get to do more exciting things.
But at least now you can see the whole kitchen from the living room!
The best part is that there's tons of light coming from the living room now, which is totally great!
I'm totally stoked about it even with just this raw-open wall. :D
Now we need to go figure out what to do with that weird half-beam....
Just to warn you, there's gonna be a whole lot of BEFORE/AFTER photos of stuff like this where the 'after' photos are just gonna look worse than before since it's probably just gonna be things getting torn up more and more....but hopefully that will change where the 'after' photos will get better as we get to do more exciting things.
But at least now you can see the whole kitchen from the living room!
The best part is that there's tons of light coming from the living room now, which is totally great!
I'm totally stoked about it even with just this raw-open wall. :D
Now we need to go figure out what to do with that weird half-beam....
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You two realize that beam needs to extend the full opening - looks like a bearing wall and that beam is working hard. Probably gonna want to replace it with one full length and you'll need to trace the point load to the basement and make sure you've got some bearing for the post load on the West end. Yes, you'll need at least a couple of studs to bear on, maybe more. I hear a structural engineer calling your name.
Happy renovation!
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