The renovation begins.

I've spent the week debating with myself on whether to keep this house or build a new one from scratch.  Would this house give me the warm contemporary look I'm going for, how do I solve the problem of not enough windows to fill the holes and is the neighborhood good.  Should I renovate or should I build a new one from scratch? Well, the neighborhood is a great one and with the open floor plan I can get my kitchen island, but the window problem.  I am short some windows and trying to keep costs down I don't want to order any more. My first thought was to custom build the windows from the lumber yard.  Then I thought, why not just close in one of the windows.  At the same time, I closed in the big window at the front of the house to make wall space for the kitchen.

Making a plug to put in place of the front window, now a kitchen wall and the front entrance now becoming the back door.

Here's the view from outside, with the bottom and one upper window filled.  This window on the second floor was the one giving me the most grief, as there were 5 cutouts and I only have 4 windows.  I'm not sure if I've thrown it off balance now.  Possibly turning the existing window into a door and adding a balcony might look better. Which would leave me then with an extra window.

With the front door now becoming the back door, I needed a new front door.  I didn't have a window for this side so I closed in the door and cut the existing window out for the new door with sidelights.

What's the next step?  I'm actually not really sure.