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How To Remodel Basements And Attics

Fig. 8. Below, standing at point W in Fig. 4 on page 166 you would see the north end of the bedroom

The daughter objected to the general shape of bedroom No. 1 on the basis that 11 ft. 3 in. was hardly wide enough for twin beds and because she wanted an alcove at one end of the room for a studio.

Mr. Brown became somewhat concerned about the cost of a shed dormer extending along the full length of the south wall. He was afraid, and wisely so, that the cost would not be reasonable, especially when bedroom No. 2 turned out to be too small for any good use.

Second trial remodeling plan

After thinking about the problem for several days, Mr. Brown decided that a full length shed dormer would be too expensive and that they did not need two additional bedrooms. Then, following the same procedure, using a piece of tracing paper, he drew the plan shown in Fig. 4. This plan met with quick approval.

Mrs. Brown liked all of the small closets. She imagined that she was standing at arrow Y, in the remodeled attic, and that she was looking in the direction of that arrow. In her mind's eye she could see her daughter, as shown in Fig. 6, putting linen away in a special closet for that purpose. Continuing the visualization, Mrs. Brown imagined that she was standing at arrow X looking toward the bathroom and seeing her daughter, as shown in Fig. 7, standing in the bathroom.

The daughter imagined that she was standing at W and was looking in the direction of that arrow. In her imagination she saw herself and her mother, as shown in Fig. 8, in the north end of the bedroom.