In the last post I shared the “before” pictures of the outside and the first floor. I am working with the hubby on creating a postable image of the floor-plan so it will be easier to visualize the lay-out of the house. Originally “we” had some pretty grandiose proposals (there may be a little bit more of “me” in that “we” than the hubby), but we have settled on staying pretty close to the original layout with two small additions and an attic renovation. The goal is to try to complete the projects in stages so we are not incurring a huge amount of debt (“huge” is a relative term-I have not figured out what it is relative to yet…). The first stage was supposed to be a complete renovation of the first floor before we moved to the second floor; however, that has already changed and currently both floors are completely gutted.
In the pictures below you can see that the second floor consisted of a little hallway at the top of stairs. There were four bedrooms, one very small bathroom and a closet area (this used to be the hubby’s mem’s sewing room). The plan at this moment is to renovate the bathroom first so we can move in sooner than later (I can deal relying on a microwave and grill for cooking but this yrppie is not popping a squat in the woods). Eventually we will be adding a master bath onto the master bedroom when we renovate and add an addition onto the shanty. Somehow, in this series we missed taken pictures of the second floor bathroom; I am sure I have them somewhere and will post when I find them. They are worth a look.
- Staircase heading upstairs; keeping the solid wood railing, losing the paneling
- View of living room from the stairs; no this is not the second floor but I forgot to include it in my previous post
- Sewing room entrance on the left and shag carpet bedroom on the right: picture taken from the stairs
- Hallway with view of bathroom door; picture taken from the sewing room/closet
- Better view of the sewing room/closet; picture taken from the bathroom
- Shag carpet and paneled walls; it was a tough call but we tore it out
- Maggie’s room; she had already started to store toys in the closet
- Master bedroom; I actually considered keeping the wall color, splatter-painting neon on the walls and installing a black light
- Master bedroom closet-this will be enlarged
- Window in the master bedroom that looks out over the backyard and the “shanty”; in the future this will be the door to the master bathroom
- More paneling and avocado green carpet; I actually kind of liked the carpet color
- The plan is to turn this room into an office; the door on the right is leading to the attic
- Spooky attic stairs
- Spooky attic
- Little attic windows looking out to the backyard; we are thinking about installing bigger windows that will let in more light
Hey sista, I’m digging the big window idea for the attic. The will probably take away some of the “scary” aspect. I think A.J. may have pinned a cool idea for our guest room…