Great Room Remodel 2007

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Great Room Remodel of 2007

In 2007, we decided to remodel our Great Room.

I seem to have misplaced the pictures I took when I first started this adventure. I'm hoping they are on my husband's computer and plan to remind him to look for them for me.

In the meantime, here is what we have done so far...

To the front window:

This is what the front window looked like a couple years ago. To get an idea of what it looked like right before we started, imagine this with two 10 gallon fishtanks on the bottom row of dragons and lots of stuff underneath.	Here you can see the carpet being torn out to be replaced with new.
Here the cabinets are being built. These cabinets will replace the wire shelving in the first picture (and hopefully keep things a little neater). You can also get a feel for the new carpet that has gone in.	Here the cabinets are mostly done. We're still waiting for the toekicks and the countertop to be put on. The dragons are now hanging out on the top shelf, but will be organized a bit better when we are done. The fishtanks will also be on these cabinets. (Yes, that's my husband.)
Here is the front window mostly done. All of the plants are neatly arranged and the fish tanks are in place. I am planning on putting the dragons on pedestals so you can see the ones in the back a bit better. (Leia cat is in the foreground.)	Okay, I had to do it. When I picked up the white betta, I just had to put these three boys in the tank this way. (Don't know if you can see them, but they are red crowntail, white veiltail, blue crowntail.)

This is the long wall that goes into the living area. There used to be two 4' tall shelves between the post and the door into the living room (the big blank area next to the futon). These shelves had office supplies on them. (Oh, and the futon is on the *opposite* wall from where it was in the very first picture on this page...above.)

Here the new carpet is in, but the old curtains are still up. (See the window/shelf next to the futon? That'll get a dragon, so will the post between the two sections of the room.)	Here are the parts to the desk that will go up in this space. I'm still debating about whether to get a hutch to on top of the desk (also waiting for them to get back in stock).
Here is the desk in place. I still need to put the drawers on...and I decided to get the 2 drawer filing cabinet to go with it...it will fit between the desk and the futon.	You can mostly see the finished desk here...along with the filing cabinet and chair. There will be a picture or two on the wall when it is done.

This is the "reading nook".

I finished and put together the coffee table myself. The loveseat now has a cover over it. The thing in front of the door is a structure for the cats to sun themselves and a scratching post and so forth. (There will also be a nice picture on the wall there.)

The cat structure also makes a nice play area for Scott...for another month or so, until he gets too heavy for it. :-)

This is the wall between the reading nook and the living area.

Here are the cabinets all in, even with the toe-kick and the countertops!	Couple more bookcases are in.
All of the bookcases are in...you can kind of see the reading nook to one side and the desk to the other.	Scott is "helping" us put bookcases together. One of his favorite words is "screwdriver", though it is rather hard to understand.

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