I've changed the (methane
) gas cooker with a convection one. And when I did, I realize just how claustrophobic I'd made the kitchen area with making the walls around the entertainment center out of wood so painted that to match the rest of the walls. I also felt that wall was just so PLAIN and added a hanging calendar.
So I thought to take another picture with the Virtual Visitor sitting down to watch the TV to show the change in wall color...
... And realized that I really, really, REALLY didn't like the retractable stairs in this house. But I still needed a way to the next level. So, I thought the only room that I could change would be the mudroom/sunroom - since that was a room that I just designated as such because I couldn't think what else to make it into.
I've changed it to now be a room with a set of curving stairs - changing the door to an open doorway - and in doing so had to change the roofing (otherwise there was NO headroom left by the time someone went up the stairs). In adding the stairs, the top floor bedroom just wasn't working - with the stairs ending at the bed platform there was even less ways to get in. I ended up making the "Storage" room into the top floor bedroom, and what had been the top floor bedroom is now an office/sewing room.
I've taken pictures of the changes wrought to the bottom floor "bedroom" and am in the process taking the pictures of the new stairs as well as the changes to the top floor.
As soon as I get the final pictures taken I'll post them here too. Disclaimer: The top floor is still a little low (the center point is 7 feet) so a little bit of stooping I think is still necessary at this moment. If I were to change it at this point would be a huge amount of calculation and hard work.
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