Finally the dust wall is down and I can see my vision starting to take hold. There is still a bit more opening to do and the extra rooms on the front and back aren't even started.
I furiously texted my neighbors begging them to come look and they happily obliged. I love them!
The overwhelming thoughts are: 1. this is so much better!!! 2. this still isn't that big!! 3. thank goodness we're doing the front bump out vestibule bc you really do open the door into the stairs currently. 4. we really need to open up entrance to living room more. 5. I'm really glad we didn't do a "half way" revision which only took down a small wall...that would have been way too small.
There are a few add-ons that seem expensive for what they are but now I think they're totally worth it. Mainly opening of supporting walls in the living room, to have better sight lines.
In a sense, I'm kind of glad we'll have the kitchen "open" in a sense, to the living room and not the family room. We will have not an inch of wasted or unused space in this house. If the kitchen were open to the family room we'd barely use the living room.
I haven't spoken about this too much, but living entirely in our living room and family room hasn't been so bad. The only real frustration is when it's so cold outside that all my food freezes and it's too cold to grill. I was kind of counting on our moderate mid-atlantic winters, not an arctic tundra. But all in all it's really not so bad, and, it was our choice. We weren't hit by a hurricane and caught off guard.
The overwhelming thoughts are: 1. this is so much better!!! 2. this still isn't that big!! 3. thank goodness we're doing the front bump out vestibule bc you really do open the door into the stairs currently. 4. we really need to open up entrance to living room more. 5. I'm really glad we didn't do a "half way" revision which only took down a small wall...that would have been way too small.
There are a few add-ons that seem expensive for what they are but now I think they're totally worth it. Mainly opening of supporting walls in the living room, to have better sight lines.
In a sense, I'm kind of glad we'll have the kitchen "open" in a sense, to the living room and not the family room. We will have not an inch of wasted or unused space in this house. If the kitchen were open to the family room we'd barely use the living room.
I haven't spoken about this too much, but living entirely in our living room and family room hasn't been so bad. The only real frustration is when it's so cold outside that all my food freezes and it's too cold to grill. I was kind of counting on our moderate mid-atlantic winters, not an arctic tundra. But all in all it's really not so bad, and, it was our choice. We weren't hit by a hurricane and caught off guard.
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| View towards what will be the island, pull out pantry, fridge, ovens |
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| View towards what will be the table area |
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| Table is standing in approximately where the island with sink and dish washer will be. Other appliances will be behind |
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| View towards living room, from about the table area, the pretty detailing along the stairs is now much more visible. |
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| View of what will be island, and coffee area under window. Door to basement removed and second opening started to living room |
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| View from dining area towards back. Mudroom will be beyond that door, which will be removed. |
You must date this so that it goes in order.
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