A Girl's Dream Come True

For those of you just tuning in, you might not know that we decided to convert one of our four bedrooms into a dressing room. In old, uptown houses closets are ity-bity (since the little French descendants were so small), so we (or maybe just I) thought, “Who needs fourbedrooms when you can have a dressing room?!?!”

So ladies and Gentleman, without further ado, I proudly present the Master Dressing Room:

Before:

During:

And to-date:

I’d still like to add a vanity under the window and a little shag rug with perhaps a small bench in the middle….we’ll see.

Formal Dining Room

Our old shotgun double had a back room addition added on in the '90s. This extra room housed the laundry room, a coat closet and some storage space:

When we first saw the home we weren't sure what we wanted this room to be, but as the bar area came to life, we figured if we made the back room (left off the kitchen) into the dining area, then the whole back of the house could be one, big entertaining space.

We had to replace the door anyway because it was rotten, so we thought about reconceptualizing (don't think that is really a word, but go with it) the whole back wall and decided on two sets of french doors (each door being 2 ft wide x 8 ft tall).

We also had ripped up the floor (having to patch two, rotten spots) and decided to just carry the hardwood floor for the bar area all the way to the back doors to give it a smooth transition all the way from the front of the house to the back doors.

Here is the whole transformation in photos:

I definitely feel like the french doors make the room feel so much more grand.

And PS - that fan is coming down and will be replaced with a gorgeous light fixture...whenever we find one.

Belly up...

to the bar!

One of our greatest additions to the house we decided on, was building a bar next to the kitchen in the area most people would call a "breakfast nook."

This little area of the house needed a lot of help. The wall to the right of the window was basically falling apart, the floor was sagging and we decided to move the door frame over to accommodate the bar, but also to make the hallway a true "shotgun."

Here is the transformation in photos:

Oh and the open space to the left of the sink under the bar is for the ice maker that has been added to our list of "Things we STILL need to buy."

Now, whada ya havin?