I truthfully had no concept what the sq. footage was of our 1850s visitor cottage on the property. My guess was round 2k, so I used to be tremendous desperate to learn the way shut I used to be. Gretchen did us a stable and took ALLL the measurements, and whereas it isn’t good and I wouldn’t hand it over to an engineer, these ground plans are adequate for us to work off of and assist us perceive what we’re actually working with.
As a reminder, we don’t plan on transferring any partitions (god keen), so the dimensions of the rooms now could be what they are going to be later. We’ll work inside this ground plan, in addition to stealing house from someplace on the primary ground so as to add a rest room (now we have concepts the place).
The Shared Kitchen/Dwelling Room
The primary room is weighing in at 427 sq. ft, which, for my part, is large enough for a small kitchen, kitchen desk, and lounge space. I can do loads with an 18×23 room, proper? Right here you’ll be able to see it beneath:
Now, an architect may are available in and re-lay it out and transfer home windows, and so forth, however I actually need to maintain the plumbing on this facet of the home (the upstairs bathroom is above the kitchen) and whereas I do know that transferring and reframing a window isn’t loopy costly, I additionally know that each factor you do causes you to must do different issues (i.e. if we reframe the window then now we have to alter the siding on the skin, take into consideration the place the helps are, and so forth). A great motto for a rework is “EVERYthing is a factor”.
The one actual challenge that I need assistance determining is the place to place the toilet on this ground. At present, there isn’t one (solely a bizarre bathroom closet on the second ground), and it feels fairly essential, particularly if any older people needed to hold right here for a bit (these stairs are quirky to say the least). So we hope to maintain the plumbing all on that nook of the home and put the toilet below the steps – only a tiny bathroom, wall-mount sink, and bathe. However at 36″ extensive, she’s fairly tight, so we would must bump that wall out a bit.
There’s nonetheless the query of the window that appears out the non-functioning chimney, which I really feel like is the place the TV could be if there have been a TV on this room, however hell, by the point we’re executed, perhaps TVs gained’t be a factor and robots might be beaming all of it into our brains as we stare at partitions. WHO KNOWS (I’m form of critical, like perhaps we simply use a type of transportable TVs on wheels and go away the bizarre window).
The Previous Prop Room
This room is tremendous odd, however cute. It has a closet, a submit, and an outdated chimney within the center. See right here:
Hmm. Now, in fact, taking a look at it from this view, the room could be extra purposeful if it had been opened up, if that closet had been gone, making it a giant rectangle. Ugh. Now that I’ve seen it as a rectangle, it’s onerous to unsee that. We aren’t certain what’s holding what up, so messing with something that is perhaps assist doesn’t make sense. But when we needed to have a predominant ground bed room, this is able to be one…
The chimney is among the few issues that I feel we are able to say is secure to go (it’s not in fine condition and completely unusable). The window is the opposite factor that, whereas quirky, does actually have an effect on what we are able to do on each partitions (or not do).
Now that I’ve seen that this room could possibly be a rectangle, I’m somewhat tempted to make it one in hopes of including numerous perform to it. Not saying I’ll but, however it’s a bit tempting.
The “Canning” Room
As a reminder, this room is off the principle room, constructed seemingly within the Forties or Fifties, when individuals in rural America grew and canned numerous their very own meals. It’s massive and excessive and filled with potential (and numerous issues).
That is going to be a pleasant, sq. room, with tremendous excessive ceilings. The canning cupboards will go (they sound method cuter than they’re), and I’m unsure if the home windows will even keep (the view of each is dangerous, and the home windows are in horrible form).
The “Backyard Shed”
A pleasant, even 12×16 room – have a look at that! Do not forget that that is the room that Brian thinks we are able to lose, however as you’ll be able to see beneath, it has a lot “allure”.
It simply wants somewhat assist 🙂 Perhaps that is only a fairly sitting room? A library?
The Touchdown/Rest room
Heading up the steps (that are tremendous slim, weighing in at 36″), we get to the touchdown, and it opens up a bit with an enormous window. The bathroom and bathe closet are each about 4′ deep and three′ extensive, which implies that if we needed to depart them there and put a correct rest room in, we might.
In fact, I like the thought of the sink staying the place it’s, the bogs basically remaining the place they’re (simply new), however I’m uncertain if as soon as it’s fastened up, it will likely be completely bizarre to see a sink outdoors of the toilet
So yeah, one transfer could be to attach the 2 “stalls” and make a standard individual rest room. The opposite could be to maintain the bathroom stall as-is and redo the bathe stall with tile, OR nix the bathe up right here altogether if there may be one downstairs and make this a closet. If a household had been ever to dwell right here full-time all of those choices could be totally different, however as a visitor cottage, I’m inclined to do what is simple/quirky/inexpensive than having it’s totally decked out for some imaginary company. However I truthfully haven’t considered this for one second – like perhaps we are able to join them in a extra intelligent method??
The Upstairs Room
In what was seemingly the household bed room, now we have some enjoyable quirks.
She isn’t symmetrical, as you’ll be able to see with the ceiling. Certain, we might most likely demo out that closet (that has a ton of storage) on the fitting measurement to make them the identical, however unsure why we’d do this. I LOVE this room and all its weirdnesses.
So What’s The Last Sq. Footage?
She weighs in at somewhat below 1600 sq. ft!! I positively thought it was greater, because it truthfully feels greater than that if you end up inside it (it’s empty in spite of everything). I suppose the truth that there isn’t an actual rest room doesn’t assist, though we didn’t embrace the closets upstairs, that are fairly massive. That is tremendous useful for me to see it like this, however I’ve to essentially management myself to not have a look at it and need to, say, transfer doorways that kinda open into different rooms or do away with weirdnesses (just like the prop room closet in the course of the rectangle).
What’s Subsequent?
Properly, I’ve been attempting to get a number of quotes on the muse, however not having one of the best of luck. I actually need to do my due diligence, but it surely’s positively holding up the method. This week, we’re headed to the Oregon Historic Society to be taught extra about the home and property. Extra on that quickly 🙂
*Pictures by Kaitlin Inexperienced
