re:quirement

we have the building permit!!

anthony took the drawings down to the permit office today. we were nervous because we've heard conflicting experiences of it taking anywhere from a week and a half to eight weeks to get a building permit. so, anthony went down there today and walked it through and we had our permit in two hours!

here is our permit set of dwgs (click to view larger):





ready to go on the big stuff - hopefully all of our subs can start next week! yay!

re:work

ok, so in drawing the sketch ideas to scale on the computer, we came across some issues. originally, this plan below was my favorite for the laundry upstairs and the big open family room at the rear of the house - it just allows for more possibilities for furnishing that space...


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however, this plan seems to be missing any sort of storage space, and the guest bathroom upstairs feels cramped, so i reworked the plan to add a mudroom at the side entry, relocating the powder room and the laundry (bummed about this - i really love powder rooms tucked under the stairs)...



and below is just another similar variation, showing the possibility of some built-in window seats in the family room (anthony wants a wall for a flat screen TV), and changing around the side entry to enclose the laundry room and just have a cased opening from the family room...



so, these window locations and sizes may still change a bit, as we work on the elevations, but this is the general idea that we're going to go with - the "big idea" anyway - we'll see how far our budget will take us in this direction.

re:design

ok, here's another plan idea.


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this one has a mudroom off the new side entrance, laundry downstairs (to connect into its current plumbing), and a different layout to the master suite.

thoughts? what do you like better about this one over the other one, or vice versa?

re:design

gah, i know all of you are probably tired of actually having to read things on this blog, and what you really want to see are pictures. well, no photos yet, but here's my first pass at the "ideal" renovation plan. this is probably too spendy though...



this plan adds a 2nd floor master suite above the existing 1-story addition, and changes that rear addition to a den/family room. the stair is changed, adding a loft upstairs and a powder room downstairs, expanding the kitchen - and many more windows! the ceilings are only about 8'-6" so i want to get more daylight in there so the spaces will feel bigger.

any thoughts/comments?

re:view

here are the existing floor plans:



stay tuned for the changes we have in store!