Attic before and after

Squeezing one office space into a home is tricky enough; when you have two people working from home indefinitely, you have to get creative.For four months, Kris McDonald and his wife both crowded around the dining room table to work from home. It was, as he says, “no longer working.” But when his wife put in an order for a new desk to call her own, they both realized that they didn’t actually have a place to put it—yet.

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Have you ever considered converting your attic into a functional space? Attic conversions are a great way to add value and square footage to your home. The cost of an attic conversion, however, can vary greatly depending on the size of your attic, the materials used, and the type of conversion you want. On our blog, we break down the costs of finishing our unfinished attic.

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This is a set of photos showing my attic workroom before, during, and after renovations. My attic is very large (20' x 14') and light and has a walkout on to the roof, where I intend to have a proper deck built eventually. I use the attic as a work space. It's an office, a sewing room and a studio all rolled into one. It's an amazing space that I feel very fortunate to have. My house is one of three attached houses and the other two do not have finished attics like mine. They both have…

If you’re here for the next installment of my photography tutorials, my apologies. You’ll have to wait a bit because… We’ve done it. We moved into our new home yesterday. We said goodbye to our beautifully renovated 1940 colonial – aka Maison de Pax. It didn’t feel complete, though, without one final before and after...

A do-it-yourself attic conversion. Before and after photos and description of DIY converting our unfinished attic into a bedroom for our children.