Not just another pretty face
Let's go inside the house, shall we?
Main floor:
the way they are now. The porch is just a big box slapped on front of the house, and I feel it closes the house off from the front garden and from the neighborhood:
Then there's that big enormous horrible car-door-banging cement wall with stairs. It all needs to go. Pete can't wait to take a sledgehammer to The Wall. The new way, you would come up the steps from the sidewalk and up the stairs onto the porch, then right to the front door. There would be a path from the driveway over.
Once inside the front door, you would be in a more open space. We are taking out the wall that divides the guest room from the living room, and turning that space into a media room. This will also allow us more space to come inside, especially in winter when we are tracking in snow. Right now, we are practically falling over each other when we get home.
The entry way into the kitchen will move over a couple of feet, allowing for counter/dishwasher/sink/refrigerator on that side, stove on the other. The back door will move over as well, allowing for a little entry way back there. We get windows on the south and a little benchy nooky area where the dining table will go. I love benchy nooky areas. The stairs go up from the kitchen, and the washer/dryer are stacked underneath them, which will be bliss. Ok, not bliss, but it will be pretty cool. With a little sink next to it, for rinsing out poopies if necessary because I hear you don't want to do that in the kitchen sink.
The stair area is open to the upstairs.
There are nice windows, a great study area for the computer, an upstairs deck, a *moment of silence* walk-in closet, two bedrooms, and a bathroom with a shower. I can hardly believe that this could be our house.
Granted, a lot of it will be unfinished and/or imperfect, but... so am I!
Once inside the front door, you would be in a more open space. We are taking out the wall that divides the guest room from the living room, and turning that space into a media room. This will also allow us more space to come inside, especially in winter when we are tracking in snow. Right now, we are practically falling over each other when we get home.
The entry way into the kitchen will move over a couple of feet, allowing for counter/dishwasher/sink/refrigerator on that side, stove on the other. The back door will move over as well, allowing for a little entry way back there. We get windows on the south and a little benchy nooky area where the dining table will go. I love benchy nooky areas. The stairs go up from the kitchen, and the washer/dryer are stacked underneath them, which will be bliss. Ok, not bliss, but it will be pretty cool. With a little sink next to it, for rinsing out poopies if necessary because I hear you don't want to do that in the kitchen sink.
The stair area is open to the upstairs.
Granted, a lot of it will be unfinished and/or imperfect, but... so am I!
