So... after tearing out the one bathroom (I shall mockingly refer to it as the big bathroom because it is/was the big bathroom - the other is smaller by a few square feet), it dawned on us that this was not nearly enough work and if we could just move a few walls around, completely redo the plumbing, and put in new windows, then it would be a renovation worthy of our track record.
Okay, that's not exactly how the train of thought went. It went more like this - geez, this is a lot of work. Maybe for just a little more work, we could have a master-suite style bathroom, a walk-in closet and still have 2 spare bedrooms. Could it be done? We were not sure, but we gave ourselves 6 days (the door-staining/sanding days) to decide. After that, if we were unable to rework the drawings to fit a master bedroom and 2 other rooms and 2 larger bathrooms, we would go back to Plan A - basic bathroom remodel.
Well, less than a day later and Dave had an idea - one we had seen recently while traveling - and well, we fell in love with the idea. Many hours of Visio later, we felt like we had a working plan that would give us everything we want: an en-suite bathroom with a separate water closet, separate wet-area with walk-in shower and soaking tub, a bedroom large enough to fit a king size bed, and a closet-area which is not exactly walk-in, more like walk-thru or walk-past, while still retaining the all-important 3/2 (3 bedrooms, 2 baths) status, which is crucial for resale.
All that? And all we have to do is move 3 walls, build a few more, install new windows (needs doing anyway), and tear apart all existing bedrooms and closets. Let's go!
Okay, that's not exactly how the train of thought went. It went more like this - geez, this is a lot of work. Maybe for just a little more work, we could have a master-suite style bathroom, a walk-in closet and still have 2 spare bedrooms. Could it be done? We were not sure, but we gave ourselves 6 days (the door-staining/sanding days) to decide. After that, if we were unable to rework the drawings to fit a master bedroom and 2 other rooms and 2 larger bathrooms, we would go back to Plan A - basic bathroom remodel.
Well, less than a day later and Dave had an idea - one we had seen recently while traveling - and well, we fell in love with the idea. Many hours of Visio later, we felt like we had a working plan that would give us everything we want: an en-suite bathroom with a separate water closet, separate wet-area with walk-in shower and soaking tub, a bedroom large enough to fit a king size bed, and a closet-area which is not exactly walk-in, more like walk-thru or walk-past, while still retaining the all-important 3/2 (3 bedrooms, 2 baths) status, which is crucial for resale.
All that? And all we have to do is move 3 walls, build a few more, install new windows (needs doing anyway), and tear apart all existing bedrooms and closets. Let's go!
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