This afternoon I stopped by my mother’s house to meet with a contractor (more on that later) and saw that all the kitchen cabinets were installed– the cabinet maker did a great job with them. The dining room had its first coat of chocolate brown– it looked beautiful. This color brown has just a hint of red in it which will pick up beautifully the red that is in the painting my mother is planning to hang on the wall.
So I met with a contractor to discuss where we wanted to put the kitchen upstairs– it’s not a full kitchen. It’ll have the double sink, dishwasher, microwave, and an under the counter refrigerator. Mom wants to put a mini kitchen upstairs in the entertainment room. It’ll really nice, cabinets on three sides with granite counter tops and bar seating.
We’re also adding an upstairs library– using about 250 square feet of the unfinished attic space. In order for there not to be a delay in the closing, this will be completed after the closing. This is the revised floor plan for the upstairs.
If you look at the floor plan, you can see where we added the mini-kitchen to the right with cabinets. The cabinets on the bottom left will have a mini-bar, and on the top left, those cabinets will have a built-in microwave and cabinets for snacks. The will be a dishwasher on one side of the sink and a min-refrigerator with a raised bar that will overlook the recreation area which we’re deciding on whether to put a card table or a pool table. Above that we’ll have the computer nook/work station for mom’s grandchildren. To the left of that will be the Library/Office area that can also be used as a 5th bedroom for guests. Finally, if you go back to the Recreation room, you’ll see the lounge area. There will be a flat screen television on that right wall, and this section set for that area.
I think mom and I did a great job with how we used the upstairs space and the arrangement. I also love the sectional that we chose. It’ll compliment the rest of the furniture nicely. Hopefully, we can get all the additional changes completed by the end of February. I put the original second floor floorplan up on my Flickr account in case anyone wanted to see the changes.
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