Need your help with very small beach apartment renovation.
Susan Lopez
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Help! Very Small Patio/Deck Suggestions Needed...With Pics!
Comments (1)I believe ours is similar to what you describe. This deck covers the original concrete steps but I built it flush with the house floor. I felt this would be safer for carrying things indoors/outdoors. Ours measures 4 feet wide and we use it for egress from the house onto the patio. It certainly could accommodate a couple chairs. The only observation I have is your height. Leaving the top step exposed might set the decking too close to the ground and cause a moisture problem for the wood. I believe the least costly material for building a deck will be pressure treated wood but cedar will be more lasting and with the relatively small size the cost difference shouldn't be too much. Good luck....See MoreVery small kitchen, need help in designing the work triangle
Comments (6)Sounds like a very promising project, and I love your 2 little verandas. Depending on the views out those windows/need for privacy, it might be really nice for the view from one side to the other to specifically be wide open there (blast the usual apartment expectations). But, you need to offer a to-scale drawing of what you are thinking, plus some details about how you live, how many of you, and how you will use the kitchen (usually microwave frozen food, passionate bread baker, etc.) etc. Without that, some people just don't post, others post a lot of stuff that's just plain impossible or undesirable....See MoreVery small house...Need help deciding where to put the remodel budget.
Comments (32)ok exact measurements. the house is not exactly a 20x30 square but its close enoguh. a few of the inner walls are thicker as they used to be exterior walls. the kitchen is 113inches by 141. It does fit a corner banquette with a round table and 3 chairs, and you can seat up to 2 on each leg of the banquette. Most comfortable with fewer than 6 people but up to 7 is possible. 8 if someone sits in the corner . Master is 130x116 (inches). Bedrooms are 80 inches wide and 136 and 116 inches long. Bathroom i was wrong on the measurements. It is 98x 57 (there is a cut out here so its not a perfect rectangle). The hall is 36 inches wide. The biggest benefit of using up that space to me is that people won't be as confined to a tiny hallway where it is awkward to pass anyone else. So I like the idea of taking part of the bathroom and part of the hallway to make another bathroom, and also to take down the walls int eh kitchen. So we would need to get some quotes for this but it seems relatively doable. We could wait on the closets for a while and it doesnt require moving any walls that we didnt already plan to move. Reality is it doesnt improve rental price THAT much to add a bathroom as far as I can tell, but there are only a few other rentals in the area to compare to. So addding the bath is partially for resale partially just because it irks me to have such a wasteful layout. Either way we do make back the cost of the bathroom quickly....See Morevery small wall kitchen renovation dilema
Comments (11)I’m guessing you want a double sink because you like to stack up dirty dishes in the sink and then you can’t use the sink since it’s a single? Honestly, with a double sink you’ll have more room for piles of dishes in the sink... you will just have them piled on both sides anyway! Ask me how I know!! Lol Decluttering will give you more counterspace. Get a dishrack that sits on a drainboard and put it left or right of the sink on the counter. Wash dishes as you go so you don’t have a sink full. Clean dishes drying in the dish rack look neater than dirty dishes piled in the sink. The stove looks good where it is. It’s nicely centered between the opening above it. You have enough counter. With more counter you’ll have more clutter sitting out. I would come up with a solution for that a/c dehumidifier drain coming from the ceiling above the sink first! The stove looks fine....See MoreSusan Lopez
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