Family Room
Addition
After remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms, many experts say that adding a
family room can do the most to increase a home's resale value. They were once
considered a luxury, but today, the family room has replaced the formal living
room as the central gathering place in many homes. When adding a family room,
plan carefully to make sure the room will be well-designed, bright, and fit the
style of the house. |
Cost vs Value
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Design Tips:
| (floor plan) |
A family room should be informal and
relaxing. Plenty of natural light helps to create this kind of environment. If
you can, connect the room with the outdoors by adding sliding or French doors
-- it will make the room feel larger. Big windows, cathedral ceilings, and a
fireplace are other family room features that appeal to buyers. |
| (lighting) |
The key to keeping a room addition from
looking like a room addition is to match all the interior and exterior trim
details -- from windows and doors to the pitch of the roof -- to the rest of
the house. |
| (details) |
Because a family room serves as a meeting
area for family and friends, be sure to make it big enough. Before you start to
build, think about how you plan to use the space, what kind of furniture will
be in it and where. If possible, build the new family room off the kitchen, and
think about adding an island or peninsula as a transition between the two
rooms. |
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