The Addition: Pantry, Office, & 2nd Bathroom

The last thing I have to show you is the addition, off of the kitchen.

I'm putting the whole thing in one post, because there isn't a lot to it, nor does it have the charm of the rest of the house.

We're not sure when it was added, but it is certainly welcome to us, as I'm sure it was to whomever build it.

On the left is a small second bathroom, this one with a shower. It measures 5 by 6 feet, so there isn't much room in there. In fact it's too small to actually photograph with my camera.

The door is 24 inches wide, and can't be opened all the way because it bumps into the shower stall. The shower (behind the blue flowered shower curtain on left) is so small that if you drop the soap you have to get out to pick it up; unless you're good at deep knee bends. ;)

On the right is the pantry. All I need to add is shelving. It measures 4 by 6 feet. The string hanging down is serves as pull chain to the light. I'm very happy to have a pantry. It was one of the things on my wish list.

In the back is an 8 by 12 foot room. It takes up the entire width of the addition. It has two windows....

.... one on the right.....

..... and one on the left. Since I've already claimed the sun room, this will be Dan's office and studio. It will also be a good place for our bookshelves and books.

As you can see, we have our work cut out for us. And that's just the house. The other question is, what to do with the five acres that comes with it.

[UPDATE: To see what we actually did with this room, click here.
To see what we did with that dinky bathroom, click here.
To see where Dan's office and studio really ended up, click here.]

Copyright by Leigh 4 June 2009 at
http://www.5acresandadream.com/

The Hall Bathroom

Down the hallway and to the left is the hall bathroom. (See floor plan.)

There is a wonderful built-in book shelf on the left, a door to the back porch is on the right.

It was hard to photograph this room because it is so small. I like the claw foot tub. The floor is vinyl and relatively new, though not especially well laid. The walls and ceiling are beadboard, originally green (I know this from the inside of that little cabinet there).

There is a small closet is behind the door, probably added whenever the bathroom was remodeled.

There is one problem with the bathroom door. It hits the commode seat when it is opened wide. In fact the paint on the edge of the door is scraped away because of this. It makes me think that this bathroom had a different arrangement originally.

I'm guessing that both the sink and the tub are original to the house. Obviously that little cabinet is not. I'm not real keen on that medicine chest either. But, both will do for now, until we can give this room an overhaul.

It's definitely a very small bathroom. It will take some thought and planning to eventually make it more comfortable. However, it's larger than the addition bath. More on that one next....

[UPDATE: To see how updated this bathroom and incorporated it into a master suite, click here.]

Copyright by Leigh 2 June 2009
at http://www.5acresandadream.com/

The Hallway

Remember this photo of the living room?

Well, that middle door leads to the hallway.

It's wide for a hall, 5 feet. About midway down on the left, you can see the door which goes into the spare room. The one across it on the right goes into the dining room. And yes, the pink carpet resides here too. We were able to get a good look under it, and the floor is covered with dark gray linoleum. Again, not sure what to do with it, but somehow pink carpet is less offensive in the hallway than in the living or dining rooms.

There's a quaint little feature on the left....

.... a telephone cubby.

At the end of the hall is a nice deep linen closet. It's interior color is that same worn out green which dominated the whole house at one time.

The hall takes a turn to the left here.....

.... and this back door goes out onto the back porch. Unfortunately, we weren't given a key to it. However, this didn't deter DH, who simple lifted the door off it's hinges to remove it. After that, he was able to open the lock mechanism to take a look.

This door also has two chains on it, so until we can do something about the lock, we can still secure it.

At the end of the hallway is a bathroom. I'll show you that next.

[UPDATE: To see what we did with the hallway, click here.]

Copyright by Leigh 31 May 2009
at http://www.5acresandadream.com/