Our first house was 1300 sq ft, 3 bedroom, 1 3/4 bath (3/4 in master suite). Just the wife and I, no kids, anywhere from 3 to 5 Irish Setters. Converted on bedroom to a dog room by taking out the 6' wide window and installing a double french door to the back yard. Worked well with the litter of pups in 1995! Living room was Glenna's piano studio and office. Small family room and kitchen. Forward to 2005. Needed to be out of the city limits and the pet laws we were braking on a daily basis. Found new to us home in an unincorporated area just 5 miles west of the old house on .93 acre with a 2520 sq ft living area, ranch style house. 4 bedrooms, LARGE master suite, 2 2/3 bath. One bedroom had the closet wall removed and the door to the hallway to the other bedroom and master suite closed off. 5' wide open walk through to the entry created. Not sure what they used this for...maybe a dining room or formal living room. 2nd largest bedroom is on the opposite side of the entry and is my wife's piano studio. Has the 1/2 bath adjacent to it...perfect for her students and house guests. Large family room, though the doors chop it up too much, and large kitchen combination. Long utility room between kitchen and 2 car garage. The re-purposed bedroom that is open to the entry is 12 X 14 and I just knew it would be my model train room. Alas, Glenna took it over as her music annex. Has a place for students to practice on an electric piano with headphones, computer station for them to do music games, TV, VCR and DVD player for watching instructional videos, a place to put up a table when she has music camp, and sofa for students and their families waiting for their lessor or a sibling to finish. I did get the 20 X 24 out building for my shop. Enclosed the covered porch, see my Coolmeadow Shop Rehab thread in the archives, for my assembly/finishing room. Would love a larger shop, but it is functional.
This is really too much house for 2 people, but it is secluded and very quiet considering we have IH-20 less than a mile south of us, and IH-30 less than a mile north of us!! Something about having 4 100' Pecan trees engulfing the house makes for some great noise and temperature insulation! Jim.
Coolmeadow Setters...Exclusively Irish! When Irish Eyes are smiling....They're usually up to something!!
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