Goodbye small, hello big

Maya's bathroom looks much bigger already. The stand-alone shower was massive, but cramped on the inside. Not a good combo. Some of our neighbors came and salvaged some of the original tile, which is out of production. Unfortunately, there was no way to save the checkerboard floor tiles.

Demolition Derby

Kaboom! The walls came down this week and light is streaming where it never streamed before. It's not a stretch to call the newly combined living, dining, kitchen, hallway & foyer a "great room." Here's the view from the entrance:



















Turning slightly to the right, you can see where the remaining hall to the bedrooms used to be. Maya's room is on the right and that big hole will become the back of her closet.



















Standing where the kitchen island will be, you can look out the northside windows almost 40 feet away! Maya's room on left & LR on right:



















From the entrance you can now see the entire LR where french doors used to frame a much narrower opening. We'll add sliding translucent doors later (very cool & made in Brooklyn http://www.raydoor.com/):

Other Transformations...

Maya's bath is losing its dark claustrophobic shower & gaining a vanity:

























After 83 years as a kitchen, this will be the new den/guest room - yay!

Here's our room with the bathroom & closet walls ripped away.