Opinions Please on Wainscot & Paint Plan in Small Full Bath
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Comments (12)Porches are important here in Florida. I really think that you will want them. They protect the house and I find that they are nice to sit on almost all year down here. You can always screen one of them off to help with the buggy season (now). There is ALWAYS a time of day, morning or evening where you can use the porch. Nothing is nicer than sitting out with your coffee in the morning or with a glass of wine in the evening. It also helps protect the house from the elements. The original Floridians had lots of porches and in many cases full wrap around porches. If you are not going to do a full wrap around then be sure to orient the non protected side towards a kinder orientation. Ronald Haase wrote an excellent book titled "Classic Cracker, Florida's Wood Frame Vernacular Architecture". My husband and I are going to start building a house very shortly based on the original cracker way of thinking, (they knew what they were doing...they didn't have air conditioning then. We will most likely be purchasing our materials from Cracker Style Log Homes in Williston, FL. though we will be building a cypress framed house rather than logs, so we can insulate the house better. I will have a nice loft for a sewing area, and full wrap around porches. The house will not be dark if you put enough windows in the rooms. I've been in the model log house with the full wrap porch. The windows in the loft will also throw light down into your rooms. We are near retirement age, so our master will be on the main floor, but the loft can double as a guest sleeping area. I may just put a couch that pulls into a bed, as I don't want to waste square footage on a guest room that sits a lot of the time. When you build your staircase be sure to have at least one turn in it with a landing. They are much safer than a staircase with a straight run, and are friendlier to aging bodies. Quite frankly, I feel the forced exercise helps keep one young. A personal trainer friend has stated that most mobility problems are from aging people not forcing their bodies to move, so they lose what they aren't using. They end up stooped over and stiff. People that farm in my area do not get that way. Naturally, some people have issues aside from this. A smaller footprint equals smaller taxes, particularly if you build the loft as storage. Your blueprints can say this. What you do later is up to you. The more sprawl the higher the property taxes. My thought on attatched garages is that they wreck the look of a house. Haven't seen one yet that I like. You will want a window in your kitchen. I like the plan that has the windows in it from front to back. You will need to think about how you like to cook. I would hate a room without windows. Also the more bumpouts you have the more complex the house is to build, and that means high enough costs worth considering. I would start with some graph paper and use the pieces from your plans that you like, and see if you can come up with an "ideal" plan for you. Stock plans built as given are seldom going to be a great fit. There are people that can put them into blueprints for a very reasonable cost. You don't need an architect....been there, done that, wasted a lot of money. You've got a really pretty basic house idea. You'll be able to make it even better! Sandy...See MorePlease take a look at our floor plan, opinions needed...
Comments (22)Ok, so if I was to scrap the dining room.... Could I put the basement stairs and a seperate laundry room in that space? Would that be okay and where would you put them? I could shrink up the dining room and bedroom/office closet about 2 feet to line up with the foyer/front door line, so it would be straight across instead of bumped out. Then I could use that square footage to make the breakfast area to be the same width as the family room. Would that free up enough space? So that would make the breakfast area 11'8" X 14'. Is it ok to have it one big space with no breaks in the wall lines? I would then rework the mudroom/garage entrance and bedroom nearest the garage. I guess my main thing would be what do I do for a window beside the front door now? Obviously we wouldnt put a triple there, like it was in the dining room. It would be a window in the laundry room now, so what kind of window should it be to make it look right?...See MoreRequest your opinion of this house plan (please)
Comments (21)Overall I do like it, but would change a few things if it was for me. If the basement is just for mechanical and storage, why not just build a same floor mechanical room into the current gargage space, and adjust the garage over a bit. It avoids the "wasted" space and hazards of stairs, eliminates water /flood issues,and makes it easier to get things in/out of storage. Where the current stairs are could be a big walk in storage closet.(I grew up in one story homes, and have never gotten used to basements myself.) Is there a way to make a mudroom entrance from out back by scooting the den office over? Or would you always want to enter the garage then the mudroom, which could keep the biggest mess out of the house altogether. A bench in the garage could be great. I have never had a house with an actual mudroom, so I don't speak from experience. But I think I would like to be able to also enter a mudroom without going through the garage. And it could give a way out the back of the house which I would also want. On the other hand, it makes for a lot of doors in a small room............. Ultimately this house is for you and your husband to live in and enjoy, so it should be the way that makes the most sense for how you live. (I do agree that at least a half bath would add a lot to resale value, more than the initial cost, but the cost/benefit is for the 2 of you to decide) I do like that it is a practical design with added details that fit your needs and make it more interesting than a plain box shape. And if you build exactly as it it will be beautiful! I like the way everyone lives a little differently and comes up with such varied ideas for home design, and you get to pick what is best for you. Good luck! And post more pictures as you progress. I like watching folks progress from design to actual build, since it is so hard to really know what a plan actually is to live in. And maybe some day I will be able to go through the process myself....See MorePlease critique this plan - Small guest bath reno
Comments (4)Thank you for the input! The floor is porcelain and definitely rated for floors. We did decide to keep the niche simple and cut down the tile and plan to use bullnose around the perimeter. Hopefully the bullnose will look good! I didn't realize about them not matching, but it makes sense since the field tile and bullnose are likely from different production runs, so we may have to alter that plan. The tile is being done by a pro, so hopefully there will be minimal lippage. He said he should be able to get 1/16" grout lines. The drywall is in, we are currently painting, choosing grout colors I'm nervous about the TEC grout. I've read a lot of comments where it doesn't setup completely and runs, but since a pro is doing that I assume he's got it under control. I will post pics when it's done!...See Morecatbuilder
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