The Cabana Plan

We finally dived into the cabana *revitalization* we'll call it- and Angie's right - more info. It's like i'm catching up with myself..

here we go:
-all walls/surfaces to be painted/repaired (incluing, yes, the cedar paneled room)
-concrete floors to be smoothed and covered in epoxy
-doors/windows installed: french doors where the windows are, adding a window to the east wall, adding a door directly from pool deck to bathroom
-exterior siding removed and replaced with siding to match the main house (same for the casita storage house) and painted to match the house
-one of the gas ovens will be removed and the new one moved
-some random shelves removed
-drainage issues fixed. re-graded soil to slope away from the foundation; french drains installed
-the bathroom. oh, the bathroom. it was a complete disaster. as the siding and flooring was removed, we found that there had been a slow water leak that rotted the wood... so... the whole thing was ripped out and a brand new foundation and framing was built. in the new bathroom - same layout as the old but with the addition of: a nice tiled/slate shower instead of the previous fiberglass pre-fabricated pan, a urinal (yep. clean potty seat for me, pool-side novelty for the fellas), toilet, pedistal sink, slate floors and a new energy saving water heater. and since we don't have a massive 1970's water heater taking up a 2'x2' space, that will be storage/shelves.
-and last but certainly not least: the exterior shower. whoo-hoo!
-since the cabana has been Tyler's home for the past 4 years, we are installing a cat door with a magnetic opener so only he can get in and out. it will lead to the front closet which will be officially "his room" to either destroy or cozy up in - as he deems necessary.

i think that covers it all.

the space will have to be mulit-functional, of course.
the front room will be mainly a kiddo playroom - filled withall the divine trappings of toddlerhood and some comfy seating for mom - plenty of space for a playdate. and ideally --well, relatively-- indestructable.
the back room will have a set-up for my home-office and a bed for guests. (yes, Ang, you and your crew and any other brave souls who would like to come visit) and the kitchen is in the back room, too. so the 'home-office' might ultimately get set up in the front room... it just goes against my plans for a relatively indestructable room. we'll see.


and finally - this never happens: they are ahead of schedule. stay tuned.