The stairs now follow a more conventional design, with the first step roughly in the middle of the foyer and in line with the front door, leading to the first flight up to a half landing against the back wall. They take up more space than in the original plans, but the living room is still a good size at more than 20 m2.
Also, the guest bathroom is now located in the West end of the barn, as we had suggested. It will require a new doorway through the barn stone wall, and a couple of steps down from the guest bedroom, which is now more spacious, in spite of the extra volume taken up by the upper half flight of stairs.
We still have a few revisions and ideas that we want to explore. So, we're taking a few days to review them, taking notes with changes, requests and suggestions that we'll return next week for the architect to incorporate into the next, and quite possibly final, version. It's getting very close to sign-off.
The next step will be the development of the engineering plans, followed by the production by the architect of an itemized program listing every board, length of pipe and door knob, as well as labour, that will be required to make all this a reality.
Our next trip there is still planned for April.
When can we expect a new post?
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