So I've been thinking about how to increase my living space and give the girls some breathing room. I've spent countless hours playing on http://www.floorplanner.com/, designing endless variations on a theme - more room.
Should we add a room to the middle of the back?
Should we add it to the back corner and remove an existing window?
Should we convert the garage to a bedroom/music room?
We've gone round and round about what to do. It's just so darned expensive to do any of it. And the garage room would need to be able to revert to a garage if a future buyer wanted it that way instead of as a room. Too much wasted money and effort. I've driven myself and my poor husband crazy with thinking and talking about it.
The real fact of the matter is that the girls don't mind sharing a room right now. We fit just fine with what we've got, and there are better ways to use our money when we're talking that much in one chunk.
My goal is to work on living a more simple life, and remodeling is not simple.
Here's another alternative using their existing space more effectively:
I'm not a huge fan of bunkbeds, because they are a pain to dress in linens. But, it's not my room. My girls like this concept. It would give them space for homework desks. It would work beautifully in their long, narrow space. It's one tenth, or less, of the cost of a remodel.
What do you all think?
