Oh my goodness...
Ted and I have been remodeling our house since the day we moved in
Of course, this was to make it more comfortable for the children.
For the past few years we have been counting the days down until the last one leaves the nest and we can remodel for us
Less than four years to go. I love talking about my remodeling projects (Ted cringes as all he sees is dollar signs,
) so since you asked here we go....
Our house is U shaped (think more squared U... l_l )...with the left side of the U being our bedroom and bath (which we just finished remodeling, okay I still have trim work to complete but it's getting there
), the bottom of the U has two bedrooms, bath, library/office, living room, dinning room, den and kitchen, the right side has two bedrooms, laundry room and bath...in the center of the U is my pride and joy...my courtyard. It's not as fancy as it sounds, it's an old house but it suits us nicely. We both love it and it holds extreme sentimental value to me as it was my grandparents house.
We are planning on starting the major remodel job once the third one moves out, as that wing of the house will no longer have anyone living in it...walls will be knocked down, and the laundry room relocated so the game room can be brought to life which will include a pool table and bar area. There will definitely be some very comfy couches in there as well, not to mention the killer sound system.
Stage two will start when the fourth one moves out and will consist of a wall being knocked down in the living room area to make it bigger, French doors put in that will lead out to the courtyard area, which will be decked and roofed, with a much larger hot tub than the one we have now...during stage two the kitchen, den and dinning area will also have a bit of remodeling to open them up so traffic flow will be easier (the kitchen, den and dinning room may actually be moved to stage one as our family keeps growing and I need more room in those areas now
).
After all of that I think I might have all the remodeling done I want to do...what was once a five bedroom house will be turned into a two bedroom ...We figure this way once all the kids rooms are gone they won't be able to move back in
The one spare room left will of course be for the grand-baby to come and stay as well as any overnight guests we have.
Yep, we're definitely counting the days down until party central can be opened
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Teresa