December 9, 2017

A New Home...


... for the TOYS! We spent the fall renovating the attic space over our garage. It was mainly used to store baby paraphernalia and various items that we needed to toss or donate. I've been dreaming of a toy free living room for awhile, and Justin's been dreaming of a secret room with a hidden door. So voila... a playroom was born!

It's tough to capture the room without a wide angle lens, but here goes:

We removed the access from the garage (on the left) and also removed the stairway from Fisher's room (on the right). That really opened up the space.





Drywall goes in and the room really starts to take shape. We ended up gaining 244 (conditioned) square feet.

We have heating and cooling! The most expensive part of this whole endeavor.

Existing door is moved to the right about 9 inches which gave us about 6 inches more head height for the door threshold.


New door is on a magnetic hinge, so you push the hidden door in for it to pop open.


Paint!


Flooring installed.


Fisher slept on the couch for about 6 weeks, so nice to have his room back in order.





Is it strange that my two favorite rooms in our house are the smallest?

TV/Lounge space

Activity space - crafting, future homework, etc. Puzzles, games, supplies in the drawers.

Custom ladder with wide steps for extra stability (kids and adults).

Went more vertical to maximize the room's usable space.









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