The rest of the house

One of the objectives of the remodel is to get the kitchen and bathrooms to better match the original Arts & Crafts style of our 1913 home - you can guess the age of the previous remodel. Here are a couple of photos of the living room and dining room. Obviously not taken for a magazine photo shoot (more like a TV reality show on living with boys).

Our new (short term) cosy home

Since our house will be without electric and water for periods of time, and frankly, they will get it done faster without us around, we are moving out. We are renting a little house about 2 miles away. Here is our cosy home away from home. The boys get the expansion attic space for beds and toys. Steve has a small office in the back bedroom/den. We are right next door to a convenience store for Steve's late-night trips for chocolate milk. AJ "helping" to move the bookcase. A perfect fit.

So what's the plan like?

Here is the back of the house today...

... and if you can imagine it... The new entrance to the mudroom is where the current corner garden is. Two new windows in the kitchen downstairs facing the backyard. The back porch becomes part of the kitchen. Upstairs, from left to right are widows in the master bath, master closet, and bedroom. The plan adds about 80 sq ft to the foundation.

This would be the view from our "northern neighbors". The lower window is same current kitchen window, and the one above is in the master bath.

View of plan from the South (the duplex next door). The current bay window is our dining room. The lower floor small window will be in the new mudroom, the upper two windows are in our bedroom.

Starting Postions - Upstairs

The middle bedroom, currently Christopher's. The slope in the wall is going to straighten out due to the roof line change. That's about it in this room.

This is the back bedroom, currently AJ's room. This will expand in all directions to become a Master bedroom, bath and closet. The floor and one wall will stay (well, most of it).

I will be very happy to get this upstairs bath redone! There is very little storage - everything is in the linen closet. The window will stay, but the sashes and trim will be replaced.

The sloping ceiling will straighten out and we have a clawfoot tub to be refinished and put in. We'll get the shower ring for it too.

Starting Positions - Main Floor

The main floor half bath. Depending on your height, you either hit your head or your hip on the sink. We will get a pocket door here and a smaller sink.















This is my favorite of late - the hallway to the front of the house with the refrigerator blocking part of it. If the fridge door is open, you need to go through the dining room to get up the stairs. The half bath is behind the stove. Needless to say, the new fridge will be in a different location.




Current backdoor (also our "family organizer" as you can see by the items taped to it) with the boys coat closet and shoe storage next to the microwave. The back porch (behind the door) will become part of the new kitchen.

Here's the current "breakfast nook" in the kitchen. The new mudroom door will be to the left of the left window.








And here is our

expansive current kitchen "workspace". See all our counter? It's there, you just have to look hard. The window will stay and the sink will be in the same place. Minnebou is wondering where her treat is.

Hello World

OK, we're trying this out to see if it will work to share photos and notes from our house remodel in the spring/summer (hopefully not fall) of 2008.