All Forum Posts by: Wendy Shoda

Wow...you all have been most helpful! I really appreciate all the input. It's kind of hard to get a real feel from the photos, but here they are. Since the entry room is so large and you walk into it from the driveway, I'm thinking a laundry/mud room will be a bit too large. But, an office or sitting area may be the better bet. Love the idea of the closet especially since maybe we can angle it in a way or angle some shelving so it hides the angle of the room a bit. Whatever may help to make it not seem like it's getting so narrow at the end. You can't tell from the photo, but the great room only has a small french door leading into it. I still have no idea what to do with the ceiling in the great room either.

Thanks again for all your help!

Angled room: Gets even more narrow as it goes - the kitchen is behind the wall on the right.

Kitchen - angled room behind wall on left - dining room through the opening straight forward.

Great room:

Exterior leading into great room - entrance from the driveway - not the front door.

I posted these in hopes of posting "after" photos when it's all done! Wish us luck and thanks again! : )

Great ideas everyone and thanks Bill G. for all the input! Love the idea of the fireplace! I forgot to mention that the house is on a corner lot. So, the 2nd exterior door is actually street front and leads to the driveway, whereas as the front door leads to the other street front. There is a 3rd exterior door out the back of the great room. I love the idea of the deck, but I'm not sure it would work as well since that isn't really the back door. Great idea, but I apologize for not mentioning that it's not the back door.

In answer to your question about the sheet rock, the exterior walls are actually block with stucco on them. They even left the exterior window frame complete with sill leading from the kitchen to the great room. Interesting DYI projects in this house including the great room which yes, is an addition. So, yes there is an opening from the kitchen to the angled room. I'd love to also widen the 5' door to the great room so you can see outside and so it doesn't seem so choppy, there's just not the space.

Weird footprint on this one, but I think everyone is right, it's the flooring to make it seem seamless and staging that's going to make this one not seem a bit off! : )

Thanks again, you all were a great help!

Wonderful! Thank you so much for everyone's ideas! I was thinking office too, but it's such a weird layout I'm concerned it'll keep the house from selling in a timely manner. I was trying to figure out a way to make the kitchen blend with it a bit so it doesn't seem like you're walking into a fun house with the walls closing in on you as you walk in, but without getting rid of the wall between the kitchen and the triangular room I just can't figure it out.

Thanks so much for your input!

Hello everyone. I'm a newbie here and am looking at doing my first flip. The only reason why I haven't jumped on the property I've been looking at is that I can't figure out what to do with this strange room.  It's an angled room with a load bearing wall on either side. The house is in the $120's and there isn't a huge budget to go moving weight bearing walls, so I just can't figure out what to do with this weird triangular wall. Has anyone ever seen something like this or have any ideas?

It butts up to the kitchen, so even if I could afford to remove one of the walls, then the kitchen would still be there and be angled. And I couldn't really move the kitchen out as that would make it a crazy big kitchen which the neighborhood doesn't really support.

I tried to do a rough sketch. Any suggestions/ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks!