Very Narrow Options for Potential Laundry in Old Tiny City Apartment
Katelyn Newell
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Comments (24)Update ... First we were in short sell limbo. Now the house has gone from short sale limbo to foreclosure limbo. For the past month we have been told that the bank likes our offer but was just waiting on some paperwork so they could sign the contract. Yesterday we find out that the mortgage department at the bank didn't know that another department in the bank was foreclosing on the home. Today. grrrrrr. My husband went to the foreclosure auction. If we had a couple of days to prepare and scrape up the money, we could have bought the house on the courthouse steps for 75k less than our offer. It would have been an amazing deal. Now we have to start dealing with the foreclosure department, which we are not even sure want to sell the house at this point. What a crazy mess. No wonder the housing market went to hell in a handbasket. Short sales/foreclosures are not for the faint of heart!...See MoreVery narrow baseboards: paint same color as wall?
Comments (37)Yes the foam stuff - they have some small narrow pieces. I used some once on a vanity to fill in a narrow gap and make it look like inset doors. Much easier to work with than regular wood. BTW I personally changed out all baseboards and added window trim to my old house so this would be so much simpler to me. I'm considering doing this in our master bedroom, but with a few panels etc. to make a low wainscoting similar to what you see in late 1800's buildings in Sweden. The cuts were much easier with the hard foam stuff and I just did those with a hand mitter saw vs. dragging out my compound miter saw. I wouldn't use hot glue though - think it would be too thick on the back, but an all purpose construction adhesive or other glue should be fine. Changing out the baseboards isn't as easy as it sounds with carpet tack strips in the area unless the base thickness is less or the same as the existing base board. Also with the carpet in place it is hard to see that you get the correct gap needed....See Morenarrow kitchen remodel-Help me, geniuses! You're my only hope!!
Comments (47)" It's also a practice space for my daughter who plays the violin, and I'm pretty sure we've got a few other instruments coming down the pike at some point" I totally understand this. the music 'student' needs to be separate from the siblings and friends yakking and giggling and people in and out of doors and rooms. Distraction is not what he/ she needs to concentrate! also, opening into the LR gives a nice 'audience' area for a mini recital! I so understand you wanting the table in your kitchen area - to keep an eye on those little rugrats too! how about one with leaves that can be put in to extend it at holiday/company time? and other times allows more room around it (for racing? lol!) I had 4 but there was 6yrs between 2 and 3 and 4 came about 18 months after 3. I swear they are born with little explosive packets in their brains. And each yr near their birth date the appropriate packet explodes and all the tinytot terror tactics for their coming year are revealed to them.... God really has a sense of humor - it's done to keep parents humble (I think) while aiding the tinytot Ts in developing the defense armor they will need for their pre-teen and teenage yrs when they turn into crazy, hostile and alien creatures. For parents, they depend on the memories of those sweet little cherubs that used to live in their house and pray for the day they return to being normal sane humans. My mom's very small DR did open into her LR and at holiday time we had to put 2 card tables in the LR but close to the end of her DR table to make space for the grandkids as the ones she had grew and the number of them increased from yr to yr... what is the width and length of your mudroom? maybe some think it is bigger than it is from looking at the layout. You have some darling little former T's lurking in that pic. they will grow and take up even more space putting coats on and taking them off. btw, you weren't mean in your post. you put it very nicely. Maybe some missed that you said at least 2x that you didn't want to move your kitchen from its space and didn't want to use the music room for a DR - and that you have a limited budget. We all have boundaries and budgets and wants that we need to work within. There are times on here that some who are remodeling say they don't want 'something' changed or done, until they see it laid out in front of them. Often they do change their minds because prior to 'seeing' it they just couldn't visualize it. But, that's also when the budget and actually living in the space comes into play. Those are both major, major priorities for the one (or 2) paying and living there to decide....See MoreHelp with tiny kitchen layout puzzle
Comments (75)I'm not a fan of the pass-through plan either. Your space is really challenging! I think the pass-through plan is taking sqft from the dining room (?), but you don't seem to be getting much improvement for the changes. I drew a few ideas trying to avoid structural changes, though you'd have to move plumbing. I used the 8'x8'7" size, which I think is the existing kitchen without moving into the dining room, so you could still do cabinets in the dining room for more storage. I'm not completely sure if these ideas work with the dimensions--can you give the measurements for the right of the window and left of the back door? (see blue and green lines below) Here's a galley kitchen similar to your pass-through plan. I prefer this option since the range isn't so close to the back door and no corner cabs. Re: range next to the wall, I drew it this way to give you more prep space next to the range and more separation from the door. NKBA recommends at least 12", but the induction range I'm planning to buy only requires 1" from the wall. You could definitely move the range farther out of the corner (and would be required to if you're getting a gas range), just I would want it farther from the door than it appears in your latest plan. For the sink wall, I would personally choose a smaller sink and refrigerator to gain more counterspace and storage, but you have room for full-size appliances. I'm assuming you can recess the fridge into the wall. I tried an option for an L with a corner sink. I suspect there isn't enough room for the range here without affecting the window, but wanted to share it in case you're open to a 24" range or moving the window. Same issue with range next to the wall....See Morekatinparadise
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