In this DIY open concept kitchen ideas video we show you everything you need to know on how to build a half wall (knee wall) with granite bar counter top in your open concept kitchen remodel. This half height wall can really open up your kitchen and give the appearance of much more space. A knee wall is simply a half wall, in this case we build a sort of half wall bar, so you are converting an existing dark boring wall into a kitchen half wall partition wall that is half height, so we call it also a half wall. This half wall kitchen bar then gets capped off with a granite countertop. This video shows some nice half wall kitchen designs that you might use on your DIY half wall kitchen dining room open concept. ✅ Tools used in this kitchen knee wall/half wall project: Rockwell RK5151K 4.2 Amp Sonicrafter we used in this video to cut drywall holes in the half wall kitchen: https://amzn.to/2CrWYyX DEWALT DW715 Chop Saw: https://amzn.to/2RchGLw Ridgid R4510 Portable Table Saw with Stand: https://amzn.to/2BMY5rJ RIDGID 50323 Wet/Dry 12-Gallon Shop Vacuum: https://amzn.to/2Sdn3al ✅ SUBSCRIBE: For more useful DIY home remodeling tips, tricks, and solutions to engineering disasters subscribe here: https://bit.ly/2vj06cB ✅ WATCH: Kitchen Light Spacing Best Practices, How to Properly Space Ceiling Lights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mRa4NqBU4 ✅ WATCH: How To Install Kitchen Backsplash Tile Marble Mosaic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfIkr8nRW94 ✅ WATCH: Resize Kitchen Pass Through Window - Fit More Cabinets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXj31S6tDGw ✅ WATCH: How to Stabilize Wobbly Half Wall (Kitchen Remodel Knee Walls): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWIHdWjPKC0 ✅ Build Hanging Refrigerator Cabinet Door on Kitchen Cabinets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvrfPj9_v9M Check out Paul Peck DrywallTube, null We mentioned his useful channel in this video for tips on patching drywall. Half wall kitchen bar, with half wall countertop bar When you are remodeling your kitchen and generate DIY open concept kitchen ideas, the first thing we think of is the kitchen half height wall, also known as a kitchen knee wall. We simply tear down one of the walls to make it a half wall, cap off the top of this pass through wall, and add a granite bar counter top to the new kitchen knee wall, to form your half wall ledge. This is how you create your open concept dining and kitchen area. this one half wall is a powerful value increase because when you install half walls it gives you a DIY open concept kitchen and a DIY open concept dining room right next to your half wall countertop bar. Create an open concept dining living room with half wall kitchen designs and a half wall bar. By cutting away the upper half of the old dark full sized wall, we end up with a kitchen half wall countertop bar. Then the kitchen half wall built with the remaining lower section of the wall simply gets a top plate and the granite countertop over the half height wall in the DIY open concept kitchen. So now instead of a boring skinny kitchen door, we will show you how to create this nice DIY open concept kitchen with the half wall bar with granite counter top, and this leads to the open concept dining living room as well with this half height partition wall and bar wall. Now when people walk into this home, the can see through the open concept dining room, over your new kitchen half wall, into the DIY open concept kitchen, and out through the patio, giving the impression of a much larger interior space. half wall kitchen bar design ideas You'll agree this is one of the better half wall kitchen designs. This open concept dining room half height wall was built 40" tall, and the granite counter top was added on top of the knee wall to pass through food from the kitchen to the dining room. This half height partition wall will act as a pass through to the open concept dining living room. half wall kitchen dining room ideas for half wall countertop bar The granite half wall counter top can also be used as a buffet when serving meals from your new DIY open concept kitchen, open concept dining, and kitchen knee wall area will all look bigger. Good luck with your DIY open concept kitchen half wall project, and be sure to let us know how your project went after watching this kitchen knee wall video. We hope to inspire you with your DIY half wall kitchen designs