In a previous post, I mentioned that the contractor discovered an unexpected shear wall between the great room and 4's room.
Sidenote: Through these discussions, I learned that a "shear wall" is not the same as a load-bearing wall. Huh. You learn something new everyday.
In addition to removing the shear wall, we're also going to "take" 4's closet, seen here as "closet #1."
Taking "closet #1" was not part of the original plans; however, in doing that, we will gain an additional 2.5 feet in the width of our kitchen.
From the blueprints, you can see how the additional 2.5 feet {width} will improve the flow of our kitchen.
Obviously, we'll have to reconfigure 4's room to give her back a closet, but we'll figure that out later.
everyone always hangs out in the kitchen. great move :)
ReplyDelete@ NK~ Our thoughts, exactly.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with stealing space for the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteBtw, what is a sheer wall???
@ Carrie~
ReplyDeleteA shear wall is a wall that "resists lateral forces, such as earthquakes and hurricanes, or stong wind." Most of the time, they have been reinforced with plywood. (As explained to me by my dear husband.) ;)