Load Bearing Wall Removal Austin Thanks for visiting our load bearing wall removal Austin post! Removing load bearing walls is a difficult part of any remodel. However, the lack of connection between the living room and back yard made this necessary. As you can see, the living room window looked out to a desolate and isolated outdoor […]
Sunken Living Room Austin
Sunken Living Room Austin When this home was built, floor plans were more open than they had been in the decade before. Instead of walls, changes in floor levels and ceiling heights were used to show the separation between spaces. Sunken living rooms were popular. As you can see, there is a step down […]
Remodeling a Ranch Style Home
Remodeling a Ranch Style Home This house was a well-loved traditional ranch style home. The bones were pretty good. But, there would have to do some surgery done to have a more open plan, with better access to outdoors. And, we wanted simplicity, white colors, hard floors, and a great kitchen. Not too much to […]
Traditional Ranch Redo Austin
Traditional Ranch Redo Austin This traditional ranch home in was done is the more “modern” style of the 1970’s. There was no formal living-dining room on your left or right as your entered the house. This house had a large single living area open to the kitchen. It was a precursor to the open plan […]
Ranch House Remodel Ideas
Ranch House Remodel Ideas This home came up for sale the Northwest Hills area – a part of Austin that we love. At the time, we were not looking for a project, and this home needed more work than made sense. See our First Look post. We ended up buying the house, tearing it down, […]
Ranch Style House Austin
Ranch Style House Austin Thanks for visiting our ranch style house Austin project. We had noticed this house for sale the Northwest Hills area – a part of Austin that we really like. For more photos of the original house see our fist visit post. We fell in love with the corner lot and tall oaks, […]
Ranch House Plans Austin
Ranch House Plans Austin Thanks for visiting our ranch house plans Austin post! This is about a house in the Northwest Hills area – a beautiful part of central Austin. We fell in love with the corner lot and tall oaks, but the unfortunately we could not make use of the house. The house had to […]
