In the 51 year history of our house, we’re only the second owners. The old couple before us had the house built in 1960. We’re fortunate enough that they left a few pictures and the original, hand drawn floor plans. Because we’ve had a few requests to add a floor plan, I thought it would be fun to show you a few pictures of the original layout. First, here’s the kitchen:
The sink, stove top, and refrigerator are roughly in the same place, but you can see there was a wall oven on the left side by the stove. Where our peninsula now sits formerly was a wall with 24 inch deep cabinets.
Originally, our main level consisted of three bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths.
The main bathroom is the same, but we’ve altered the master bathroom by closing off a doorway and removing old duct work. I know the plans are difficult to read, so I made a few digital versions. Here’s the floor plan when Ben bought the house.
In 1997 or so, the old owners remodeled the kitchen. They added a peninsula with cabinets above, but that was kind of the extent. Before I met Ben, he had already closed off the door to the bathroom by the back door and added a shower. In 2008, we converted the 3/4 bath to the full bath we have today.
As you already know, we’ve been working on renovating our kitchen, which included knocking down a wall. Specifically this wall.
With the wall down, the whole living space feels open, airy, and modernized.
Our living room (and kitchen) before knocking down the wall:
And after:
Of course this picture is a few weeks old because we now have the new cabinets and counter tops in.
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