The second story of my house was meant to be an attic. Maybe. We’re not really sure. An elderly neighbor who has lived in our house’s double since both were built told us the tale of refinishing his upper story a little bit at a time, so we know that the second stories of our Capes didn’t start out finished. But there were standard-size staircases in both houses from the very beginning. So our homes started out with giant unfinished attics accessible by full stairways and two windows in each “room”? Or were the houses built with the intention that the homeowners would eventually finish the second story spaces? We don’t know.

What we do know is that between then and now, someone decided to finish one half of our second story very, very badly. I’m talking gaps between drywall, icky carpet, cheap heaters, outlets on the sloping parts of the walls, and more. And the other “room” is still unfinished. Bare beams and boards. No outlets at all. What’s this mean for us? It means we’re looking for sloped wall bedroom/office inspiration so we can make our second story an adults-only zone.

Here’s just some of what I’ve bookmarked thus far:

None of these is quite like the space we’ll end up with, but they do present a lot of interesting ideas that we could apply during the remodel. Can any of you lovely people offer any advice? Like how to build in storage so we don’t have to worry too much about armoires and things?

(Images via: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

This entry was posted on Monday, May 24th, 2010 at 5:39 am by Christa Terry and is filed under Remodeling, Small spaces, Spaces. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.