Don't remove entire walls in your older home. Instead, cut openings or archways. Leave a partial wall or decorative columns to provide structural support.
Update Your Victorian House
By Jackie Craven, About.com
Open Rooms in Your Old House
The remodeler of this older home opened the kitchen wall.
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- Old-house Woes
- Remodel or "Remuddle"?
- Open Rooms in Your Old House
- Add Storage to Your Old House
- Re-purpose Rooms in Your Old House
- Build an Addition to Your Old House
- Preserve the Charm of Your Old House
- Should You Modernize?
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