The Loft

These are initial pics of the loft area. I placed some bds. up there one day--just to try and get an idea of what the layout will be. With Tom's help I think it's pretty well settled. Afterall--there's only so much space!

Going up the stairs! This will be at least partially walled off and there will be handrails.

 Looking up the stairs. That is a closet/storage area at the top. Thank you Russell Lehman for your thought!

 At the top of the landing looking through. These windows face the cabin.

Standing at the windows looking back. In the corner will be the bathroom--kitchenette to the left.
I'm so looking forward to this space! First, though, my kitchen has to be done!!

Some pics of the finds for the loft apt.

 Large chandelier for the living rm. area in the loft. This, as well as the smaller on that will go in the dining area, will be painted a dull red.

 Metal art--the white one will be painted--not sure of the color yet.

 The blue is for the curtains with  the cream at the bottom--the others will be for accent pillows. Lot's of color!!

 Possible art work--did I mention this will be a contemporary-ecclectic area?

 This matches the chandelier design-perfect.

Update

Well----finally----our garage is up and well on it's way to completion! We plan to turn the area upstairs into an efficiency apt. I'm very excited about making it happen. I've picked a color scheme of gray with accents of red, yellow and a blue/gray. While Hannah, Andy and the babies were here a couple weeks ago, she and I had to visit our favorite thrift store--GW outlet. She found 2 heavy, gold chandeliers with glass dangles--perfect she told me, for the apt.--I call it the loft. So--for $2 and $3 we got them. Of course, they will be getting a paint job--and I think they'll look fantastic in their new area! We found a few other goodies that day, too. When you are able to start thinking outside the box in the area of decor it sure opens up a whole new world!
As far as news--on a sad note--but not really so sad--Tom's (step)mom passed away the 2nd of Oct. after being diagnosed with bladder cancer in May. Thankfully, she never had a lot of bad pain and she said she was "prayed up, packed up, and ready to go". For that, we're thankful. The words 'rest in peace' never held so much meaning for me as they did for Mom.
Nathanael got to come home during that time and spent about a week with us. It was good to have him home. He and Tom got to spend quite a bit of time together since Tom was off work. It seemed to have meant a lot to Nate to be able to be home with us. He's back in Norfolk now--that's where he'll be until his time in the Navy is up.
While Nate was in, he and Tom went skydiving! I had gotten Tom a jump on Groupon-tandem, of course-and since Nate was here, we talked him into going, too. They had an absolute blast! I do believe they'll both do it again at some point. Me--I don't think so:}
Since the garage will be finished soon, the next big project will be my kitchen. YAY!!!!!! There are so many ideas but such limited space here that I must be very thoughtful in planning. Hmmmm.

I had a brain freeze and couldn't remember my password for a while--duh!! Anyhow--I'll try ot keep this updated a bit better  :}