In 2013 I purchased a house built in the 1920’s located on the outskirts of Asheville. Since that time I’ve been re-wiring, re-plumbing, combining rooms, etc. This post will highlight one of the main projects that I’ve been working on, The Kitchen Remodel. The Kitchen and Dining room in this house were both very small and difficult to work with. About 6 months ago I decided to take down the wall between the two rooms and make one large  kitchen. I replaced the load bearing wall with three 8 inch wide by 8 inch tall beams. The top horizontal beam was 11 feet long and the two vertical...