HUGE eye sore no front closet
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Comments (51)When I first visited the house I ended up buying, when I walked in on a dreary March day, the owners had their bread machine going--the house smelled like homeade bread. Made a very nice impression, but that's also because the house was nice and clean, etc. You don't have to go overboard I think. But I dunno, I am perhaps not as easily influenced as the average buyer. I could look beyond some fridge magnets. What impressed me about the house I bought was not the bread smell, it was the all new double pane vinyl windows, the downstairs bath, the newish neutral kitchen, the finished basement and the garage with motion sensitive light, and the patio lights, which made a great impression at night. Those are still the features I love about my house. The living room and kitchen were neutral and didn't need a lot of changes, which was a big plus. The upstairs bedrooms were way out there with the splatter paint on the walls (three teenage boys), but that was easily painted over. Houses that made somewhat of a bad impression on me had over the top loud wallpaper, which could be removed and painted over, but that's two steps instead of one. But even that didn't bother me--what sold me on my house was ammenities and layout, not decorating....See MoreLaundry/Mud Room Eye Candy - please post yours!
Comments (56)I wanted a mud room in the worst way but had no space for one. Since we always use the garage entry I came up with the idea to convert the closet by that entry into a mud room. We removed the bifold doors & built in the entry with molding. I found those baskets and hung one on each side. Then we hung crown molding & used the board that supported the self as railing for the cost hooks. There's a boot tray on hidden on a black rug under the bench. So when you look down the hall, this just looks like a room not a closet. We don't miss the closet at all and use this space all the time now. Molding detail:...See MoreMy stupidly expensive, huge, over-done kitchen.
Comments (64)Chestershouse, sounds like you have what I have. We took down a raised ceiling too. Ours had 120 or so ugly plastic rectangles that didn't all match. Once down we saw huge ac/heat ducts, uncapped hot electrical wiring, huge open holes that went into the attic, and 8' fluorescent lights. I guess the inspector never looked up. We also found a metal I beam with another wood beam that formed an L shape. They had removed two outside load bearing walls. The wooden beam was resting on ONE 2x4 on one side and bolted to the metal I beam on the other side. 3 out of 4 bolts had sheared off and the last bolt was really bent. That one bent bolt was holding up our roof. I am thinking paying for an inspection before purchase is not worth the money. I can walk around flipping switches on and off! LOL ( I know inspectors do more than that, but not where I live.) By the way, we have a drain in a closet. Used to be for a furnace, but don't know what it was before that. It was on an outside wall. Getting rid of all this "ugly" has been very educational. GW members have been instrumental in helping me. By the way, check out the amount of expensive oak in the ceiling grid. We reused all of it....See MorePlease eagle eye our floor plan
Comments (39)I'm thinking that if the dining room table ends up full of clutter /used as a drop zone, the best answer is to organize the house in such a way that this DOESN'T happen! What's the source of the clutter? If it's school bags, include something like lockers in the utility room. If it's paper and junk mail, consider some sort of collection-spot by the front door. I personally think moving the dining room table to the bump-out is a brilliant idea because it'll bring in more light, regardless of what you choose don't just accept and plan a major part of the house to be for clutter ! I understand the idea of wanting your kitchen -- not always the cleanest spot -- to be hidden from view, and keeping it in the back of the house IS a good idea; however, that's not the only way to accomplish this goal. A two-level island could do the same thing. A well-planned kitchen (with ample storage) that encourages you to keep things neat could do the same thing. I also have two girls, who are now 18 and 21. A divided bathroom is not a "need". It's not even a positive! Items of architectural interest that don't cost a fortune. You really have to do some reading to figure out what things YOU like, but here are a couple ideas: The dining room in the plan we're going to build is set up much like yours, and this bookcase over banquette in the dining room is a picture I've had a long time. It's not particularly expensive, but it is more interesting than a plain wall. A thick wall walk-through is more interesting than a skinny wall (and this kind of harkens to the problem I pointed out with the skinny wall near the foyer). Note that this wall isn't just thick for no reason: It hides a bookcase /chest of drawers. The curved doorway is expensive, but the storage-placed-in-wall-to-make-it-look-thicker isn't. CPArtist, I don't think it's that the OP doesn't want to create a house with architectural interest; rather, I think she isn't far enough into this project yet to recognize what that means. The answer, of course, is reading and studying. I personally would put the master bedroom back door in the bedroom. I think it's a bit odd in the bathroom, but that is personal opinion. Kids can't sneak out of 5 acres? Oh, please! I grew up with a 5-acre front yard and two 15-acre side yards; the woods and farm were behind the house! And while none of us five were really sneak-outers, an occasional person may've snuck IN without our parents' knowledge. The secret is to have the friend park just out of sight and walk over. This is a parenting issue, not something that can be avoided by organizing the house "just so". Anytime you say, "My kids will never ___ because of ___", you're kidding yourself! MadEye Moody, a wise wizard, told us: Constant vigilance! If you intend to care for the elderly in this house one day, you should definitely make some changes in the bathroom -- that's the #1 thing that causes people trouble in their homes as they age. I suggest you do some reading on Universal Design or Aging-in-Place. You'll find loads of small things you can do now that'll make your "retirement job" possible in the future. Hearing that you're planning on hobby farming, I'm copying the same thing I just wrote on another post a few minutes ago -- It's about a showers in mudrooms: As for a shower in the mudroom, it's not so practical as it sounds: You walk in and want to take a shower before you enter "the house proper". So you walk into the mudroom, dragging in dirt, then get into the shower (be sure to allot space for a hamper for dirty clothes) ... then, although you're clean, your clothes are still all the way across the house. So do you walk across the house in your towel? Hope your kids don't have friends over. A better plan: The real problem is YOUR FEET. So instead of a mudroom shower, go with a nice big foot wash just outside the house (or in a garage); it could double as a dog wash. Make it maybe 2x3 tile, and include a low spigot, a drain and maybe a spray so you can really squirt off the mud. Place a rack or shelf for wet shoes right by the foot wash. Place your foot wash right by the back door so that once your feet are clean, you're ready to step right into the house (obviously you don't want to walk across the yard with your now-clean feet). Once you're in the house, go straight to your own bathroom, where you have your own towels, toiletries, and clean clothes....See Moremiss lindsey (She/Her)
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