Joseph and I have been talking for years about enclosing a part of our house called the "breezeway". This is a strange open walkway at the front of our house that makes solicitors ask,"Is this some kind of funky duplex" and then knock on all the doors: to the office, upper hallway, garage, etc.
There is a subcontractor in our area who we have been meaning to ask but was sure was booked for a year out at least--allowing us time to plan and save. When we spoke with him, he said,"I've got an opening this week. How early can I come over tomorrow morning to start?"
Needless to say, March has been a banging, drilling, whirlwind of a month and we are under the stress of "new home builders" in an old home (1972). This has caused some growing pains, as we work within a budget to picture a new look to our house that will match the traditional feel. We spoke to a neighbor who said, "Once you start remodeling, where does it stop?" Well the remodel stops when the budget does...still, we have a list of "things to fix" when the money is saved.
Here are some of the pictures of what has happened so far:
New front doors--We found these at
Costco for a great price.
A
Book Nook: We widened an existing hallway so the children could have a fun place to read! (This shows only a small corner of this unique room...lights and carpet coming).
The open stairway is now an enclosed stairwell--banister still to come at the bottom.
This is a door to the garage which now connects to the house. We are experimenting with different glazes on the new textured walls. (This is where frustrated Joseph want to "throw in the towel" because it is "wax on, wax off" hard work which does not go on quickly). Door still to be painted, trim still to come, etc. Under the stairs we left open to have a sort of "
mud room" for children to be able to sit, take off shoes, and dump stuff...we have lockers for them but our front hall is the desirable dumping place right now.
Note the floor...this is under the outside carpeting. We took off layers of cracked and peeling cement, sealant, etc.
A Book Nook: We widened an existing hallway so the children could have a fun place to read! (This shows only a small corner of this unique room...lights and carpet coming).
The open stairway is now an enclosed stairwell--banister still to come at the bottom.
This is a door to the garage which now connects to the house. We are experimenting with different glazes on the new textured walls. (This is where frustrated Joseph want to "throw in the towel" because it is "wax on, wax off" hard work which does not go on quickly). Door still to be painted, trim still to come, etc. Under the stairs we left open to have a sort of "mud room" for children to be able to sit, take off shoes, and dump stuff...we have lockers for them but our front hall is the desirable dumping place right now.
Note the floor...this is under the outside carpeting. We took off layers of cracked and peeling cement, sealant, etc.
2 comments:
Wow! Looks like you guys have been crazy busy! I think it looks great, though, and we are excited to look at it next time we make it up to Utah. I wonder if Dave regrets moving out of "The Hovel"?
It looks like you are making a lot of exciting changes in your house! I'm excited to see pictures of what it looks like when it is finished!
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