Boy R We Excited

Boy are we excited. Before we left for Zurich on Monday, we decided to change the floor plans for the house.

It all started Sunday when we were watching Barefoot Contessa (Chris was baking while I was glued to the TV). I mentioned to Chris that in our new house, "this won't happen." So, we started thinking of ways we could create the kitchen/family room combo that we originally wanted (as we had to abandon the original idea because we were trying to work within the current footprint).

We quickly realized we should extend the new addition all the way across the back - allowing us to move the kitchen to the back alongside the great room, leave the powder room where it is today, open a bedroom to create a chef's pantry, and build a gabled back covered porch. In addition, these changes make the second floor bigger as now we've nixed the idea of expanding into the attic just to create what essentially would be a worthless top floor. No staircase needed. No dormers needed. Saving us thousands! And in this economy, that's a good thing.