Michele's Surprise Remodel

Rather than put the house back the way it was, Michele took advantage of the mayhem to make a few changes. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the family room is directly behind the living room with a wall separating the two areas. The two rooms are almost the same size. Michele decided to remove the wall:





The budget did not allow for the new support beam to be flush with ceiling, so we covered the drop beam in sheetrock. The area behind the sheetrock leaning on the wall above used to be an entry into the living room. (We kept the existing entry to the family room.)

Here is a picture of the two areas no longer separated by a full wall. And even though we did not add any physical space, both areas seem larger for the visual space:





The windows on the right side of the picture above are in the dining room. But now we are going to make that space the study and the living room will become the dining room. This will allow for easier traffic flow through the spaces. Michele is ecstatic about the changes and cannot wait to have her house back! Tomorrow I will post pictures of the bathroom transformation, and what an amazing transformation it is!