Our Home

When my husband and I got married, we decided that eventually we would like to add-on to and remodel our house. We love our neighborhood and location, but feel like the space available, while perfect for us and our two dogs, will become smaller and smaller as we start a family. So....3 years ago, we started talking. And then we started planning. And currently, I have no master bathroom and my guest bedroom is down to bare studs and has no ceiling. Truly, you look up and see the bottom of the roof and duct work.

In an effort to "take people on this ride with us" and also be able to look back and remember, of course I'll be blogging about this whole thing. Probably will assign Tuesdays as being the one day a week dedicated to our home project - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Today, I'll start with the before pictures of our living and dining room area and will show you inspiration photos for what I'm modeling them to look like someday......

This picture is looking into the dining area from our kitchen. The window that you see on the right will stay. We will be adding three 2.5'x2.5' windows above the piano so that natural light will be let in, but we don't have to look eye level at our yucky neighbors house. The curtain that you see on the left is a window covering for a sliding glass door. This door will be replaced with a french door.

This is looking into our living room from the entry hall (note my sweet Doberman, Cash, peeking in!). Important features to note about this space are that there will no longer be a fire place to the left of the slider. We are moving the fireplace. We are also going to install a second french door to the left of where the existing fireplace is. There will be wall space with no windows between the two french doors.

Here is my inspiration for the doors....

Another living room shot. See those framed pictures on the wall to the left??? That's the wall that we're moving the fireplace to. There will be built in cabinets on either side of the fireplace and we are going to get a flat screen television to hang above. Also, that wall is being pushed back about 7 feet to make the living room larger.

Fireplace inspiration.....

 

 This photo shows where our entry hall is. This will change slightly and end up being more open, but that's another post. Mostly, I wanted to show that the corner wall, just behind the far right of the couch, will be the wall that is pushed back 7 feet. It's going to give us lots more space and really open things up. The eating bar that you see in the left of the photo is staying : )

So, that's the plan for the living and dining rooms. We're going to be installing new flooring and light fixtures and are also going to be painting this area of the house a much lighter color. Here is a picture of my inspiration for the look of the living area...

I think I also may want to save up for this dining set:

What do you think??????