Blueishprints

I was bored today for the first time in ages. Ended up watching Helvetica and taking a nap. Not the worst way to spend an afternoon, but tomorrow I need to get going on something or else I'll feel pretty blah.

This is the floorplan my mom came up with:




It's fairly similar to the current structural layout - we'd be knocking down a large part of the wall that currently separates the living room and kitchen/den areas, walling up a doorway that exists where the future dining room would be, and creating a foyer by putting a half wall near the front door. And then the kitchen would be demolished and a new one installed in a completely different configuration.
The existing dining room is in what would be our TV area in the living room. That gets moved to the area where the current den is, next to the kitchen.

The future office is in the first current bedroom, and there are two more that extend past Mom's drawing - one on either side of that hallway.
The next structural dilemma would be deciding how to split them up/shave them down so we have a master that's spacious and a master bath that's ALSO spacious (the current one is essentially just a shower stall and toilet) while retaining 3 bedrooms on the main level. Knocking out closets for more square footage and installing wardrobes (with molding and drywall so they look built-in) is probably going to be the solution.
But right now we're too overwhelmed by the main living space to think about it.

Nate's best friend's dad is a part time contractor, and he's going to meet with us on Friday afternoon to take a look at the place and help us figure out what can be done and what would be inordinately expensive. I'm just praying like hell that I can have a big bathroom.
Cross them fingers.