The Part Of Our Addition That Makes Me The Most Nervous

We’re nearly 4 months into 2024, and we’re nonetheless no nearer to beginning our addition than we had been in December. A part of me is annoyed by that and appears like I have to gentle a fireplace underneath the architect and get him centered on our venture. However a part of me continues to be relieved that I don’t but need to deal with that vast venture that can interrupt our peaceable, quiet lives for months on finish.

And most of all, I’m glad that I can proceed to place the sunroom out of my thoughts for a bit longer. However sadly, I’ve a sense that I’ll want to deal with the sunroom simply as quickly as I’m completed with my studio.

The sunroom is what we name the room that sits simply past the gorgeous again sliding doorways within the music room.

The view past these doorways will ultimately be lovely — an inviting household room, a wall of French doorways and home windows that fills the room with pure gentle, and a view out to our large again yard. I’m very excited for that.

However for now, what lurks past these music room doorways is the one room in our home that continues to be accessible and in fixed use, and but, has not been touched because the means we moved in. It nonetheless has the identical previous carpet, the identical mismatched partitions of faux stone and brick, the identical drop ceiling, the identical gross window unit air conditioner that’s inset into the wall, and the identical leaky home windows and sliding glass doorways.

You’d assume I’d be concerned to eliminate it. And whereas I’m anxious for it to get replaced with the brand new addition, full with an enormous main bedroom closet the place I can truly retailer my garments, and a big laundry/utility room the place my washer, dryer, and a lot extra will reside. Right here’s a reminder of the final design I landed on.

So whereas I’m very excited in regards to the improve, it’s the interim that I’m involved about. This room could appear like one thing out of a horror film, and but, it’s room that’s full of issues that I exploit many occasions per week. In any case of those years, I can’t say that I’ve turn into used to how the room seems, however I’ve realized to disregard it for probably the most half in order that I can get in there and get stuff accomplished after I have to.

This room is the place out scorching water heater is, in addition to our washer and dryer.

And that is the kind of stuff that considerations me. What, precisely, am I imagined to do with my washer and dryer? Each time I speak about our addition, I’ve somebody ask me, “What are you going to do together with your washer and dryer?” Till now, my reply has been, “I’ll let Future Kristi take care of that.” Effectively, Now Kristi and Future Kristi are about to satisfy, so some selections need to be made.

Truthfully, I don’t know the place else I might put the washer and dryer whereas the addition is being constructed. I can’t consider a spot the place they may very well be considerably out of the way in which, whereas additionally gaining access to plumbing. Plus, the dryer has to have a particular outlet. So so far as I can see, my solely possibility is to retailer the washer and dryer and go to a laundromat (or my mother’s home) to do laundry. Ugh.

I imply, I suppose I’ll need to do what I’ve to do, and if meaning going to a laundromat, that’s superb. However what about our scorching water heater? The place the heck will that go? Dwelling and not using a washer and dryer for some time will probably be a stretch, however dwelling and not using a scorching water heater sounds loopy. 😀

I do know we are able to get a PODS container to place stuff in that we gained’t want often. Clearly, I gained’t want fixed entry to eating chairs or a drywall raise. 😀 Truly, I don’t foresee myself each needing a drywall raise once more, so I can most likely eliminate that and some different issues in right here. However the baskets full of clear, folded garments and blankets? I already don’t have closet area for these, which is why I continually have baskets full of these issues in right here. But when they’ll’t keep in right here, I don’t know the place else I can put them.

However then there’s this aspect of the room that actually stresses me out. That is the place all of my instruments and provides land, and since I’ve by no means had any helpful group past an enormous instrument chest and a few cabinets for paint cans and such, Smaller objects wind up in containers and baskets, after which ultimately strewn throughout as I’m frantically trying to find objects within the random containers and baskets. (And the way do you want these curtains? 😀 )

Clearly, lots of that may be organized in containers and saved. A few of it may be given away. However the truth stays that half of this large room is the place my instruments and provides are saved, and lots of these are issues that I’ll want to have the ability to entry often. I don’t know the place I’m going to place this stuff.

So that is what’s at the moment occupying my thoughts, and what’s retaining me form of stressed. And it’s additionally what’s making me not so anxious to gentle a fireplace underneath our architect to get our plans completed. So long as he’s dragging out his a part of the method, I can blame the delay on him. 😀 However as quickly as we get the plans from him, it’ll be on me to maneuver the method ahead, which signifies that I’ll truly need to take care of these points that appear insurmountable in my thoughts proper now.

I do know that after our addition is completed, I’m going to be so glad that it’s accomplished, and so thrilled with all the new storage, the brand new laundry/utility room, and so on. However the course of, and getting ready for the method, has me feeling nervous and anxious.

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.