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Buckner
We purchased this house for resale in
2000. It was built in the early 1920's, has ten foot ceilings and original pine
floors. The floor plan was functionally obsolete by today's standards. We
overcame this problem by relocating the kitchen to the center of the house next
to the sunroom, putting both bedrooms on one side of the house. This created
better access to the bathroom, and separated private and public areas. In this
project all utilities were upgraded and the home was networked for high speed
internet access.
What was done..
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We relocated the
kitchen to the center of the house for several reasons. This room had 5
entries leading into it from the living room, old kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and
an addition, which was seven foot wide and twenty four feet long. The addition
opened into the center room with an opening about four foot wide by six and half
feet tall and fourteen feet long with windows looking into the backyard. We
changed the opening into the addition by widening it to eight feet wide and
raised it to eight feet tall, thus making the two rooms seem as one and creating
a dining area. The rest of the addition consisted of an outside entrance,
laundry area and closet. In the
kitchen
we installed an island which contained the sink and dishwasher. By
doing this, it gave the home owner a view into the backyard and enabled
conversation between people sitting in the dining area and kitchen
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bathroom
was awkward, it was six feet by six feet in size, only had a shower
stall, sink, and small window. Just enough room to get around. There was a
storage room about the same size, directly behind it with a large window. We
removed the wall, created a chase for the furnace and installed a vintage
bathtub which is four feet by four feet in size, with a seating area
positioned under the window. We installed dual shower heads and ceramic tile
walls. We also installed quarry tile floor, matching toilet and new maple vanity
with top and faucet.
- We converted the old kitchen into a
bedroom. We left the upper cabinets in place on each side of the window, but
we removed the doors and added custom cabinets below matching the uppers, thus
creating built in book shelves. The thought behind this was the bed could be
placed under the window for a built in look. This room also leads into the
laundry area, which also leads into the
dining area and also has the back entrance into the house.
- The living room and
bedroom were flipped flopped. By doing this we now have both bedrooms on the
same side of the house, with the public areas ( living room, kitchen, dining,
and bath) on the other side. of the house.
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