Rethinking Your House: How to Get Started Make a list of all - TopicsExpress

Rethinking Your House: How to Get Started Make a list of all the rooms in your home. If you have plans of it, even better. Look at each room, and write down what you use it for. Now write down how often you use the space for its intended purpose. You might be surprised that you use that guest room only two or three times a year. That formal dining room hosts a celebratory dinner four times a year, and that hall closet has boxes in it that you moved from your last house and havent opened since. These are all wasted spaces. Why not make better use of them? Repurposing a room and redesigning within your existing home’s footprint is always cheaper than building an addition. Next, make a list of the rooms you wish you had in your home. Compare the two lists, and see if anything can have a dual purpose. Can you live without any of these rooms?