Tuesday, June 17, 2008

My latest obsession

Ok. I'm losing sleep over a recent revelation and I must get it out of my brain. I've chosen my blog as my venue.

Our house is nearly 70 years old and I'm constantly thinking of ways to give the house the two things I'm desperate for: bigger/more bathrooms and a bigger kitchen.
The other day it hit me: If we remove the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, we could have one very large kitchen (with plenty of space in the middle for a huge dining table). In a house that's only 1400 square feet, there's no need for a formal dining room. There's no need for a formal anything. You need to utilize every square foot.

Taking out this wall would double the size of our kitchen. Literally. This extra space would allow me to take the fridge out of the hallway (you'd have to have been a house guest to understand) and use that vacant space to turn the downstairs powder room into a full bathroom.
Wait! What!? That's AMAZING!
Not only have I found the space to build a dream kitchen, I've found a way to add a 2nd FULL BATH to our home. I thought we'd need to add on to make these changes. You can't understand how excited I am to know that we can do it all in 1400 square feet!
On a related note, I'm totally crazy about these appliances. See how amazing and classic they look:




Seriously, they're unreal. They would make our kitchen totally beautiful and "period appropriate" without sacrificing quality or performance. I mean, seriously:


They're amazing.

1 comment:

Greg said...

That would be awesome. But I would not want to do it. :-)

Our house is 70 years old. 70 plus 70. At least. That's kinda crazy!

See y'all pretty soon!