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Please review plan for farmhouse addition/ remodel
Comments (14)Lavender Lass- Thank you so much for your input! You are right, of course, about the mudroom. I also love the idea of flipping the kitchen to the east, and it was what I had originally planned on. My husband then suggested it would be less expensive have it on the west side to tie in the existing plumbing and sewer, be closer to the existing water heater, etc. He also said it is more expensive to ventilate an island cooktop, a bank of north facing windows will steal our heat, etc, blah blah. So I changed it to what I currently have. I am okay with it only because there is a beautiful view out to the southwest, and I will not mind being in there making dinner enjoying the afternoon light, view, and breezes off the porch. I love how you enlarged the back hallway by shifting the stairs down, and will change that in my plans. I have also added a mudroom off the family room, which I know is not the traditional place for it, but will at least be convenient for bringing in firewood. Am undecided about wrapping the porch around the east, since I would love direct morning sunlight in the family room. I would certainly make the exterior more appealing though to wrap the porch around and connect it to mudroom. Thank you so much for your help, and great ideas! Wish I could use more of them. And if it turns out that extending the plumbing and sewer lines is not that much more, I might!...See MoreWhat style is my 1904 farmhouse?
Comments (14)Yes, they did like color and lots of different floorings. I don't think I posted pictures of the office - the carpet is a bright red plaid! I'll be having nightmares of turquoise walls for a long time. I might just go through and paint all of the walls white, just to de-ugly the place, then worry about further decorating later. As far as the floors, the current owner said that there are hardwood floors underneath the carpet, etc. I have no idea what kind of condition they are in. The room with the red carpet reeks of kitty pee, so the floors under that might be pretty challenging! Yeah, I plan on doing lots of paint stripping. My husband doesn't understand this - he keeps saying "It's just an old farmhouse, the woodwork probably isn't nice at all. Just paint over it!" I have a feeling he'll be surprised by what I find under those layers of paint. BTW, some of the woodwork in the kitchen and family room (yellow walls) are pieces of wood from an old barn they took apart years ago - not original, but some of it looks kinda nifty. I didn't notice that partial wall, but it does look kind of out of place, doesn't it? I'll have the inspector check that and the porch construction out when he looks at it next week....See MoreDesigning a farmhouse kitchen that doesn't look too trendy?
Comments (28)I'm loving all these responses!! It's making me really wonder WHAT IT IS I'm actually after. I think for the most part I'm driven by my fear of not loving something after a few years, so I'm trying to pick things I've always loved. I change my mind a LOT but when I really love something I wear it to the bone (I have four pairs of the exact same Levis, just different washes. ;) ) I realized the love for most of the things I've chosen is based off of the house I grew up in. It doesn't fit well into any period, it was built in the 1950's (all by hand - even the windows) by the previous owner's husband. I'm from a town in rural Wisconsin of about 150 people, so it takes a LONG time for trends to catch on. Some of the things in the kitchen I loved (that I still love) were the three windows behind the sink, a white drainboard sink (maybe I could find one at a garage sale?), the white cabinets (though they were 3/8 inset, but I'm not going to lie, I love the squeak of those rickety cabinets. Looks-wise, though, inset cabinets have absolutely won me over). Those are things I know I'm not going to grow out of. As far as laminate goes.. That has been a huge struggle for me. I grew up with beautiful (scuffed, but still beautiful) hardwood floors. Our last rental had hardwoods and I hated it with having boys. This house we ripped out the carpets and put in laminate (it doesn't make financial sense to put in hardwoods in this neighborhood) and we've had it for two years now... Not a single scratch. You cannot beat the look and feel of hardwood, that's for sure. But my plan is to use laminate to save initial costs on building (if I'm doing inset cabinets we just can't afford many other upgrades) and then after 10-15 years when all of my boys are older we can splurge and put in custom hardwood (I love when they lay it different ways, not sure what it's called or what time period, just that I love it). Hubby doesn't understand my desire for hardwood floors OR inset cabinets, but he said he's okay with me doing the kitchen however makes me happy (he doesn't want to here me complain I didn't get the kitchen I want ;) ).. I've just started looking at time period appropriate pictures. I have to stop it because I will obsess over it and just can't afford to put a lot of extra money into some of the things I know would make it more appropriate. My main focus is just to get the bones right. jdesign... I absolutely LOVE that island! Maybe if I found an old ornate table and had that turned into my island?! Wow! I wish I had time to respond to everyone individually, I love every kitchen that was posted in the responses.... But right now I have an overtired two year old, a waking-up one month old, and a home-from-school-sick seven year old!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!...See Morevintage farmhouse versus craftsman kitchen, what wood for cabinets?
Comments (22)"... is there such a thing as cottagey craftsman farmhouse, lol?" Mine! Although all of the original trim was replaced by the PO in the early 1980's with ... weathered gray barn siding. He even did shiplapped oak barn siding on the walls in the LR, and added gray sculptured carpet to match. With all the gray, that dude was ahead of his time, but I found it depressing, and cleaning that rough siding was not on my to-do list. We covered the shiplap with sheetrock so that the walls would be smooth, and I've used paint in the colors I mentioned above. I have mostly cream-painted cabinets and beadboard in the more cottage-influenced kitchen. The rooms we've added are more cottage style, but I've often thought about adding some wooden 'beams' to the ceiling to make the LR more Craftsman, and replacing the painted barn siding trim with a nice stained wood. My furniture is mostly earth tones, which matches the Craftsman vibe. I'd love to be able to afford some Batchelder tiles for the FP surround....See MoreRelated Professionals
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