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\nThey’re on a roll now, with the kitchen and laundry room both tackled successfully (ignoring the newly leaky dishwasher) they’re ready for more. The living space needs some color desperately, and the old kitchen sits downstairs, dismantled and in limbo.\u00a0 They’ve been brainstorming what to do with the downstairs, and Logan has an idea, although he brings it to his parents carefully.<\/p>\n
He thinks the space could be made into a very small studio apartment, which he could use, even rent from his parents, until he’s ready to move out. The idea isn’t entirely self-serving, he is thinking ahead for his parents as well. He points out that a renting income could help them out when they get closer to retirement, and with them living downtown, someone without reliable transportation could use the space as somewhere to live where they might not need a car to get to work.<\/p>\n
Living in the US, the issue of people needing to own a car to have a livelihood is often a problem for people who can’t drive. Someone with vision issues, epilepsy, or even just a suspended license risks homelessness because they can’t get to work. Logan is going to school for social work, and has seen these cases over and over. Having a living space in a walkable area could be a huge deal for someone who needs it.<\/p>\n
Kelly and Michael are so proud that their son thinks about things so thoroughly, and even more proud that he uses that skill to think about how to help people, over and over. Privately they joke between the two of them that they should have had more kids, if this is what just one can do, imagine if they’d made a whole little commune of them. This is obviously in jest, but a nice moment to pat themselves on the back for raising a good kid.<\/p>\n
The idea Logan has put forward is an obvious winner, but has downfalls. Mostly, it would require replacing the stairs up into the apartment to create a suitable entry area. Also, a whole apartment is going to cost time and money. This week they’re going to focus on painting the upstairs, while they work on a game plan.<\/p>\n
<\/div>The all-white stand in furniture doesn’t help make the space more interesting, but even without it, the space is bare in comparison to the lively kitchen space.<\/p>\n
<\/div>The dining room is our first victim. Kelly is sick of buying stain remover for the carpet under the table. It’s time for something more easily cleaned to go down.<\/p>\n
<\/div>First, a transition line to outline the new space.<\/p>\n
Then…why is that window white?<\/p>\n
<\/div>Okay, we’ve ‘painted’ that. The window doesn’t actually have alternative swatches, so we traded it out completely, but it’s not our family’s fault that their universe is stupid, so they’ve just painted it.<\/p>\n
<\/div>And a new floor is in. Easier to clean, and classy.<\/p>\n
<\/div>This place has begun leaning heavily Art Deco, which, funnily enough, I actually hate as a style, but seems to be working for our family.<\/p>\n
<\/div>And for the last job of the week, putting up a warm white paint in the rest of the space to tie it together. Next week we tackle the plan for the downstairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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