[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by 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.

Well, I want a bar on the side of the living room and on the side of the kitchen, counter space with cabinets down and up. My problem is this.....there will be a space on the kitchen side between where the posts are and where the cabinets are...oh say about 2 foot. I don't know what to put there. Just build it in and paint it? And what about covering the posts. Just box them in and paint? Is there another clever way to decorate posts?