As we start the pretty stuff, the dining room is the first room to get all of its finish carpentry.
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| The window looks out to the sunporch |
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| Doorway to kitchen and living room |
It was a pretty simple room, with doorways to the living room and kitchen and two windows - one exterior window and one that went to the sunporch (our guess is it was originally an exterior window). Oh, and LOTS of wallpaper! 😂
That all changed when we eliminated the wall between the kitchen and dining room. We also moved the door from the kitchen into the dining room space, to make the kitchen a bit bigger. We also removed 3 (THREE) ceilings to gain almost 18 inches of ceiling height!
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| This room had 3 ceilings - look how much removing them has changed the space! |
But one of the biggest changes was swapping out the old double window for something much more charming. I found this window at Old House Parts and it's a great way to bring light into the dining room, with a bit of architectural interest. The door is from a former project - it was in fabulous shape and I've been hoarding it in my storage facility for years!
The dining room originally had a closet - but it was really shallow and didn't provide a lot of storage. We needed to use some of the space for the gas fireplace in the living room. But there was still space that I didn't want to waste. So Kyle is creating a custom china cabinet in place of the closet.
Of course there is more to do - paint, staging, etc - but this space has already changed dramatically since our starting point!
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| It's obviously doubling as a storage area right now! |
Wow, I love that fancy window. I wish I could remove some ceilings in my house to gain height but it's too new to have additions like that to remove!
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