i can't give things a place. i can't feel good. there are some major remodling-type things that could make a huge difference that we just can't afford right now.
so the house was originally a one bedroom cabin with a small galley kitchen in the back and a living room. then in 65, the owner added on to the house, making a long living room in the front and then a whole huge second story over the new living room AND over the original cabin.
so downstairs we have a long narrow living room with high ceilings, with the stairs going up right in the middle of it. then you walk into the original cabin area of the house, and the ceilings are low and dark and there's NO natural light anywhere.....
so upstairs we have oodles of unused space. these bedrooms are humongous, unnecessarily so. it's so strange to have these huge sleeping areas and cramped dark living areas. we've opened it up downstairs, took out the galley kitchen walls and replaced all the fake wood paneling with sheetrock, but it's just so weird.
i can't be happy with any furniture placement. i constantly move and change things. i can't decide where we should eat. i'm just so frustrated. i can't offer pics right away, and i doubt there's much y'all can wrap your heads around from what i'm saying, but i'm just so frustrated.
the yard/land is a dream come true. it's why we bought this property. now that the weather's getting colder my house fear is in full affect. we heat with wood and can't use the upstairs in the winter because it's too cold up there. i HAVE to make the downstairs more livable.
i've lightened everything, fresh paint, removed old vinyl to the wood floors and removed shag carpeting.
this house is just SO WEIRD. it's like, it's impossible to make it beautiful.
thanks for reading if you've made it this far. i don't know what i hope to accomplish by writing this thread, i'm just feeling hopeless about it right now.....AAAAAAUGHHHHHH
so the house was originally a one bedroom cabin with a small galley kitchen in the back and a living room. then in 65, the owner added on to the house, making a long living room in the front and then a whole huge second story over the new living room AND over the original cabin.
so downstairs we have a long narrow living room with high ceilings, with the stairs going up right in the middle of it. then you walk into the original cabin area of the house, and the ceilings are low and dark and there's NO natural light anywhere.....
so upstairs we have oodles of unused space. these bedrooms are humongous, unnecessarily so. it's so strange to have these huge sleeping areas and cramped dark living areas. we've opened it up downstairs, took out the galley kitchen walls and replaced all the fake wood paneling with sheetrock, but it's just so weird.
i can't be happy with any furniture placement. i constantly move and change things. i can't decide where we should eat. i'm just so frustrated. i can't offer pics right away, and i doubt there's much y'all can wrap your heads around from what i'm saying, but i'm just so frustrated.
the yard/land is a dream come true. it's why we bought this property. now that the weather's getting colder my house fear is in full affect. we heat with wood and can't use the upstairs in the winter because it's too cold up there. i HAVE to make the downstairs more livable.
i've lightened everything, fresh paint, removed old vinyl to the wood floors and removed shag carpeting.
this house is just SO WEIRD. it's like, it's impossible to make it beautiful.
thanks for reading if you've made it this far. i don't know what i hope to accomplish by writing this thread, i'm just feeling hopeless about it right now.....AAAAAAUGHHHHHH
It may take some creativity, but you CAN turn weird into funky/cool! I love a good challenge 
