Let’s gut “the Motel” to the studs
My husband and I have owned this...building...on a small lake in Maine in an association comprised of old fishing camps for almost 20 years. It is referred to as “The Motel,” because it was designed to be rented out As 4 individual rooms connected by a screened porch. each room used to have a full bathroom. For years we have done little in upkeep or renovation, paralyzed by the fantasy of someday putting in a real foundation (it is post and pad and it MOVES!) and going up.
The recent need for a new roof (being installed now) has closed door on that fantasy: we have come to terms with the fact that this is a camp, not a cabin, and if we can ever afford it and still want it, we will buy a bigger better place. In the meantime this is a crappy but happy place with lots of memories.
SO...let’s make this place all it can be! Yes an architect is the best way to go and I have reached out to some but this is a less-than-glamorous job.
Imagine that everything can go, maybe with some beams. The roof is a truss system. To keep costs low and facilitate anti-freezing measures, plumbing MUST remain in the back.
Best views are South and west (especially from the first three rooms from the left), afternoon sun from the west is beautiful and fully lights the two middle bedrooms via the windows in the bathroom. One thing that I could miss is the gorgeous cross-ventilation from the porch to the back, even with the tiny bathroom windows
we we love the huge porch and eat all the family meals out there In summer, but due to traffic flow it is way bigger than it would need to be if we didn’t have to use it as a hallway too. I have toyed with the idea of putting the porch on the south side. As long as there were room for seating as well as a large table. Maybe sliders on the south side would allow for large table inside instead but that is a lot of interior space.
This is also a ski place. Need big mud room but a better design could shrink ours a bit I suppose.
The he kids are teens. We really could move the functionality of the play part of their space to the common area. They have an air hockey table they probably use twice a year.
I would love to have a private guest “suite” as we do, along with girls and boys bunk areas with a bathroom and our own room with bathroom. There is plumbing for a bathroom we removed on the back wall of the kids room.
Ceilings are low. It is what it is. Makes it easy to keep warm at least.
View from south window
Kids room
Our room-2 queens
56’ screened porch
Would love bigger living space. We cook a ton here regardless.
This is what it’s all about.
Yikes we are painting this after the roof-this is the south facing side
Rebuilding the shed and getting rid of all the silky chimneys. Regrading etc too.
Propane tank wrecks view from kids room.
What at do you think?? Are you up for it Houzzers??
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l'anno scorsoThank you all! yes we did stay with the last floorplan, although we tweaked the bathrooms a bit :)
master shower
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l'anno scorsoHey team! I desperately need help. There are no stone masons in the area of my cabin, apparently, so I have to design my front steps myself. There is a quarry that will cut and deliver custom sized stones, but the excavator who dug our foundation will have to place them. That means minimal site prep and accuracy. For that reason, I thought to do just two stones, the bottom one big enough to support the entire top stone.
As you can see, the front is very simple, and could use the beauty of some really great steps (and I'm thinking one long window box on the left and another around the corner to the right of the porch), but the ideal size is killing me.
Should they be really wide? Wider than the door trim? If the top step is almost at the height of the door, should its run be longer than a standard run? so you can easily step out onto it before descending?
The height from ground to sill is 17", the width including trim is 43"
I could do 1-2 much wider stones as the base, creating a step that goes unnecessarily in all directions but gives a wider look to the entry, or I could make both stones the same width, whatever that should be.
HELP!
I"m embarrassed by how it looks unpainted: it will look MUCH better all painted the same dark brown (see the partially painted side for reference).Seajay Sparkles
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l'anno scorsoThis is probably more complicated than you were thinking but I think a version of something like this would dress up the plain front nicely. Love the dark brown color you chose. You might be able to stack hand honed stones to create the effect instead of using individual smaller pieces.
Molly
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l'anno scorsoHi! Greenfish. Love that brown for your exterior. Perfect!! Have you considered “pavers” that look like old cobblestones. They could be shaped into any form you want. Then of course thick slabs of stone would be great. Guess it just depends on availability of materials and help! Looking great though. You’ve really transformed but retained his history story too.
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