In and Out

When you are leaving some of the walls in place while building new ones, and you have helpers that don’t understand the changes like the person who designed it (Mr. R) some sort of guide is needed. So Mr. Remodel prepared the forms and laid them out for Mr. Fix-It and his helpers.
These forms are made from pesticide-treated wood identified by its a greenish tinge. Eventually they will be bolted to the cement so that the studs can be placed on top. The forms are treated as a first line of defense against termites that may find their way up into the house through a crack in the cement. Because the wood is coated in poison, it is advisable to handle it with gloves on.


Here we can see the forms on the ground delineating the different spaces. In the far back there is the space for the art studio’s closet. The new walk-in closet space in the middle space (with the old entry still in place) and in the foreground to the right is a shortened clothes closet. The line where the vinyl starts shows where that clothes closet (and the one opposite) used to end and where the bathroom started. Although both closets will still remain, albeit smaller in size, they will feel more like they are a part of the bathroom than before thereby additionally increasing the size of the bathroom as a whole.


Here are the forms looking from the old living room entry.


Here they are looking from the art studio. I think this gives a good view of the space we are gaining by doing away with the hall.


Let’s not forget what is going on above our heads. Since the bathroom ceiling is going to be removed some of what you see here will have to come down. Meanwhile, at the bottom right you can see what will be the new shower wall (with its small angled jog) making it slightly larger. But until we have an upstairs bathroom, that wall to the right of it (the present shower wall) has to stay since it is keeping the present built-in shower in place.
It’s like the game with the tower of blocks where everyone takes turns pulling out a block without making the tower collapse.


Meanwhile the other clothes closet wall has been taken down and a form put in to identify where the new wall will be, allowing for a second sink.