Home Remodeling for the Growing Family

If you need more room for the family to grow, take a look at these home remodeling projects that will allow you to function as a family without investing in another home location. Look up. Dig up the blueprints for your floor plan and have an architect suggest feasible spaces for additions.

You probably have room over the garage for a nice sized bedroom addition or even in the peak of the roof for a play room or for a nursery. These two particular home remodeling projects do not interfere with your existing space, and the only thing that may spill over into your living space is an area that you may have to give up for a staircase leading to the new room.

Speaking of stairs, what is under your staircase? Often there is hollow space under a stair case that can be easily accessed for use as a storage area, for a kid hideaway, or for custom built in shelves that may provide a place for some things that are taking up valuable space in you guest room. Move the books, the records, the storage bins, etc. into your new cubby under the stairs or onto the built-in shelf storage space to make room for a nursery, for a stand-alone office space, or for a guest room.

The kitchen, at first glance does not look like a room that will need any renovations in order to host a growing family, but you do want to make sure that there is ample room for a family table. The dining table quickly becomes the hub of the home as diaper bags, backpacks, permission slips, and lunch boxes begin to overtake the kitchen. Do not forget that you will want to have family breakfasts and dinners in this space as well, so a preemptive strike in favor of organization in the kitchen is a great home remodeling project to help you compensate for a growing family.

Take a look at you spaces and their current uses. Think outside the blueprints, and get rid of the formal show dining room. Most dining areas today are sizable enough to host second living spaces which are much more useful. You may not even need any formal renovations. Perhaps some paint, custom shelving, or a staging area for coats, bags, and shoes is all you need to consider when trying to make a former dining space into a living space.

Give some consideration to the back patio. Screened in porches are very flexible spaces that can be used for office space, living space, playrooms, or just relaxing escapes. There are many home remodeling projects you can do within or at least just outside your existing walls , without having to take on the added stress of moving. Take a look around your space, and imagine the possibilities.