The kitchen ceiling was lowered to an 8 ft ceiling to help accomodate more headroom at the top of the stairs. The original plan was to build something atop the roof, but this seemed more practical. Then the floor was taken out of my crafting room (the old "attic") so that the floor in that room is now several inches lower. Now the top of the steps are lower so we can change the angle/steepness of the steps to make it safer for all and allow for more headroom for our tall famiy.
This is the kitchen looking out into the old TV room. They took out the wall between the two rooms, and since it's load bearing, they buried a beam in the ceiling for support. Eventually those three windows will come out and make a great entrance to a deck!
The old storage room wall will be torn out. While we were having dirt work done, we decided to fix the drainage problem near the foundation plus put in an egress window. Part of this downstairs area will be turned into an additional guest room. I know I will feel better if I know the people downstairs have that second exit in case of a fire.
They have started drywalling and mudding our walls. Then we'll paint. The first picture is of my craft room where I can bead, sew, scrapbook...I can't wait! The second picture is the view of the deck door when standing in the middle of the kitchen. There will be cupboards in that little corner with all of the outlets. The third picture is looking into the hallway and the bathroom while standing in my bedroom. The other doorway you see is the other doorway to the bathroom (it's a California style bath) and at the end of the hallway is the living room. The last picture is in the living room looking at the front door and the bay window. Our walls will be a white-type of color throughout the house for now. We can always change it later! :)
