no more two-story kitchen! my addition with pics
Painted Peggies (zone 6a)
12 years ago
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My 2008 Garden Story (lots of pics)
Comments (11)Thanks for the nice comments all. carolynp, if it would help you, I can include how much of what I planted. Next year, I'm going to keep track of yields a little better. I didn't start tracking until after I came back from my trip. I have a really old scale that seems to weigh accurately enough (I checked it against my digital postal scale, and it was pretty close). I keep the scale in my kitchen window, and keep a calendar in the "bowl" so I can track it as I pick it. sinfonian, you were one of my inspirations for the potato bin. Next year, the potatoes won't be against the retaining wall. I don't know where they'll be yet, but away from the sprinkler for certain. Water does seem to go through the curtain ok, so I don't know how much that would help. I need to get some more fence boards, I want to build another one. My garden is on the south side of my house. It gets great sun over there, and the dogs can't get to it. It does get a little shaded during the summer, but mostly where the raspberries will be. I do hope to garden longer next year by starting some indoors and using plastic over the hoops. We do get a lot of sunshine here (they say 300 days a year), so I should be able to get a jump start in the spring. Because we're at 7000 feet, we do have cold nights, and quite a bit of wind. I'm hoping I do a better planning job, so it will be easier to cover next time. I had to let it go this year because I needed to add more to the beds b/c they were about 8" down. You may be right, I could be the poster child for a cheap garden. All the lumber out there is used and was free. The beds are filled with free manure, leaves, hay, straw, UCG, etc. I have scrounged gobs of leaves this fall. Even the kiddie pool and all that chicken wire keeping the leaves from blowing away, were free. I bought the fence and the posts used, and re-painted. That one was kind of a pain, but I'm not working right now, and I couldn't justify spending $100 for 12 feet of new fence. I did it for about $50 total I think. Even the trash cans out there were from freecycle. The plastic I'll use again come spring I bought from someone on Craigslist for about 1/2 price. A good portion of it was used to wrap items and cover the load of stuff I brought back on my trip this summer, and was still good enough to use again. I did buy the yellow garden cart out there, new. I love that thing, I use it a ton. I'm quite proud of how little I spent building my garden. Come to think of it, I think that's what I started posting in this forum about......See MoreTwo story Addition???
Comments (6)To answer your question, yes, you can absolutely do it, and I can understand why you want to. Garages under the house are a pain for two big reasons: 1. Lugging the groceries up to the kitchen and 2. A much smaller basement with no room for much more than mechanical equipment. My old house in PA looked very similar to yours on the garage side, and I often daydream about the changes I wish I’d have made when I owned it—including what you’re proposing, but didn’t realize I could make at the time....See Moreideas for enclosing upper loft space
Comments (7)We did this in my previous house. Had another baby, needed a bedroom. Didn’t need a two-story kitchen. We replaced the non functional window with a real window and added a bedroom. Regular door, not barn door though. Also closed in the catwalk in the upstairs hallway and made it a loft/office. It was a really good decision!...See MoreAddition - Two stories or One?
Comments (4)It's really hard to differentiate cost at this point. There are so many factors, like what is the site constraints, how does the roof look now (dormers?), where the HVAC is (Cape Cods are notoriously hard to HVAC upstairs) . . . etc. In general, foundation work is costly compared to simple framing that goes up on top for another floor, but current cost of wood and the structural tie-in of a second floor may equalize things. The best way is set a budget, then space plan your needs, and the solution may naturally present itself to you....See Morepolie
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