his/her ensuite layout advice
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Kitchen layout advice needed...thanks!
Comments (27)Here's my idea for you: I kept a half bath near the back door/back yard for quick potty stops for kids. There is mudroom storage on each side of the aisle going to the bathroom. I'm envisioning two benches, 18" deep with a shoe shelve below the bench and coat hooks at the end of each against the bathroom wall. The wall between sink and mudroom is an interior window, like this: [Rustic Dining Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/rustic-dining-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_722~s_2111) by Norwich Architects & Designers Smith & Vansant Architects PC You can make them functional or fixed. This interior window will allow you to keep an eye on the kids playing outside while keeping the mess and smell of the mudroom out of the kitchen (if you have boys, you'll thank me when they hit middle school. A roomful of middle school boys can take one's breath away). I turned the existing range area into a walk-in pantry and closet for the downstairs bedroom. I added a new full bath in the old foyer area for the downstairs bedroom. The lay-out is only conjecture since you didn't include sizes of that area (or for only walls either). As someone posted earlier, having what could be used as a master bedroom suite downstairs is generally be a plus when you sell. The range has windows on either side of it but you could also ditch the windows and do upper cabs instead (no idea what kind of view you have out the side). There is a small peninsula between kitchen and dining room. This has several purposes: more storage, keeps through traffic out of cooking zone and will serve as a sideboard to the DR. I did not add a counter overhang and stools because I didn't want to compromise the width of your DR. Fridge stays roughly where it is (can't pinpoint exact location without more dimensions) with a snack area between it and the chimney. Kids coming in from outside can dash to pantry, fridge and snack zone without getting underfoot in the main part of the kitchen....See MoreDesperately seeking: help for first floor layout advice!
Comments (6)Thanks Kirkhall. No, the walls don't have to stay. the only things that are fixed and the windows! Ignore the layout of the bathrooms and bedrooms, that was just included as a demonstration of what we 'could' fit in the space and is certainly not what we'd do. Would love your thoughts on overall layout and bathroom layout :) Thanks again!...See MoreUpstairs bath - Option A or B? how important is en-suite?
Comments (17)The top of the stairs is west/left/by the upstairs master bedroom. Flipping the stair direction is not worth it, as it really doesn't work downstairs. "However... I would not go through the effort and expense of building a home without an en-suite bath where I intended to have the master for the foreseeable future." - so much this. I'm really questioning this part of the project because of this issue. DH thinks I'm nuts, and doesn't care at all about en-suite baths. He thinks its crazy to try and make it work, and that losing closet or loft space to have an en-suite bath is not worth the trade-off. I admit, making an en-suite is proving to require some convoluted layouts, all of which require sacrificing usable space for circulation space....See MoreBest friend lost her uncle - Need Exterior Ideas on his home
Comments (26)thanks everyone. I apologize for not leaving other details beforehand. my friends family has full access of the home. and has been maintaining the proper in the meantime as they have worked thru probate for other assets. the home was in trust, and thus will be sold that way and then distributed based on their uncles wishes in his LT. unfortunately, his health has been bad for over a decade and though everyone tried, the inside of his home is filled unfathomable amount of things, boxes, etc. The family is in the process of hiring a company that will take possession of any belongings they want to purchase otherwise the rest will go to a non-profit for veterans getting back on their feet. my friends father is a pastor and he and his wife are the simplest and most humble people I know. But like some of us, clearly if and when someone passes, its 2 full time jobs trying to figure things out and put all the pieces together. the home has power and full use. so all these suggestions are easily possible. as for me trying to do too much, I'm just circling the world of ideas from a great consulting community like all of you from HOUZZ, because there are some things that will be done to the inside and I just want to make sure that if needed, no ideas arent thrown on the table for the outside. I clearly will not do anything that isnt driven by the family or in the best interest of the home, family, etc. and I also understand that you can look at it in tiers of cost like was mentioned above with 3 different categories. my friend is going to sit with her folks tomorrow or Friday so I was just measily trying to other some thought when I know that they don't have the time to think thru all this. so I appreciate everyone's comments. I really do and all will shared....See Moreontariomom
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