Opening Up The Floor Plan

A home in Laguna is getting a wall removed to create an open floor plan concept from the kitchen and dining room.

Dining room view.

The pictures on the Right and Left are a view from the kitchen

Unfortunately, a slight pause and adjustment to the plan was necessary after some of the drywall was removed. While the wall is not "load barring", it showed to be an engineered wall for seismic forces. ("Lateral loads" and "Uplift", by the noted plywood shear panel and HD Hardware .)
So, after evaluation, the wall can  be opened up but not removed. Various reinforcements were designed.

HD (Holdown Hardware) adjusted and all necessary blocking provided, shear panel all re-nailing (at "Field","Edges", and "Boundaries")
Wiring all re-routed.

All opened up and ready for the new support beam to be installed..

Large 8"x10" -8' beam installed and fastened into the shear wall and framing as required. But also looks great and matches the original exposed framing of the home,

While, the walls are getting smoothed out and the drywall texturing repaired, the obstacles now are matching the stain to be done on the beams/roof framing and patching the wood flooring.

As you can see, the wood floor is going to have a random tile blend/fading effect into the  flooring.

The walls are smooth and ready to match the wall texture and the new beam is then ready to stain/seal (to match the existing wood framing.

Walls got textured and the exposed beam is now stained/sealed to match the existing roof/ceiling framing.

Drywall was taped "tight" to beam in lieu of requiring trim to cover gaps/holes.

Plan "B" with the floor, getting started. Hexagon shaped stone tiles in lieu of squares and rectangles.

Flooring and baseboard finished. Very beautiful and creative.