Earlier this year, we bought a house that needed a lot of renovation and one of the many items on our to-do list was to create an open plan kitchen that would complement our lifestyle. As this was our first time taking up such a task (we have only watched it on Grand Design type programs), we were completely lost at times but luckily our builder, James Cook, guided us along the way. After the supporting beam arrived, he soon took down the wall which opened up the space into the kitchen.