split-level houses

I found an interesting website last night called Split-Level Home Design Guide. It’s a bit wordy, but it has lots of ideas for fixing up split level houses to complement the architecture. I read the kitchen redesign with great interest, because I hope we can do that in the next few years.

I personally really like the split level look, but I do wish we had two full bathrooms and a bigger kitchen. I want to do more research into fixing up a kitchen that is only 10ftx14ft and has three doorways in it. I don’t think we’re going to have the budget to do any wall knocking down or moving doorways. (And to be honest, I think all the doorways are necessary – I can’t imagine cutting off access to the dining room from the kitchen, and it would be impractical to have to walk all the way around through the dining room to get to the den – I’m mostly thinking carrying laundry baskets down from upstairs!)

I’m going to be excited when we get this foundation taken care of so we can start on some of the fun projects!! But more on that later.

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  1. Hi Ashley, I just moved into a sugar maple split level about a year ago. One thing that has helped me for inspiration is to look at similar homes for sale to see how they are decorated or have been remodeled. If you can access the local real estate multiple listing website, it’s a great way to see what people have done to their homes. I swore I would never live in a “split” because of the way the house was to broken up with the different levels, but I’m starting to really enjoy all the individual spaces. Good luck!

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