The document discusses ideas for renovating a home to increase livability. It suggests building a pantry instead of cabinets to save space and money. It also recommends installing showers over bathtubs for similar space and utility reasons. Additionally, it proposes making the master bathroom accessible from the rest of the house rather than adding a half bath.

1. Home Renovation for Livability
Randall Palazzo

2. ● Portland, Oregon, developer Randall Palazzo
is active in the renovation market.
● There are two philosophies of renovation:
homes can be redone to increase their resale
value or their comfort to the current owners.
● Following are some ideas to make a home
more livable.

3. ● Randy Palazzo suggests building a pantry
instead of cabinets.
● Cabinets take up potential window space and
are more expensive than a pantry.
● Pantries store more than cabinets, too.

4. ● Choose a shower instead of a bathtub.
● Like the pantry, it takes up less space,
consumes less hot water, and is easier to
keep clean.
● Consider making the master bathroom
accessible to the rest of the house.
● This may seem unappealing, but it saves
building a half-bath that gets infrequent use.

5. ● Another alternative is the compartmentalized
bath: one room with two sinks and another
with a shower and toilet.
● This allows children to have more privacy in
the space of a one-and-a-half bath.

6. ● Finally, if you have a fine view outside your
house, take any extra windows from the rest
of the house and concentrate window space in
that direction.

7. ● Finally, if you have a fine view outside your
house, take any extra windows from the rest
of the house and concentrate window space in
that direction.