It's been a few days since I've posted. We've been busy. We got the existing plans from the architect back on Monday. Since then we've pretty much been in design mode. Tracing and extending, cutting out paper blocks of "space" that get slid about until they all seem to fit.
The focus, as it has been all along, is on the second and third floors. The major hurdle on second floor was placement of the stairs. We want them to run straight up as an extension (with a landing) of the flight coming up to the second floor. The only problem is a chimney in the way. Solution: demolish the chimney. Currently it only has a the exhaust for the furnace running in a much smaller exhaust inside.
All the designs we made this week worked with the assumption that the chimney could be greatly reduced in size. If this isn't the case it will mean we are literally "back to the drawing board". We are meeting with the architect on Monday for our first "crit" and to answer some of the zoning/structural questions we have.
Thus far we are both pleased with where it is heading. I will make some scans of the designs and post soon.
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