Article: Four rooms become two rooms...and two counters divide the new enlarged spaces.

Four rooms become two rooms . . . and two counters divide the new enlarged spaces

An open-plan house still needs specific areas for specific tasks. Creating large, free-flowing spaces was the key to Ellen Shenkarow and Mark Raven's remodel. Within their open plan, they still wanted spaces to serve as living room, dining room, kitchen, and family room.

Tucson architect Bob Nevins knocked out the walls between the pairs of rooms you see here and replaced them with cabinets. Though the cabinets define the room boundaries, they don't intrude on the sense of volume the open plan provides.

The two counters share the same support detail: oak feet that ...

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