Hi friends,

We hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We’re excited to show you the second floor of The Blonde Vic, pre-demo.  If you missed our prior posts about this project, you can find them here:

1. Intro here
2. 1st Floor Tour here

On the second floor, we’re going to have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a laundry room.  We’re keeping mostly all of the walls where they are, but reworking some of the rooms to maximize functionality.  Here’s the plan.

UPDATE – we changed our minds on the floorplan!  Check out our final layout here.

If you look left when you get up to the 2nd floor, you’ll see the future laundry room, full bathroom #1, and a very pretty archway.

The stairs continue to the 3rd floor, which we’re turning into a large master suite.

Going through the archway and into the door on the left will lead you into this bathroom (future laundry room).  We’re excited that we have a clawfoot tub to restore!

The electrical situation in this house is one of a kind.  How many wires can you spot?

Here’s what the room looks like from the other end.

When we called the city to get water transferred into our name, they told us there hasn’t been water service at the house in a long, long time.  This hose explains it.

Here’s what’s behind the other door under the archway.  It was some sort of second story entrance to the house / laundry room / ?? (we’re confused, too).  We’re going to close off the doorway and turn this space into a full bathroom.

The space where the dryer remnants are will be a big shower.

Coming back out into the hallway, you see the front two bedrooms on the left and right (hello transoms!) + future bathroom #2 in between.

Here’s bedroom #1.  We’re going to close off the wall on the left to create space for a bathroom.

So much potential in here!

Here’s the space between the two bedrooms that’ll be our future full bathroom #2.  Our plan is to put a tub along the back wall, centered under the window, and a sink and toilet along the left wall.  The wall on the left is actually structural and starting to sag, so getting some support in there is high on the priority list.

Here’s a different view of the soon-to-be bathroom.  We’re going to move the doorway over a bit to the left and open it up into the hallway.

This is what the second bedroom looks like.  This is one of the only rooms in the house where the woodwork is painted, and we’re not happy about it!

Here’s another angle of the bedroom.  Another fireplace!

The windows in the 3rd bedroom are still boarded up so we couldn’t snap photos this time.  We’ll show it to you next time.  We’ll be back in a few days with the 3rd floor plans and progress updates.  In the meantime, follow us on Instagram @beginninginthemiddle!