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Moving Day !!!Here’s a picture of the kitchen when we were

just moving in. The black strip on the left wall

is a pot rack which we took

down immediately.

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Moving Day !!!Here’s a picture of the kitchen when we were

just moving in. One problem we saw right

away is that the Refrigerator is in the way of

the door. Two Words… “New

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Kitchen Kitchen LayoutLayout

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of the Kitchen.

The ceiling is 9 ft tall.

The soffit is 2 ft. Lots of

wasted space. The fridge is too small and

the stove is too large for

today’s appliances.

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Danny and Ben

tearing down the kitchen

drop ceiling.Lovely

Wallpaper.

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This is a wall that we decided to tear out to open up the kitchen. It proved to be a challenge because we discovered that it was a load

bearing wall. The reason we were surprised is

because it is not supported in the floor. It sits between two floor joists. How did it

survive 80 years?

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You can see that once the wall was down it

really opened up the room.

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This is the East wall

before we got the support

beam up but after we took down the slat and plaster to see what we had to work

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Once again here’s the wall prior to opening up the room.

You can see that it takes away a good 3x5 space from the kitchen and to enter from the bathroom on the left, you

need to snake around the corners. I think it’s a stupid

layout.

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WOW! What a difference taking down that wall

made. The next step will be to

expand the bathroom

because it is way too small.

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Here’s a picture of the East wall After the

support beam has been put in. The white colored

stuff to the left of the support beam is foam

used to seal up cracks.

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Obviously the wall is not finished. Wires still need to be secured, etc. but at

least it’s all open now.

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Here’s another shot of the open

area.

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Here’s a picture I took to show

where the wall used to sit. It

actually used to sit between two floor joists with only a one-inch

plywood floor for support.

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Moveable Islandfor mobility

Thank You. I hope you enjoyed the show.