You gotta scramble a few eggs to make an omelette ....

We're busily tearing apart the house across the street .... There are currently four rooms on the main floor - we'll be creating one big kitchen/dining/family room - and adding a powder room. We're also creating an old fashioned "coat room" off the front entrance. (Remember those from school?) We are big believers in the importance of transition spaces. 

SO many clients tell us a mudroom - a spacious, organized space for coming and going ... is high on their wish lists. Who wants to live like this?

Unfortunately for present day families who love older homes .... they weren't so big on transition spaces in the good old days. We always have to move things around to make it happen.

Here's a glimpse of the main floor now as it is with some demo underway. We've had to peel back the lathe and plaster (and layers of pink paint) to reveal the stare of the structure beneath. We'll need to be able to show our engineer what's holding up the few walls we are leaving in place. (With the help of a beam or two)

We also made a bit of a discovery- this fireplace, hidden behind a closet on the main floor. Surprise!  We're going to try to tweak the kitchen design to see if we can do a bit of a work around. (I am not so sure ..)

And this is the third floor. Formerly a one bedroom apartment, soon to be a lovely luxury master suite, complete with huge closet, giant bathroom with soaker tub, shower ... and an office/study/yoga space/sitting room/nursery attached to the main space. 

It's got such lovely high ceilings. Once we've doubled the window sizes and put in our skylights - the master suite will be flooded with light. I am thrilled with our plans for this area. You can see a bit of the light coming through the existing window here....

A diamond in the rough, for sure. But just wait - a few months = transformation!