[cinderella]

Tons of ideas, my sweet!! First, if the wall is 'bowing', that means it was a supportive wall, and never should've been taken down. You can span an 'I' beam, but that would be very expensive. You can builid some sort of 'pass-thru' between the posts, or shelves (thick glass ones would be nice) to put decorative items, or whatever. You can make it into a bar/breakfast bar, with stools on either side -depending where you had more room; make it into a room divider with etched glass, etc. There's lots of things you can do. Depends on what look your wanting.

Originally Posted by princessbelle

Great thread Cinde!!!!! Oh yes i am totally remodeling my house, after my ex from a year ago butchered it up really bad. She had good intentions but honestly didn't know what she was doing so now I gotta repair it.

She took out a wall between the kitchen and living room to open up the space, which was nice but problem is the ceiling is bowing. So, my brother is in the process of building a bar between the two with posts where the ceiling is sagging a little.

I need some ideas as far as covering the beams on the ceiling and the new posts beside the bar. I know I can just make a "cover" of sorts with wood and then paint them, but I want to use wrought iron as much as possible...any ideas?