Bethany.

Bethany is one of the most consistent pockets of mid century housing in the metro, which means most kitchens here were built for a way of cooking and eating that no longer matches how the room is used. The kitchen is closed off, the dining room next to it is barely used, and the wall between them is doing structural work.

Opening that wall is the change that transforms these houses, and it is a framing job. A header sized to what the wall carries, a real load path down to the footing. We establish what is above the wall before anything is opened, because on a house of this age the answer is frequently the roof.