Jim Gunshinan's Blog – August 2011 Archive (1)
Our Remodel In a Minor Key
We got tired of sharing a bathroom, we were afraid as we grow older that we would trip and break our hips on the stairs leading from the kitchen into the garage and to our backyard; and since the only route from inside the house to our back yard was through the garage, we decided to remodel our 1,200 square foot cottage in Walnut Creek. It seems so long ago.
We did it right. We interviewed several architects and design/build companies, had an architect work with us to draw up…
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