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View from Living Room as the walls get opened up |
Not literally of course, but we've started clearing things out and it's making a huge difference. Of course, now the toilet really is in the middle of the kitchen!
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View from the living room, BEFORE the bath/kitchen wall was opened up |
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Before View - Looking at porch and dining room |
The house has a porch that's built into the house (a bit odd, I know) that we want to make into the foyer. That way you have a nice space to step into as you come through the front door. It will also help provide a lot of light to the space.
But it does mean we'll have to lose the Archie Bunker front door (am I the only person who remembers watching All in the Family??). Remember the door with the three little windows? LOL
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Archie Bunker Front Door! |
And here is how it looks as we start to open it up! We'll be taking the rest of the supports out and replacing them with a laminated LVL beam. Then it will be really open. See how much lighter and brighter it is already! And the dining room hutch was spared during the demolition process :-)
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After View - now you see the dining room hutch!
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LOL no flies on your back! Keep up the good work!
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