Without a doubt the 6'-0" wide by 8'-0" high barn door, made with wood salvaged from deconstructed homes in central Florida, is the first thing visitors notice in our 8th level condo in Midtown Atlanta. It was installed as part of the major remodeling we did last year. The barn door, along with several other antique pieces of furniture collected through Jodi's Mother's antique business, Ivy Cottage Antiques, is a nice contrast to the more contemporary finishes of the 6-year-old condo.
BEFORE THE REMODEL
These photos are a bit fuzzy, but you can get the gist of what the condo was like before the remodel. This process has proven well worth the effort, and if you're interested, you can read more about the design, de-construction and re-construction in Jodi's Part I and Part II postings.
BUILDING THE BARN DOOR
This is the Shop/Barn where Jodi and her dad spent a couple weeks building the barn door for our condo. The barn is on the property where Jodi and her siblings grew up, and it's where they spent much of their childhood learning from their Dad how to build things. That is, of course, when they weren't playing down by the Withlacoochee River, or on an early-1900s Gravely Tractor mowing parts of the family's 5-acre property near Dade City, Florida. Jodi's always been a "hands-on" kinda gal!
BARN DOOR AND REMODEL REVEALED!
The Floor Plan AFTER the remodel. We swapped locations of the Living and Dining rooms, giving way to larger Living and better proximity of Dining to Kitchen. Expanded the Master Closet and simplified the interior wall configuration. We did loose square footage in the bathroom, but what we lost was mostly circulation space. We also replaced the inefficient heating and air conditioning system with a new ductless mini-spit heat pump system.
Looking from the Dining Room in to the Living Room, with the Master Bedroom beyond. The door works very well as "movable partition" as well as a center piece. Beautiful, right?
Standing in the Living Room looking toward the door of the "Toilette". The apothecary chest in the center of the picture belonged to Jodi's Grandmother. At the far left of the picture is the new door location for the expanded Master Closet. MORE CLOSET!! YAY!!
Looking back in to the Living Room. Behind the couch is a 6'-0" long IKEA table and chair that Jodi uses as her office. Only someone as space-conscious and organized as Jodi can make a space that size function without an ounce of clutter.
Looking at the Dining Room from the Living Room. The wine cabinet base is another hand made piece by Jodi and her Dad, and the cabinet top is an antique from her mother's antique shop.
Finally, a peak in to the Bedroom. The chandelier that belonged to Jodi's Grandmother. The picture on the wall is of Sabine, our German Shepherd of 12 years, who saw us trough these de-construction and re-construction efforts and much more!
UP NEXT FOR THE CONDO??
As I write this post, we are in Florida so Jodi and her Dad can continue to work on our new Trestle Style Dining Table. Here she and her Dad are double-checking dimensions and testing out how it will work as a table. As you can see, it's narrower than most. This is to allow for more room and better flow in the Dining area of our condo. It will also be normal table height with benches, instead of bar height with stools. Can't wait!
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