Ideas for Big Changes

I was just writing my Nana when I was struck with an idea for a post! I found this really cool website where you can design your own house! Floor Planner is extremely detailed and quite thorough. It's free to sign up and you are allowed one project. You can change and adjust as many times as you like. Which I used to my advantage. >:]

Below is a layout of our house right now. It isn't perfectly to scale, but I did try my best. 

This is what the floor plan will look like after we complete our changes...

First we will begin our renovations in the bathrooms. 

The master is the very first project we will be tackling. It is also one of the biggest goals we have for this new year. We are looking to open the doorway leading into the bathroom from the bedroom (the current door size is 24"). Then we will be pulling out the current vanity, closet shelves & racks, toilet, and the bathtub & tiles. We are not going to gut the bathroom, just remove the old and start from fresh.

We are not planning on changing anything in the layout, which keeps things somewhat easy. So from there, we will replace the tub with a full walk in shower (two shower heads for comfort... Hehehe Oh I cannot wait!) tiled with travertine. The wall between the closet and the bath will be opened up and turned into an archway. The 24" doorway will be opened to a 36". It will also be changed from a hinged door to a barn sliding door. The toilet (which is the "14 gallon flush") will be replaced with a low flow eco toilet. The vanity will be made out of a beautiful hardwood, deep stained with some drawers. We will be adding some built in shelves above the toilet to help with storage. We will use every space in the closet that we can. Turning it into a fully organized space with drawers, shoe cubbies, coat cabinet, and the clothes bars.

Next will be the guest bath. This space is going to be much easier than the master. We will remove all the original items just like the master, but this time, we will be closing the cabinets in the hallway and opening them to the bathroom. We will turn the cabinets to some shelves and a bench seat with storage. The old shallow cast iron tub will be replaced with a new soaking fiberglass tub. The white porcelain tiles will be replaced with the same travertine in the master. The same eco toilet will be installed here and the same counter tops. Should be a fun project!! 

Because the house is old, all the windows and doors need to be replaced. They leak like an fan on high. So in the mist of these replacements, we will turn the large three pane windows in the living room to either french doors or sliding doors. We will close off the existing door and leave space for an upholstered chair. Hehehe.

To open things up we will also be opening some doorways and walls. The first will be the hallway. We will remove about four or five feet to open the hallway to make the living room feel more open.

Now for the kitchen. *rubs hands together* Muhahahahaha

The window between the kitchen and great room will be opened more, taking it up another 2 ft. to the ceiling in the kitchen. The doorway will also be opened to the ceiling and widened another foot - foot-and-a-half.

Exciting, no?

Cheers~