Interior - 1st Floor

Our first Christmas - 2004

View toward foyer from living room; kitchen is to right

Why so much distressed furniture? No worry about spills or scratches. A little wear and tear simply "adds character" to the already distressed pieces over time.

Foyer view toward den w/french doors at rear; drafting room near left; powder room far left

Den toward side. Den was to be first floor master bedroom in original plan.

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Interior

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First floor

First Floor - Original (left) and final (right)

Changes to First Floor Plans:

French doors are added to the the rear of the master bedroom, which we use as a den and office.

The kitchen is opened fully to the living room.

The utility room at rear of dining room is removed. Dining is opened to that space, and to the rear yard through French doors.

The longer dining room, allowed us to double the width of each of the two windows on the south wall.

Because the home is just 2' from the curb (aligning with other houses on the block), the front steps are recessed into the porch, under the porch roof.

Our goal: Display some of the simple craftmanship that might be seen in a true "farmhouse victorian." The interior window frames were copied from a farmhouse in nearby Milton--but proportions are larger, due to our higher ceilings and larger rooms. The floors are 5" maple plank. The newel posts at the stairs were built from maple left over from the stairs themselves. The crown molding is chunky (8" on the first floor), in accordance with the high ceilings, but is not overly refined.

Reinforcing the fact that we are near the shore, the wall colors are mostly pale sea green or sky blue. There are few window treatments--we're there for the sun.

Living room toward kitchen and dining; drop headers extended from kitchen w/added pilaster at right

Living room toward kitchen and dining; note added drop headers, and pilaster at right

Dining to rear; we removed utility room, . . and added french doors

View of kitchen from living room; we removed 5' of wall at left, fully opening kitchen to living

View from kitchen toward living room, and out to the street.

Den toward rear (with Carlos napping) with added French doors

Looking into bathroom from den; ceilings dropped and walls bumped in to fit the vanity

View from kitchen toward dining--with windows doubled in width from original plan

Dining to rear; utility room (from plan) removed at rear, and french doors added.

Den with doors open wide

Vanity is retrofitted kitchen buffet

*The original plans were designed by, and purchased from, the Moser Design Group. You can purchase plans and construction drawings from the MDG site. Our house plan is adapted from one of their "Traditional Neighborhood Homes" -- reference item TNH-C-09A.