Desperate to find a semi open or closed kitchen house plan
Barbara Harper
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Comments (8)Just met with builder - going to raise the cased openings a foot in the dining room. Make the five foot width in dining a six foot width to foyer. Try to just have the ceiling between kitchen and living open completely, no cased header if possible, or as high as possible there. Thanks for feedback! We aren't sure what doing with fireplace and hearth yet, but have done extensive layouts to scale with furniture etc. Our house is fairly closed compared to most around here. I'd consider it semi-open but really that might be stretching it. I don't care for totally open living myself and it doesn't suit the style of our house, although I can definitely appreciate the perks it offers in other homes....See MoreClose to finalizing home plans, would ❤️ any feedback/suggestions!
Comments (29)There are some lovely details to your plans, and I love the elevations! With a home of that size I would make each bedroom with an ensuite bathroom including the boys rooms. It will make a difference for resale down the road. Upstairs you have 2 bathrooms not attached to bedrooms. I would lose the half bath and make duplicate baths where the Jack and Jill is now. or, keep the half bath and add the second ensuite. The extra cost for 2 baths with those bedroom is minimal compared to the overall cost of the home. The bath in your daughter's room is huge. Bigger is not always better. (I have had big bathrooms and a big house and sometimes the bigger rooms feel like a hike to get across! Especially the distance to the toilet in the middle of the night. The toilet should be closer to the bed in case there is a middle of the night in the dark trip to there) As the mother of a teen daughter, I would recommend a double vanity/sink, huge counter space and expansive well lit mirror that will accommodate a gaggle of teen girls putting makeup on and doing hair to get ready to go out or just because. That will make a bigger difference than all the floor space in there :)The only reason I would make that attached bathroom that big is if I thought I would use that room and have the kids doubling up in the other bedrooms there when smaller so you are all close. I would move the closets in your daughter's room to between her room and the other bedroom for sound proofing. That would allow some reworking of the bathroom. Noise proofing between rooms will go a long way to peace between teens who are playing music or games. Downstairs, where does the dining room table go? I would swap the entry closet with the half bath that is right by the front door. This moves that half bath right across from another bath, and it might be more clear one can be eliminated. Or keep both for big parties. The closet by the front door it too far as is. Awkward for guests to be arriving while other guests are exiting the bathroom right there! If guests come with purses or coats, where will they drop them? Maybe you already planned a bench in the entry area? If there is a long hallway that is interior and will be dark, I really like a window with direct eyesight as you walk down the hall. Such a window in your daughter's room such that if her bedroom door is open, you see out it if you are going down the hall. But it would give her more privacy if you had her bedroom door off to the left and the end of the hall could be a closet or lit shelves or niche. There is also an opportunity for a window at the end of the hall on the extra bedroom past the game room. If that is a guest room, not to be too paranoid, but would you want a guest up there with your kids so far from you? Is there supposed to be a door on that room? It can be made so the bathroom is outside of the room. It is far enough down a hall it is private if not attached. I would consider adding a closet to the "den" downstairs as a better guest room/bedroom alternative/extra storage space, and adding a door there. In general I try to avoid long halls since they are wasted space. I would add more closets overall such as to the game room. You can't have too many closets :) The mud room layout is inconvenient. You have to come in and go around the wall. I would have it be a bigger room without that dividing wall that is easier to maneuver and drop armfulls of stuff off (coats, backpacks etc). Folks here can give you more specifics. Overall, You have a very nice plan. There are just some nitpicky details I would change if it were mine :) But it is not mine, it is yours. So read all of the comments. Ignore the ones that are not right for you. And keep making changes til it feels right to you incorporating the comments that you agree with! As others said, you need thick skin to post here. So hopefully you will get some helpful ideas from all of the comments! :) :) I hope no one scares you away. I will look forward to seeing in progress and finished photos of your home! lafdr...See More1957 Kitchen - Open or closed? Updated or vintage?
Comments (25)I am also of the opinion that I don't like to see a vintage bungalow made into open concept. I would keep the kitchen wall intact. On the other hand, I don't find the vintage cabinets either practical or attractive (believe me when I tell you that I am a sucker for most vintage design details, but not this one!) They waste space and restrict function. So you will have to remove a lower to install a dishwasher -- 18" instead of 24". Or get a portable one that you can stow in the space between the frig and cabinets. You could do as someone suggested and find a cabinetmaker to build "matching" cabinets to wrap into the wasted space. You could also build a wooden counter that bridges the space (and would be a cubby for a portable dishwasher and a rollout cart.) Or the between the stud pantry. If it were mine, I would replace the cabinets with vintage/classic looking, frameless new ones, in a layout that maximizes the space, in a vintage-y color. A new counter to go with as well. A thought -- do you need the back door? or perhaps, could close it up where it is and change one of the windows into a door? In order to give you more room to add a dishwasher and still have the storage. I have a wood floor in my kitchen and like it. No problems -- it is 70 years old and was hidden under original linoleum....See MoreClosing up my small, open concept home.
Comments (12)I can see why something is neccessary to delineate the space, but not want to reduce the floorspace. A question to ask could be how thin any construction could be. This might help with any decisions. It might be worth exploring custom options to fit a full floor to ceiling screen located as I drew out above and exploring materials - maybe frosted glass ? wooden floor to ceiling slats with glazing between? or another material between? or just slats set at an angle ? or slats that can have the angle adjusted so they can be 'open' for light to travel, or 'closed' to obscure the sight line, or partially opened? It could be a combination 1/2 wall with glazing above or slats. Another option might be to consider not having an island and placing the 'wall' at the lounge edge of the island bench so the kitchen becomes a galley style so only the dining space and bench with the stove is visable....See MoreBarbara Harper
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