The Half 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 have been in December. A part of me is pissed off by that and looks like I have to mild a hearth underneath the architect and get him centered on our undertaking. However a part of me continues to be relieved that I don’t but need to deal with that massive undertaking that may 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 handle the sunroom simply as quickly as I’m completed with my studio.

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 mild, 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 is still accessible and in fixed use, and but, has not been touched because the method we moved in. It nonetheless has the identical outdated carpet, the identical mismatched partitions of pretend stone and brick, the identical drop ceiling, the identical gross window unit air conditioner that’s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 troubled to eliminate it. And whereas I’m anxious for it to get replaced with the brand new addition, full with an enormous master suite closet the place I can really 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 concerning the improve, it’s the interim that I’m involved about. This room might appear to be one thing out of a horror film, and but, it’s room that’s full of issues that I take advantage of many occasions per week. In any case of those years, I can’t say that I’ve change into used to how the room appears to be like, however I’ve realized to disregard it for essentially the most half in order that I can get in there and get stuff achieved once 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 purported 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 cope with that.” Nicely, Now Kristi and Future Kristi are about to satisfy, so some choices 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 might be considerably out of the way in which, whereas additionally getting access to plumbing. Plus, the dryer has to have a particular outlet. So so far as I can see, my solely choice is to retailer the washer and dryer and go to a laundromat (or my mother’s home) to do laundry. Ugh.

I imply, I assume I’ll need to do what I’ve to do, and if which means going to a laundromat, that’s high-quality. However what about our scorching water heater? The place the heck will that go? Dwelling with out a washer and dryer for some time shall be a stretch, however dwelling with out a scorching water heater sounds loopy. 😀

I do know we are able to get a PODS container to place stuff in that we received’t want often. Clearly, I received’t want fixed entry to eating chairs or a drywall carry. 😀 Really, I don’t foresee myself each needing a drywall carry once more, so I can in all probability 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 continuously have baskets full of these issues in right here. But when they will’t keep in right here, I don’t know the place else I can put them.

However then there’s this facet 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 packing containers and baskets, after which ultimately strewn throughout as I’m frantically trying to find objects within the random packing containers and baskets. (And the way do you want these curtains? 😀 )

Clearly, quite a lot of that may be organized in packing containers and saved. A few of it may be given away. However the reality stays that half of this large room is the place my instruments and provides are saved, and quite a lot 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 these items.

So that is what’s at the moment occupying my thoughts, and what’s preserving me type of stressed. And it’s additionally what’s making me not so anxious to mild a hearth 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 implies that I’ll really need to cope with these points that appear insurmountable in my thoughts proper now. So so long as we are able to keep within the starting stage, I really feel protected and cozy, and I can trick myself into believing that we’re shifting ahead.

I do know that when our addition is completed, I’m going to be so glad that it’s achieved, and so thrilled with all the new storage, the brand new laundry/utility room, and many others. 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.