How to raise a sunken livingroom.
Best way to raise a sunken living room.
The room is 12 x 18 with walls on 3 sides.
I was wondering if it s possible to construct a new raised floor in that space.
In the next six weeks i m going to be making over our kitchen and dining room.
Filling in a sunken floor was definitely not a do it yourself project at my house.
I ve been so excited to talk to you guys about our modern kitchen and dining room makeover plans.
What is best way to raise to level of rest of house.
Anyone old enough to remember the dick van dyke show may also recall the lead character s iconic 1960s home complete with sunken living room.
A recent question on hometalk about filling in a sunken living room floor prompted me to write up my own experience with this.
No head space problem.
The mid century design trend boomed for more than a decade and today many homes from that period are being remodeled to create contemporary spaces that sit on a single level.
The current floor is concrete slab sunken 8 below the rest of the house but at ground level.
Over the last few weeks we ve been working hard to get our sunken den.
The rest of the home is raised wood subfloor.
We have a sunken living room that does not work with the flow of the house.
Before i could begin this renovation we had to tackle the sunken living room.
Sunken room above full height basement.
Today i m talking all about how we raised our sunken living room.
Entry points coming into sunken living room are different heights and we want to.
In 2011 this design is not common and people who have older homes with uneven floor heights often choose to raise the floor height to match the surrounding rooms.
It was part of a pretty much entire house remodel we did in 2012.
Sunken living rooms were a popular feature in homes of earlier decades.