The Attic Nobody Wanted
Diane L. had been working from her kitchen table for three years. Her Portland home had a 400-square-foot unfinished attic — the kind of space that quietly accumulates holiday decorations and forgotten intentions.
She posted photos of the raw attic space on DunRite Social. The community came alive. A remote architect flagged the knee walls as a significant opportunity rather than a constraint — suggesting built-in storage cubbies behind low access doors along the entire knee wall run.
Others suggested skylights, shiplap ceilings painted white, and a walnut desk built under the ridge peak. Someone recommended heated flooring — a suggestion Diane initially dismissed and now can't imagine living without.
Total cost: $28,000. Time to complete: 11 weeks.
"Every person who video-calls me now comments on my background," Diane laughs. "I tell them a whole internet community designed it. Because they did."
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