ceiling heights - 9 or 10 feet?
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Comments (19)We have mostly 9 ft ceilings downstairs with a vaulted dining room, half vault in kitchen and vaulted game room. The main family room area would have felt/looked better had they done 10 ft ceilings. These days I would not build anything with less than 9 ft ceilings for a small/medium house and 10 ft for a med/large house. If you are building in a warmer climate then definitely go with the higher ceilings....See MoreKitchen cabinets to ceiling 9 feet
Comments (17)Gorgeous kitchens! I agree it's a matter of proportions. I also think what your eye picks up in terms of "patterns" in a space (lines on a vertical space) is very individual and is worth considering. Some patterns are quiet and others more noticeable. Helps to know what level of pattern we find pleasing, especially long term. OP, has your designer offered you renderings of the different options? (@cheri127, I particularly love your mix of materials. If I may ask, what kind of wood are your gorgeous cabinets?)...See More3-Tier Closet rods with 9 foot ceiling versus 10 foot ceiling?
Comments (5)Just went and did that Mark. My shortest items are my blazers/jackets...which are pretty small and they are still 30ish inches with my hangers. Shirts are a few inches longer than that. Could probably squeeze in 3 rods, but it would look really cramped, rather than a nice space. My husbands shirts at 38 inches would really be snug. Maybe 2 rods of shirts plus 1 of folded in half jeans...but again, would look cramped. Seems that 10 foot really is the minimum to make this work, even in a hers closet....See MoreRaising standard builders ceiling height of 9 feet
Comments (19)I assumed that some of the elevator advocates, have actually lived in houses with elevators. If you look at any metro area that built up instead of out (e.g. New York or Chicago) the fire department will make thousands of runs per year to close residential lift doors. Traditional residential elevators (non vacuum tube) have an inner and outer door. If the inner door is not fully closed, the car will not move. Most of those with elevators are well aware of pushing the call button and seeing the light blink once... This isn't really a problem for a single elderly person staying in their home, and is manageable with two non-active people with mobility issues, but more than that and it starts getting inconvenient. Elevators are not a good alternative to stairs in an active household. If I leave my phone in the basement and I need it in my upper floor office I could walk out and call the elevator (which is only 33% likely to be on the floor I need) wait for it to arrive on the upper floor, take it down two flights and then back up two flights. Or I could just walk down the nearly 40 stairs get my phone and walk back up. I will walk it every time because it is so much faster. I don't know of a single person without mobility issues who feels their residential elevator is a substitute for stairs. So while elevators are great, they are not going to make access between 12' tall areas as convenient as access between 9' tall areas....See Morewhallyden
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