Our Journey through the dust and rubble

Original Floor Plan sort of...


Here are some of the original floor plan CAD sketches that I created this summer when we bought the house. I don't know what my brother Joel and I were on when we did the measuring but there are numerous mistakes. At least it gives an idea of what the inside of 114 is like (in 2D of course).

The basement is not pictured but it currently has 3 rooms. The basement has 5 pillars running the full length and are the only objects determining the design of the basement!

Main floor on the left.
Upstairs on the right.

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Measurements and some VIP's

Jame and Dave statingin their opinion
Hello all,

Last weekend on Saturday the 11th we made the trip to Waterville once again. The main purpose was to change tires for our road trip to the Grand Canyon, but even though we haven't really started working on the place we always have something to do at 114. We needed some more measurements to help us with our CAD redesign work.

We want to make the kitchen as large as possible. Its original size is 9' wide by 15' long and separated from the rest of the house. True Craftsman Design! The stairs are what is currently determining the width of the kitchen. The stairs are in the center of the back of the house.

Our goal: move the stairs to the front entryway in place of the two coat closets and make the kitchen at least 3' wider. With the stairs in the entryway we will be able to open up the ceiling all the way to the second floor eve, which is storage space (wasted?) anyway.

There are quite a few critical measurements that we needed to determine.

  1. How far is it from the upstairs dormer to the entrance to the house? This gives us our footprint. We have to make sure that stairs will fit comfortably in the entryway.
  2. How wide is the front porch? Half of the upstairs bedroom is over the porch and the other half is over the entryway.
  3. Ceiling Height. This helped us with figuring our stair dimensions.

The VIPS
Well we had the privilege of showing the house to some of our VIP's last weekend. Justin and Pam our good friends had two of our church ministers staying with them! Harry and James. James just happens to have two degrees in architecture. Perfect Huh! Unfortunately the visit had to be short but we were able to get a few great ideas out of him. James is pictured with Dave (Josh's Dad) showing what they truly think of 114. Subtle? We think not.