What's new in the Lalvani household? Well, let me tell you....construction!!!!!
That's right, readers, Andrea has taken on a new project...doors, floors, stucco, beams, paint. For those readers of mine that have been with me since my early blog, you'll know I'm no stranger to big home improvements. I love them. I am good at project management. I love love love renovation.
Last year at this time? It was the Laguna apartment, which I just realized I forgot to blog about. Project details to follow. In 2007 it was our home addition with pool, spa, and landscape. And before that in 2005, it was my whole house flip of my Florida house. As I sit here writing, I realize that I may have an unrecognized passion or talent, depending on how you feel about the outcome.
Here's the room before....you remember....
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| ...and here are the two sets of french doors to the balcony, the changing table, and the rocker. |
So the scope of this project? I said before, it's exterior doors leading to the girls' balcony which are so rotted that they leaked enough water to destroy the floors. And while we're at it, how about new floors? And painting. Can lights. Base boards.
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| Before: This is as I was clearing the room. For awhile, I loved the painted white wood floors. But over time the two sets of french doors began to leak and the floors by the window buckled. |
If you look closely at the first photo, you'll also see an error in function. While everyone loves LOVES french doors, what happens if they are placed too closely to one another? What happens when you try to open both sets at once to get that breezy airy feeling that people love about french doors? They bang together. In this case, we could only open one door at a time, and when we did we'd literally have to move furniture around to open it full as the balcony is only maybe 4 feet deep. So rather than going with the same time of doors, I decided it was worth the extra work to eliminate the center support column, hang a header beam, and go with a single 10 foot slider unit where the opening is in the center and the side panels are stationary.
And here's the after....
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| Now the doors open in the center. Airflow is much better |
And where two cribs used to be, there's now a new bunk bed. Initially the downstairs contained the kitchen, but since Amelie was ready for a big girl bed and also because the room isn't huge, I realized I could just put another mattress inside the bottom.
For whatever reason, when I merged two of my photo libraries, many of my blog photos disappeared, so the above mentioned image can't be found.
