Anyone have ideas for a 50″ kitchen opening through to family room? We enlarged what was a back wall window and want to keep the brick exposed on the family room side. Countertop will extend through the opening for seating in the family room side.
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Welcome earlybird.
Got any pictures of your project? It might be helpful.
good luck!
Hi Darcy...hmmm, no pic's but can describe...50" opening with granite counter pass through (counter will extend 10" approx into family room opposite kitchen. My concern is how to finish the opening as the brick was removed roughly....I know we'll have to frame out as in a regular window...don't know how to tie the brick, granite and kitchen walls together..maybe tiling along the inside of opening with tile border around to match backsplash?
That sounds like a great solution, the grout will meet the rough profile of the brick?
Good luck, and try to post some pictures of your project if you can.
I think the grout will meet the rough edge. Am now considering an arch to move the eye away from imperfect alignment of the brick and add dimension. The arch edge of the brick could make a nice finish to the opening, but how would I add the tile backsplach combo to complete the look on the kitchen side?
Did you remove enough brick to make a return with the salvage?
We did. As a matter of fact, quite a bit of brick was removed...the problem is how to set it back into the frame decoratively and uniformly. Almost thinking of creating an arch effect to soften the roughness of a square edge.
If there is any way you can post a picture of the wall, and a close-up of the conditions at the cut, it would make a world of difference.
There are just so many existing condition possibilities with what you are describing that it's hard to offer much help without a good visual.
Just another thought. You could get bullnose stair treads, join them back to back so the width between the lips equals the wall thickness and stain them to match you cupboards.
Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
That's good. I think that bullnose might cover that gap to the cabinets well. What about an arched opening out of the brick? To soften the effect of a rough square edge and lead the eye away from the irregularities in replacing the brick?