The Living Room

Carl fell in love with the big combination living room/formal dining because when he stands outside in the backyard, he can see through the house and onto the bay. We just use it as a living room even though there is a big dining room overhead light.  As we remodel, in each room we want to keep parts of the original decor or cabinets (parts we like) and change or update as we would like.  We have not planned to update the living room just yet but some things had to be changed already. For instance, for energy conservation, new windows were put in. Windows for the whole house was a big dollar item, but well worth it.  We have a less obstructed view and energy savings were significant.

Below are random shots of the living room before any changes.

In order to work on the Love Shack, we had to get the wood burning stove out of the Love Shack and into the living room.  So, Carl had to tile part of the floor and wall. We will be focusing on the Love Shack for awhile, so living room progress will be minimal for the next 6 months. We are going to try to get the stove hooked up in time to use on some of the colder coastal nights.  The humidity on the coast intensifies the cold.