We are in the process of renovating a 1950's bungalow, this small house is about 700 sqft. With an addition in the 70's the size is now doubled.
The only problem was the layout, all the rooms are small and closed in, everything about this home is tired and old.
We opened up the entry way into the family room just by simply enlarging the opening. What a difference this has made! The light has just filled the space and feeling in both of these rooms are totally different.
When the addition was built, the stairs to the basement was placed in the kitchen area. To me this has always been a problem to see an open staircase from the kitchen to an unfinished basement. It's just not a pretty site.
We moved the staircase across the hall to the eat-in portion of the kitchen. We are going to change the layout of kitchen and really utilize the space with an island.
So far this has been much easier than I thought. Next we are installing new hardwood floors to replace all the different carpet and floor coverings. Stay tuned.
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