Thank you. The funny thing with Smelly, is that I never got around to rebuilding it because I travelled every week. But with the hot real estate market (and the fabulous lot), well, let's just say all the smell was worth itGothichome wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:47 pm Jen, what a beautiful home you have bought. And with a nice suburban lot. I don’t see off hand any thing that needs redoing right away, just move in and enjoy. I have no need to mention the ‘give it time’ mantra before major projects. It looks like your In a bit of an upscale part of town, so it should be nice and quiet. I look forward to seeing what you will do in the house, if it’s any thing like your efforts on Smellyhouse, it will be a very lucky home indeed.
I want to do the electric, crown moulding stripping before I move in, because it will impact the painting. And of course, the floors, since it creates so much dust. But I'm 99% sure I'm going to hold off on the doorway. I realized, once I started to lay out the LR furniture, that if I added the doorway, I would only have about 10 feet of actual wall space in the LR...everything else is be window, small spaces, or door/doorways. Not to mention that both rooms are fairly sunny, so they don't need a pass thru for lighting purposes. Plus, then I can put an upright piano in the DR Only downsides are a slightly longer trip from the LR to the Kitchen and I can't sit in the LR and throw Pumpkin's ball into the DR. But the LR is 23 feet long, so I think we have some decent toy wrestling room
A bigger bonus? Found out yesterday there is hardwood floors under the carpet it the attic (and not just subfloor, actual 2" HWF).
And, one of the things that worried me most about a kitchen renovation is either matching or losing the beautiful built-in that is currently in the breakfast room. And, an idea popped into my head last night...I want to explore if I can remove it and build a cabinet for it....so that it could become a standalone sideboard in the DR. It will fit perfectly between the door to the foyer and the swinging door (which I think may not be shown) to the newly expanded kitchen. That way, I can better utilize that space without giving up on the charm (I LOVE that built in).
It is on a nice residential street. I like my rental house as it looks out over the large yard/mini park of the local elementary school (plenty of running space for Pumpkin). Bad part is that I hear the snowblowers and plows going off at 5:30a many, many mornings. I am only moving a mile away, so I look forward to using the park without the M-F winter alarm clock!