Think creatively about new and different ways you can use the existing rooms in your house. Sometimes a room can be re-purposed with very little remodeling.
Update Your Victorian House
By Jackie Craven, About.com
Re-purpose Rooms in Your Old House
An upstairs room with a small porch became a luxury bathroom at Rabbit Hill Inn in Lower Waterford, Vermont
Photo © Jackie Craven
The original owner of your old house may have needed a formal dining room and many small bedrooms. Your family may prefer to have a home office and a large master bedroom suite.
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- Old-house Woes
- Remodel or "Remuddle"?
- Open Rooms in Your Old House
- Add Storage to Your Old House
- Re-purpose Rooms in Your Old House
- Build an Addition to Your Old House
- Preserve the Charm of Your Old House
- Should You Modernize?
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