it's what I'm suppose to do: samples of designs

If you notice on the left picture-there used to be an arch in the center. It was then moved to the right side of the wall to create a small hall.

Let me say that when we bought this small yellow house 4 years ago, I coudn't imagine how it would make me feel. First of all owning your own house at 22 and bearly 20 was a great feeling. It still is. We were known as the people who lived in the cute little ellow house. I do like the outside color of the home. Especially with the while shutters(although they're faux) and trim. I soon learned my mistake. In this tiny abode are 2 living rooms, one bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and 2 bedrroms. That's it. Yes though the house sits on almost an acre, we esentailly can speak to eachother from the front door to any person, in any room. I have grown to actually dispise this place I am suppose to call home. I say this now because we are making changes. What is to become of this home is something I will love. In my last post I showed you something under cunstruction. Having 2 living rooms has left us with a very odd layout. I may add that this home was moved from St. Thomas, this also I am proud of. As is one of two homes on Whipple Ave.
In Febuary Tommy ripped out the first wall to turn the second living room ito a small (very small!) little bedroom for a little Stell. I had much to do with this project. I priced and purchased all the lumber. It is worth a trip into Mesquite's Do it Best Lumber to save 3 buck on sheetroc and almost 2 on 2x4's. This tiny bedroom made a hallway. In all the bedromm is 6ft x 11ft. It cost us just about $100 to build, texture and paint it. That's it. It took less 3 weeks for Estella to be sleeping in it. Mind you we only worked weekends. We were fortunate enough to have family who paints for a living, come in and do a professional texture and paint job. He also has a large collection of left over paint that I was able to choose a color from. This in effect help cut down on cost. But even then to paint the entire room took less than a gollon of pain. Saving what......? Maybe 20 bucks? We are still looking for a light to go in her room. Right now she gets enough light from her window and a small dresser lamp.
My favorite part of all of this is the HALL. I just adore it. Why you ask? I don't know. It must be the color(gray with white doors and trim) and the lights that I have chosen for it. It seems so peaceful that I often think that if there is a path way to heaven, that I would surley walk it-if it looked like this. It also leads to my favorite place in the house- my bed. I just love my bed too:)