Postby egads » Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:48 am
It all awaits an escrow close and further study. I would not keep any of it if it is, as it appears in unclear photos, what I think it is.
An aside, I have a good idea about doing a pocket door. I would hide it behind wall to wall, floor to ceiling book shelves. Either continuing the left hand desk element or just doing a whole new thing. Deep shelves for display and art books on one side, shallower, novel deep in front of the door. Use a solid door if life requires a more sound deadening opening. In fact, thickening the wall would also help. (TV in there, folks trying to sleep elsewhere in the house) But it does bring up one of the basic Lotta Living tenets: Live in the space awhile before making big changes. You just never know what works until you are there. That said, I ripped the cheap paneling out of my "rumpus room" right away and have no regrets. I do think that your paneling was not cheap in it's day and perhaps should be removed carefully.