The living room is sometimes the most used room in a person's home. Whether you want to knock a hole in the wall, take out a wall or just redo them, there is much to be considered when remodeling. Are you tired of the tiled floor? Is it carpet instead? Do something about it. Your home is your castle. Make of it what you want.
The living room is a great place to start remodeling a house. I like to put more windows in to add more natural lighting. Maybe you want to do just the opposite. Maybe you are looking at expanding it out into the backyard, and to add a deck onto it outside. That sounds great. Let us take a look at some basics on remodeling a living room in order to sell a house.
How big is the living area? Is it big enough for you? Can you make it bigger to suit your needs? Let us take a simple layout. The living room will have an entry from a foyer's hallway, another close by on a different wall leading into the kitchen, and at the other end of that same wall is a sliding glass door going outside to a patio. The not so great part is that the only other window is opposite of the glass door across the room, and it is only three feet wide. More natural lighting would be nice.
Let us also say that the wall with the window backs up to the master bathroom, which is not so big. The living room measures 16 feet wide by 15 feet long. This would mean that the wall between the window and the sliding glass door is 16 feet. With the so called master bathroom being only five feet deep up to the living room, this would mean you may have to move the bathroom as well. Let us check this out.
Okay, you want the living room to become 20' x 25' with the longer dimension going further out into the backyard. The longer dimension will not be an issue, but the other will consume the bathroom. Here is a trick. With the master bedroom and bath lacking six to seven feet matching the length of the living room, you can flip the bathroom around to be at the other end of the bedroom. This means adding more plumbing, uprooting the bath and shower, vanity moves, commode has to go, and anything else in there.
The living room is a great place to start remodeling a house. I like to put more windows in to add more natural lighting. Maybe you want to do just the opposite. Maybe you are looking at expanding it out into the backyard, and to add a deck onto it outside. That sounds great. Let us take a look at some basics on remodeling a living room in order to sell a house.
How big is the living area? Is it big enough for you? Can you make it bigger to suit your needs? Let us take a simple layout. The living room will have an entry from a foyer's hallway, another close by on a different wall leading into the kitchen, and at the other end of that same wall is a sliding glass door going outside to a patio. The not so great part is that the only other window is opposite of the glass door across the room, and it is only three feet wide. More natural lighting would be nice.
Let us also say that the wall with the window backs up to the master bathroom, which is not so big. The living room measures 16 feet wide by 15 feet long. This would mean that the wall between the window and the sliding glass door is 16 feet. With the so called master bathroom being only five feet deep up to the living room, this would mean you may have to move the bathroom as well. Let us check this out.
Okay, you want the living room to become 20' x 25' with the longer dimension going further out into the backyard. The longer dimension will not be an issue, but the other will consume the bathroom. Here is a trick. With the master bedroom and bath lacking six to seven feet matching the length of the living room, you can flip the bathroom around to be at the other end of the bedroom. This means adding more plumbing, uprooting the bath and shower, vanity moves, commode has to go, and anything else in there.
- Make your living room more spacious.
- What are your options in remodeling your living room?
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