If your small kitchen is in need of renovation, you may want to consider an open layout design. Expert Erika Dale is on hand ...

I want to open up my kitchen to the family room and it would be fun to knock out the wall myself. Someone said to be careful of bearing walls. What are they? -- Kyle G. Dear Kyle: Your friend gave ...

Question: How can you identify a load-bearing wall? I would like to knock down a wall between my kitchen and dining room ... The fee you pay will be very small compared to the cost to repair ...

Dear Angie: How much does it cost to remove a load-bearing wall? In the basement of my home, there is a single concrete beam below the intersection of the living room, dining room and kitchen walls.

Unless you have confirmation that the wall is non-load-bearing and does not contain utility lines, it is not a safe DIY endeavor. That being said, consider taking on small parts of the project ...

On the other side of the central load-bearing wall, there was a bedroom with ... starting with the small shelves in the kitchen and then wrapping around the wall to reach the lounge-bedroom ...