A View to Make Room

As the babies are getting bigger we realize that we’re going to have to address certain issues in our house. The first one being, our kitchen table seats 2 people, with Ave in the high chair.

We do have major plans for the back of our house (which consists of the kitchen/breakfast nook, laundry/mud room, and office/pantry), but they are huge and not happening this year. Those plans involve reconstructing the poorly built foundation then gutting the entire back end and making it one room, with a full bedroom (rather than gabled-attic) above.

Right now we need to make the space we have work harder for us.

We’ve often thought about flip-flopping our dining room and living room, but the problem with that is we feel so exposed having our living room out in the front with big windows on 3 sides, plus it gets super hot in there during the summer, because there is no shade.

The other strike against that idea is that I like having my living room next to my kitchen. I can be cooking/cleaning and still have an eye on the kids as they play or watch TV.

What’s a body to do?

We could leave the dining room where it is and just carry every meal in there. That doesn’t sound appealing.

Needless to say we’re in a bit of a quandary.

Any ideas? I have a feeling we’re just going to end up flip-flopping the rooms, because that is probably the best option. Matt’s open to buying a large AC unit, which will hopefully help cut the heat-factor and make the space more bearable.

Now to figure out how to rearrange and renovate things.

(Don’t be surprised if this becomes a whole series of posts, because there is a lot involved).