Okay, I'm going to try something different with adding pictures to my posts, something I should have done previously... I read the post regarding doing a web search for "free image hosting sites" and actually followed the recommendation...
Hooray! It worked! (Of course it worked, it was a helpful hint from someone who knows better than me, and I should have followed it in the first place.
)Okay, so this image is an aerial view of the front of the house. As you can see, I did not add in the walkways, driveway or border walls, and I changed the color of most of the stucco. So far, it looks pretty much the same design to what it had been before, but with a hint of some changes to the back.
The front but from a visitor's perspective, looking up.
Here the visitor is standing on the front porch looking at the front door. As you can see, the front door has changed, and instead of a set of double doors leading into the front room there is now a set of three windows.
Here's where the major changes on the main floor have occurred. This is the view from the front door. I've taken out just about every wall and reconfigured the space, and what had previously been a back porch/patio is now enclosed and is used as the laundry room behind the door visible on the left side (there's a separate picture of that).
Looking back at the front door. Even though I've taken out the wall that separated the front room from the rest of the floor, I've added a colonnade with a small amount of storage.
Now, turning ever so slightly, is the view of the front room. You can see the matching colonnades, and that I've taken out the fireplace with the chimney. I've replaced them with an electric fireplace, and moved them to the front wall. The mantle has a live edge on it.
The front room from a different angle, looking back towards the stairway. Here's a better view of how the spaces all work together, as well as a better view of the live edge on the mantle.
The dining room, with the stairway behind the viewer.
Turning your view to the right is the kitchen.
A different view of the kitchen.
Another view of the kitchen. As you can see, there's a new back door, but I kept the side door under the stairway. I also kept the small closet but moved its location slightly.
A closer look at the side door. You can see that I still have the electrical panel placed here, but there seems to be another doorway down there... it's something that I added to the design.
It's a powder room, with some extra storage! There really is a sink in there; it's just hidden in this view behind the wall.
Here's the picture of the laundry room as previously mentioned. I've got the water heater in there too.
And the final picture I'm going to include in this post (although there are more; I'm just sleepy since it's been a long day for me, and this posting seems to be taking a really long time to create):
I've added an enclosed back porch/patio, or as I've heard it sometimes called (mostly in Florida) a Florida room
. I didn't furnish this room, as I wasn't sure what would be appropriate. With adding this room, I was also able to add to the top floor. I'll leave posting pictures of the top floor for my next reply here.----------------------------------------
