Home Projects: Opening Up The Room

One of the walls that we took out was going into the Florida room (sun room). We opened up a 22 foot span, from living room to kitchen and on into the sun room. This really opened up the space.

Before we bought the house:

The wall has now been taken down and we have the beam in place to open up the rooms.

The above picture is before we started on the kitchen cabinets, but it gives you an idea on how much it opens up the rooms. The middle and upper left side will be completely open. The bottom left is where the kitchen cabinets are going (already in progress). The 6x6 post in the middle is a good support for the beam and will be wrapped in cypress wood, along with each side and the beam itself.