Comments on: Stairway to nowhere…. http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:05:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bungalow Insanity » Blog Archive » Back in the closet http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Bungalow Insanity » Blog Archive » Back in the closet Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:22:27 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-947 [...] got the  bug to pick back up where we left off on the downstairs hall closet (abandoned stairwell).  Back in 2007, we started converting the steps into proper shelves, but we’ve done nothing [...] [...] got the  bug to pick back up where we left off on the downstairs hall closet (abandoned stairwell).  Back in 2007, we started converting the steps into proper shelves, but we’ve done nothing [...]

]]> By: Bungalow Insanity » Blog Archive » Level-headed? http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Bungalow Insanity » Blog Archive » Level-headed? Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:47:09 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-471 [...] room. Besides the overall slope from front to back, there was a dip along the center over the old stairwell. While the 2×4’s are strong enough for a floor, they weren’t big enough to hold [...] [...] room. Besides the overall slope from front to back, there was a dip along the center over the old stairwell. While the 2×4’s are strong enough for a floor, they weren’t big enough to hold [...]

]]> By: stephanie http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-257 stephanie Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:13:40 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-257 Thank you, Geraldine! My husband Julio has done most of the work on our house himself, but I am an interior designer and I'm happy to forward names and contact information for folks my clients have worked with in the past (and have been pleased with.) Just email me at stephanie@localcolorstudio.com and I will forward whatever I can. Welcome to the Hawthorne area! Stephanie Thank you, Geraldine! My husband Julio has done most of the work on our house himself, but I am an interior designer and I’m happy to forward names and contact information for folks my clients have worked with in the past (and have been pleased with.) Just email me at stephanie@localcolorstudio.com and I will forward whatever I can. Welcome to the Hawthorne area!

Stephanie

]]> By: Geraldine http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Geraldine Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:15:03 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-256 Your blog is soooo great and your daughter is adoreable! I just purchase a 1910 craftsman in Hawthorne Area. And boy do I have some work to do. I was wondering if you have some resources you'd like to share. i.e painters, drywall, decks,fences, electrical, plumbing. And that is just to get started LOL I may need to rebuild chimney. I'm a single woman from CA and I just moved here. So any help would be great.I found your blog very inspiring but there are always people wanting to take your money and not do the work. Again Great Job, Geraldine Your blog is soooo great and your daughter is adoreable! I just purchase a 1910 craftsman in Hawthorne Area. And boy do I have some work to do. I was wondering if you have some resources you’d like to share. i.e painters, drywall, decks,fences, electrical, plumbing. And that is just to get started LOL I may need to rebuild chimney. I’m a single woman from CA and I just moved here. So any help would be great.I found your blog very inspiring but there are always people wanting to take your money and not do the work. Again Great Job, Geraldine

]]> By: julio http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-30 julio Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:20:38 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-30 Patricia, Thanks for sharing your story. We have found clues that make us think that our back bedroom area was once a sleeping porch. We found a galvanized "pan" that had a lip around most of the perimeter as well as back wall construction that made us think that it may have been open to the elements. Given what you said about your attic area, I'd bet that the back stairwell was used just to access the sleeping porch. It has all since been opened and connected, so all we can do is guess at this point. As cool as it would have been to have a sleeping porch and a 2nd stairway, a second baby on the way is making us want to keep every square foot we can! Patricia,
Thanks for sharing your story. We have found clues that make us think that our back bedroom area was once a sleeping porch. We found a galvanized “pan” that had a lip around most of the perimeter as well as back wall construction that made us think that it may have been open to the elements.
Given what you said about your attic area, I’d bet that the back stairwell was used just to access the sleeping porch. It has all since been opened and connected, so all we can do is guess at this point. As cool as it would have been to have a sleeping porch and a 2nd stairway, a second baby on the way is making us want to keep every square foot we can!

]]> By: Patricia W. http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Patricia W. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:15:53 +0000 http://bungalowinsanity.com/2007/01/27/stairway-to-nowhere/#comment-27 My house is 2200 sqft. It has a 2nd stairway that originally was the only way into the attic which happened to be the back half of the upstairs. They put in doorways and created a fourth bedroom upstairs and a bathroom. I am planning on running joists across this opening to make the bathroom even larger and adding a shower stall. I don't want to remove the stairs just in case a later owner wishes to have an attic again or something but we never use it. My daughter used to run up and down with the dogs chasing her for fun but that's about it. I don't think 2000 sqft. is too small for a 2nd stairs because in this size house it was more utility and not intended for a housekeeper or maid like it might have been in a house that is 4000 sqft. It really struck me funny to see yours looking similar to mine and the fact they floored over it to enlarge a room upstairs they way I am hoping to do the same. My house is 2200 sqft. It has a 2nd stairway that originally was the only way into the attic which happened to be the back half of the upstairs. They put in doorways and created a fourth bedroom upstairs and a bathroom. I am planning on running joists across this opening to make the bathroom even larger and adding a shower stall. I don’t want to remove the stairs just in case a later owner wishes to have an attic again or something but we never use it. My daughter used to run up and down with the dogs chasing her for fun but that’s about it. I don’t think 2000 sqft. is too small for a 2nd stairs because in this size house it was more utility and not intended for a housekeeper or maid like it might have been in a house that is 4000 sqft. It really struck me funny to see yours looking similar to mine and the fact they floored over it to enlarge a room upstairs they way I am hoping to do the same.

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