space closet

Skylights!

The skylights went in this week and have really brightened what will eventually be the kitchen.

This is a view from the same spot as the photo above, before the ceiling came out (and before a lot of other framing), showing how much darker it was before:

Change over time

Here is a set of photos essentially all taken from the same place.

The original.

The original after we'd stripped it of drywall.

Now some of the overall plan is starting to take shape.  The front door has been moved toward where the camera is so that we could put in a flight of stairs between the door and the wall next to it.  That wall behind the stairwell has been moved about 1.5 feet further from the camera.  The ceiling is gone and there is a giant ridge beam (which is structurally serving the same purpose (sort of) as the ceiling joists were). Also, that hallway back to the bedrooms has shifted over, and the old hallway is now going to be the master closet.  The kitchen is still going to be in the same place, but it will be smaller.  But it will feel bigger (because we're using magic).

Interior shots

Here are some shots of the interior before we went to town on it, so to speak:

This is the living room taken from very near the front door.

Another shot of the living area, taken from near the kitchen and the hall that led to the bedrooms.

Living room taken from the corner seen in the last two photos looking at the front entrance (on right), the door to the kitchen (left) and the hall to the bedrooms (center).

Living room taken from the dining room.  (That's my dad wistfully contemplating what a ridiculously huge project this is going to be.  And he had no idea how big it really was going to be.  Neither did I.)

This is the house

Here is the house on fine fall day, totally unaware of its future.