Sunken room above full height basement.
Best way to raise a sunken living room.
I ve been so excited to talk to you guys about our modern kitchen and dining room makeover plans.
If you love the look of sunken living rooms the best way to get it is to buy an existing house that already has one or include it during the construction of a new house.
The room is 12 x 18 with walls on 3 sides.
Sunken living rooms were a popular feature in homes of earlier decades.
What is best way to raise to level of rest of house.
I was wondering if it s possible to construct a new raised floor in that space.
A recent question on hometalk about filling in a sunken living room floor prompted me to write up my own experience with this.
Before i could begin this renovation we had to tackle the sunken living room.
No head space problem.
How much approximately would it cost to raise electrical outlets after raising a sunken living room.
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.
It was part of a pretty much entire house remodel we did in 2012.
Filling in a sunken floor was definitely not a do it yourself project at my house.
The current floor is concrete slab sunken 8 below the rest of the house but at ground level.
Today i m talking all about how we raised our sunken living room.
Over the last few weeks we ve been working hard to get our sunken den.
In the next six weeks i m going to be making over our kitchen and dining room.
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 rest of the home is raised wood subfloor.
We have a sunken living room that does not work with the flow of the house.
The photos from dallas based traver construction are an example of.