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Originally Posted by dotti105
Great ideas! And some beautiful photos. Very creative people in The Villages!!
We too have decided to re-purpose that area. We are building a pantry. We are closing in the arch entry to the nook and making a niche there for displaying seasonal decor etc. from the foyer side.
The pantry will be 6 'x 7'. We bought a custom door from Lowe's with "Rain glass" to obscure the interior but it will still be light due to the window being in the pantry.
We are actually copying the pantry in one of our daughter's homes. It can hold a multitude of things. (nice to have extra storage in the AC). We plan to put our file cabinet and printer in there too, since we do most of our "office work" wirelessly.
We talked to Warranty services and through them the drywall sub who did our house was happy to hang the drywall after hubby does the framing. They are charging $60 a sheet, to hang, tape and finish the drywall including materials. We thought that was a great deal!
I'll post photos when it is done. We have the "Sunflower", which is the frame/vinyl version of the Begonia. We stretched on 3 sides (all that was allowed on our lot) and added an extra 2 ft to the laundry room, master, and master (hers) closet, not just the garage. We also added a second slider so that we have 21 ft of glass on our lanai for the view. We love everything about the home but could not find a use for the nook. I think the pantry will be a great addition.
We will keep you posted.
And keep those photos coming!!!
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Anxious to see some photos. We thought about that but thought it would make the Kitchen seem smaller and much darker so we nixed that idea. We also considered a wall of Pantry closets which would have been less expensive than the office work space but kitchen storage for us is not a big problem being snowbirds.