Living Room Demolition
I got all the demo in the living room done last week! I think my original plan showed me just making the two doors in the hallway the same height but I really planned on tearing one wall out all along. (I just forgot.)
The space already feels bigger than it did before.
Remember the coat closet?
It’s gone, but remember the bathtub?
I finally figured out the reason behind the tub being moved out so far (I think). The door in that bathroom, that barely clears the toilet as it opens up INTO the room, wouldn’t have enough space to open if they’d put the tub in the room properly.
Seriously? I just ordered the pocket door hardware for that door for $108. For $108 they could have put in a pocket door and put the tub in the right spot! In the grand scheme of house building, what’s $108?
*#@&$&#(*@)$# (I’ve decided to tone down the negativity directed at certain parties when speaking about this house and the way it was designed and put together!)
I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with it. I know what I could do. It would like cool and the room would be very functional. Justnot in the way I wanted it to be and that really irks me and I’m thinking of options that I know I shouldn’t consider because that extra foot isn’t worth the expense, time or effort. Or is it? Seriously, there is no where to put a Christmas tree in this house and that’s the spot I wanted it! RIGHT THERE! But minus that extra foot it’s too narrow. Sigh.
I’m just leaving that spot alone for now and moving on to the other areas.
I’ve got to frame out this new,higher doorway. (I preserved the drywall on the living room side so I wouldn’t have to patch and texture out there. I hate the heavy texture on these walls but I don’t want to HAVE to change it and patches ALWAYS show up.)
And frame in the new doorway into the formal living room.
What do you think? Do you prefer the new open space to the old look?
Love the open space! Great job! Megan
Is that an office, formal dining room or den area of the room that you took the wall down? It will make it so much brighter in there!
It was a formal living room. Still is, it’s just open now. Love how the extra light from those big windows lights up the whole space now.
Looking good! I do have a question though! At the top of where the closet used to be are you just going to re-do the drywall up there and on the sides of what used to be closet? Does that make sense?
Can’t wait to see what you tear down next!
It depends on what I decide to do with the bathtub. I’m itching to tear it out. I shouldn’t – but I just can’t stand that it’s messed up my plan! If I did tear it out I’d wall up the extra space in the bathroom and make that a powder room –and then a coat closet accessible from the hallway with the space the tub was taking up IN the bathroom. Did that make sense?
That makes sense.. I think you mentioned you had a lot of bathrooms on that floor.
Could you replace the tub with a walk in shower? I did that on our main floor because I didn’t want to lose that function all together. Depending on where the plumbing is on that wall, could you move it so you could still include your hallway closet??
But if you guys are planning to stay there for period of time I would tear out the TUB!
Love that you ripped out the coat closet. Updates the whole room! You inspire me! I watched your master closer renovation. I have a super handy husband that I never really think of doing it myself! Thanks for the inspiration!
Glad to represent the handy wives! LOL
Oh, man – I’d be banging my head against the wall! I know if it was my house, my husband would be ripping out the bathroom because it would drive him nuts not to be able to do it right. And I’d be swearing a blue streak because it would delay what I wanted – that old house domino effect. But I’m so curious what options you are thinking about. I love the more open look – you saw the possibilities. Wish I had your vision – we’re house hunting and often I can’t see past what is there to what could be.
I have said more than a few choice words! 😀 I’d like to tear out the tub altogether. Then use the extra space to create a new coat closet in the little hallway and make that bath just a powder room. That’s one option. But, then one of the bedrooms wouldn’t have access to a “bathroom” and I think for resale, I have to leave it a full bath. We will never, ever, not even once — use that bathroom for more than a powder room. But we always have to think “resale”. Ugg. Good luck with the house hunt. I know sometimes it’s hard to see the possibilities. When we bought this house, we didn’t love it but it was the best of a lot of houses we didn’t love. I didn’t have a vision for all of the crazy, tiny spaces but I knew I’d figure it out in time. If you can live with the layout, you can make any home a space you’ll love. Right?