The MIL apartment attached to our house started with a terrible floor plan. The door brought you right into a cramped kitchen which brought you into a small living room and then a small bedroom. We tore out the terrible built-in entertainment cabinets that divided the living room and bed room. They were no longer functional and took up about 3X10 of floor space. Even after taking out that eyesore we were still left with three small rooms that all felt cramped. We decided to change the floor plan to make the space flow better and feel more open. We moved the old kitchen wall to turn what used to be a kitchen into a nice little bedroom with its own door and little patio area outside. We took out the wall between what used to be the living room and bedroom and will now be one big open area for the kitchen/dining/living room. (note none of these walls we're doing away with are load-bearing. The walls that divide the rest of the house from the MIL are the load bearing ones). To make this new floor plan work we're putting a door back where we found the frame for one when we pulled off the walls. This new (old) door is probably where the door was in the original cabin that was changed around as the rest of the house was added on. (I love having a house with history). Mom and Dad came to help me with this project since Hubby is at work all weekend.
We took out the framing for the old door and put in a new frame since some of the old wood was a little questionable.
We cut off the metal siding and exposed the beautiful wood siding from a renovation or two ago.
Isn't it beautiful. They don't make siding like this anymore.
We cut around the opening and suddenly there was a hole in the side of my house.
They seem a little too excited about the hole in the side of my house. (Thanks Mom and Dad for all the help.)
Look a door!!!I think my next project had better be stairs for that door.
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