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Little Brick Cottage… Kitchen Before and After, What a Change!
Whoo-Hoo, the big reveal of the kitchen at the ‘Little Brick Cottage’ is here! And what a change it is from when we bought this antique house in December of last year.
I think the best way to help you see this amazing transformation is to show you side by side before and after pictures.
One of the sweetest surprises in this reno, was finding the Read on…
Our House, Master Bathroom: The Whole Picture, Chapter 1
Since there’s been so much interest in the post: Interior Windows, Part 2 featuring my master bedroom window, I thought I would break from the Dining Room welcome tour, and show you the whole master bathroom in a several part series, fitting it in between the Dining Room Tour posts. If at any point you’d like more detail on anything, just ask, I’d be glad to share with you.
When we first bought ‘Our House’ the bathroom layout was similar to what you see now, except the bathroom ended approximately where the far end of the tub is now. There was a 24” doorway that went into our walk-in closet in that wall. We took down both that wall and the wall in front of the tub, rebuilding them a few inches shorter, and further apart to make room for this longer tub. Then we used that previous walk-in closet space to Read on…
Little Brick Cottage: Kitchen Plan Revisited and Finalized
If you’ve been following along, this picture is not new to you, we had to completely remove the wall between the kitchen and bathroom.
And rebuild it, only a few inches in toward the kitchen, build the new doorway between bathroom and kitchen a few inches over towards where the range was going to be. Read on…
Little Brick Cottage: Bathroom, There's Room and Progress!
Let’s re-cap from where it was:
Remember? Gross carpet on floor, really icky cabinets and tile counter, folding shutters for the door, and a tub misplaced under the window, no shower, and a terrible floor plan that didn’t allow easy access to sink. Read on…
Little Brick Cottage: This Kitchen is Moving toward Big Changes, with Sweet Surprises at the End
The previous location of the sink in this corner on the wall shared with the bathroom on the right and dining room straight ahead, was an awkward location for it leaving no place for a dishwasher. Really, once we looked closer, Read on…
Little Brick Cottage: Little Brick Cottage, This Bathroom has a Plan, sort of, maybe.
The actual square footage, of the bathroom is quite generous, but as you see below, just to get to the sink is nearly a hazard, not to mention there is no shower because the window is in the way.
