The Plan

            In congruence with the previous post, I figured I would give you all an idea of the house layout. (Since it’s hard to visualize the floor plan atrocity from a few individual room shots)

I mapped out a rough and dirty “before” floor plan of the basement and the main floor, as well as a proposed “after” floor plan.  Some of the “after” changes have already been made to the upstairs, but the basement still remains design-challenged, for the time being. Too bad money doesn’t grow on trees right?

So here it is, La Casa De Unger, la Maison D’Unger, or perhaps more appropriately, Das Haus Von Unger ;) in ALL it’s layout-challenged glory!

MAIN FLOOR PLAN BEFORE:

MAIN FLOOR PLAN AFTER (PROPOSED):

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN BEFORE:

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN AFTER (PROPOSED):



              So far, we’ve tackled the removal of the walls in the main living area (replaced with timber-frame beams to open up the space), as well as installed the new fireplace and most of the windows on the main floor, and re-framed a new stairwell. The kitchen is still in the design stage as we figure out where we want our cupboards, drawers, pantry, island, etc to go, and calculate costs. As best we can that is…our renovation motto so far has been to change the design around sweet deals. So we never can pick all our definite colors or materials until the major ticket items are bought, and even then sometimes it changes if we find a smoking deal on something we’ve already purchased! Hey, that’s what receipts and refunds are for right?!

             As for the basement all we’ve done is purchase a new high-efficiency washer and dryer set (thank you previous owners for leaving us broken ones!) and moved them together, to the future location.  The previous dryer was gas, so it was located next to the furnace (where there was access to the gas line, but not enough room for both machines, or access to plumbing), and the washer was in the adjacent room, about 15.5 Gen-sized steps away from the dryer. We decided it was too cruel to keep the couple separated in different rooms (AND make me walk laundry 15.5 steps back and forth!) so we bought a pair of electric machines and re-fit them to their new home together.

Acknowledgments: Thanks goes to MS Paint, for finally allowing me to finish the floor plans after glitching out on me a bazillion times! (Anyone feel like donating AutoCAD to a worthy cause?! ;) ) To the previous owners, who left such a glorious hot mess for us to transform (as well as broken appliances to replace!) (We’re happy about the hot mess by the way!) And to Brad, my Duracel-Husband who keeps going and going, renovating and fixing like nobody’s business! Who always knows how to turn my tears into a smile when our plans don't go at all as planned. :)