This was less of a renovation and more of a re-facing of our galley kitchen in our Beach House. I’m not sure the sweat and tears that went into this project translate in the photos as now it looks like it was an easy and breezy transition. When we moved in to our new place in April I knew I wanted to make the kitchen more us but I had a small budget and wanted to salvage as much of the current kitchen as possible. Renovations to me are a balance of considering the budget versus the dream design while also trying to avoid the wasteful aspects of construction.

The Plan for the Shared Kids Room

Our new kids room is a really long low-ceiling room. It was one of the features I was drawn to in our new two bedroom because I thought I could eventually turn it into two bedrooms - ultimately creating an unconventional 3 bedroom without traditional hallways or doorways separating the rooms. For now though I love that Theo and Mae still share a room.

Musings on Stairs

So we went from 600 square feet to about 900 square feet that is split across two levels. The upstairs is about 350 square feet for our living, dining and kitchen so it feels very similar to our previous small space. The bedrooms are quite big and are on the lower level with a small bathroom that also has the stacked laundry. Having stairs for the past two months has been an adjustment.