Is there such thing as “too open concept?” One of the spaces I’ve been trying to make sense of since we moved here was this elongated living area- it’s never quite felt like one cohesive space and with one half being wider than the other made furniture placement tricky. After doing some investigating I found out: 1. The door used to be an exterior door 2. There were windows along the stair wall 3. The open area for the stair case used to be 3 ft larger but was closed off to make a closet in the upstairs bedroom. (You can see the shadow of where the walls used to be and the door) Next week I’m going to try and build some tapered columns-tying into the tapered newel post- I am NERVOUS. Thank you to my friend @tacticalbuildersllc for giving me a hand with the beam- old house quirks made that sucker tricky to install. #thisoldhouse #oldhouselove #makinghome #housemadehome #roomdivider #1930shouse #1930shome #oldhousecharm #oldhousenewhome #casasconencanto #casasbonitas #casasviejas #micasita #micasasucasa #homerenovation #homeimprovement #diyohmyohmy #diyacrossamerica #diyrightnow #diyhome