Please help critique this floor plan.
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Comments (13)kats - thanks for your suggestions. Nope, we're no where near finalizing anything, unfortunately. I've actually told my designer that I'm taking a break for a few weeks to reconsider everything. This plan just does not wow me at all and if I'm going to spend a bunch of money building my 'dream home' I want to really LOVE it, kwim? I have been rethinking the steps to the master, and I think I am going to nix them. I love the idea of something different like that, but I think it probably should be eliminated for practical reasons (I really hate being practical though!) I don't really care too much about resale at this point, because we plan to be here for at least the next 15ish years. And we're on 10 acres of land where land in our area is a definite premium and highly sought after. But even so, I'm not going to build something totally undesirable for the next person. chisue, we are building in central IL. weedyacres, thanks for your thoughts about the bathroom. I do like your suggestions about rotating the shower. I'm still undecided on a j&j bath. Some people love them and others hate them. So I'm not sure... I definitely agree with you on the storage issue! I need to add LOTS of closets and built-ins. Unfortunately, we can't dig the foundation lower since we're so swampy around here. We're not in flood plain, but our sumps run CONSTANTLY in our current house. So we were thinking of other ideas on how to still have a basement (we need one due to tornadoes) but possibly not going down as far. any other ideas? My dilemma is what to do with the center of the home. Most all plans I've seen have the great room in the middle of the home, but we want ours bumped off the back with lots of windows. We don't need 2 great rooms, so what do we put in the middle? I also need to have my kitchen on an ext. wall because I want lots of windows above my sink. I do agree with you on the choppiness though, so I'm probably going to nix this plan and start over. ugh. the e-space is more of a homework/blogging space for my 3 kiddos and I. I don't want them to have computers in their bedrooms, so I need for this space to be centrally located so I can keep an eye on their computer use :) thanks again for all the input! I keep surfing house plan sites hoping I'll stumble upon the perfect plan, but after 3-4 years of searching I'm not very hopeful......See Morenew floor plan critique please!
Comments (4)Narrow lots can be difficult. I strongly agree that the garage needs to be wider and bit longer. But I suspect this plan already is as wide as your lot will allow. So, if you make the garage wider, you'll have to make either the family room or the den narrower - and both are already about as narrow as they can conceivably be made. So, the only other option seems to be to rearrange the rooms - and maybe get rid of some of the excess amounts of hallway. If you can live without those front facing windows in your family room, How about moving the den to the front left corner of the house so that it has the bay windows. Make it maybe 9'deep (10.5 counting the bay) by 13 wide. Push the stairs to the left couple of feet so that they line up with the edge of the current den. This will allow you to widen the garage by a couple of feet as well. Now, put the family room in the middle of the house between the den and the dining room AND incorporate the hallway that is to the left of the staircase INTO the family room. If I'm reading your dimensions correctly, you could have a family room that is about 17' wide x 15' ft deep which would, in my opinion, be a lot more conducive for arranging furniture in than a family room that is so long and narrow. Also, in the leftover space where the den used to be (now about 7'wide x 11' deep), you could easily fit a full-sized bathroom and a nice sized closet. Then, if you ever needed a bedroom downstairs - say your 180 pound teenager broke his leg playing football - the den could be used at least temporarily for a bedroom even tho it's closet and bath would be located across the foyer. Upstairs I think your plan again devotes way too much space to hallway. The plan requires a lot of hallway in order to provide a way to reach both secondary bedrooms. But, what if (after moving the stairway over to the left (so that you can increase the size of the garage) you moved the masterbedroom and master bath to the FRONT of the house and split the 20 ft wide space at the back that is currently devoted to the master bedroom and bath into two 10' wide bedrooms? With two nice rectangular shaped secondary bedrooms side by side at the back of the house, you would only need a single section of hallway to serve them both. So you could entirely get rid of the section of hallway that runs between the laundry and the awkwardly shaped bedroom. Instead, with the staircase moved to the left, incorporate the extra couple of feet that was hallway into the laundry making it larger. With the garage 2 feet wider, a master bedroom positioned over the garage could be 12'4" wide - wider than the one you currently have. And that awkwardly shaped space that is currently a bedroom would not be nearly so awkward if turned into a masterbath space. Plus, with it back to back with the laundry, you could put install a "hamper opening" so that dirty clothing from the masterbath landed right in the laundry. Just some suggestions. Obviously more than just a few "tweaks" but I think you can do better than this plan....See MorePlease critique my floor plans
Comments (3)Is this a 1-person, 2-person, or more kitchen? Children? Ages? Do you entertain a lot? What are the dimensions of the other things like doorways, walls w/no cabinets, etc. What would be even better would be a layout of the entire area...kitchen + surrounding rooms. It would give us a better "feel" for what would work. For a major walkway, I would try to get at least a 48-inch aisle on the side of the island that will have that traffic (or, is it on all sides?) If you take down 3' of wall, will that draw the traffic through the cooking zone (where the range is)? What are your "wants"? Is there anything not in your current layout that you'd like if you could fit it in? ***** From the "Layout Help" part of the "Read Me" thread ***** The best place to start is to draw up your kitchen (to scale, if possible) either without cabinets & appliances if you don't know where to start or w/your proposed new layout if you have something to start with. Regardless, measure and label everything...walls, ceiling height, widths of doors & windows, distances between windows, walls, doorways, etc. If you cannot move plumbing or gas, mark them on your drawing as well. Mark all doorways & windows (w/dimensions) and label them as to where they lead. If they're actual doors, mark how they swing. It also would be helpful to see the connecting rooms, even layouts so you see how they interact with the kitchen and/or extend the kitchen feel and flow. Make note of traffic flows in and out of the kitchen Make a list of things like: What are your goals? E.g., more counter space, more storage, seating in the kitchen (island? peninsula? table?), etc. Do you plan to merge two rooms/areas (e.g., Nook and Kitchen into a Kitchen only) Where are you flexible? Can windows or doorways change size? Can they be moved? Can windows be raised/lowered? Can any walls come down? Does the sink have to be centered under a window? Does it have to be under a window at all? Do you bake? Do you want a coffee/tea/beverage center? What appliances do you plan on having (helps to figure out work flow, work zones, and types of cabinets...upper/lower vs full height, etc.) Range or Cooktop? Single or Double or no Wall Oven? Warming Drawer? MW? (Advantium, drawer, OTR, countertop, built-in, shelf?) DW? Standard or drawers? If drawers, 1 or 2? Refrigerator CD or standard depth? Vent Hood? Other? Sizes of desired appliances (e.g., 30" or 36" or 48" cooktop; 36" or 42" or 48" wide or other Refrigerator? Counter depth or standard depth refrigerator, etc.) Pantry: Walk-in or cabinets? ***** Very Important ***** Is there anything you: Can't live without? Definitely don't want? Would like if you can find a way?...See MorePlease critique lake house floor plan
Comments (9)Far too much space devoted to the kitchen. When we're at the lake, we spend most of our time outside, and most cooking is done on the grill. Your plan doesn't lend itself to that at all. And anyone coming in with a wet swimsuit to get a snack is going to drip through half the house to get there. You've already pinpointed that as a dislike. I'd be tempted to get rid of both the banquette and the island seating,a nd use the table. You didn't post dimensions, but this is not a huge space, and I think paring down to one seating area will free up more space for other needs. Is this a year-round home? Who will live there? Do you have visitors for the day? Again, I'm thinking about how we use our lake cottage. It would be nice to have a shower on the first floor, so guests could easily shower and change after a swim. I do like the idea of the study/sunroom being separate, however. No matter how well your family gets along, sometimes you need quiet time for just one or two people, without retreating to a bedroom. Here's is a really ugly, quick and dirty idea, putting the stairs in the middle of the house, moving the kitchen to the front, and eliminating the redundant seating. I'd expand the powder room into the pantry, and perhaps add cabinets in the dining room to use as pantry space, if necessary. The kitchen is very rough, obviously, but I'd put the fridge where the black box is, and range where the white box is. The sink side could be open to the dining table, or enclosed (if so, I'd swap the sink and range). Now the great room is the entire top of the room - expanding into the stair area as needed, or the current stair area becomes a cozy sitting area, reading nook, or game table spot. I would eliminate the bump-outs on both sides. They add a lot of expense, without a lot of benefit. Bay windows would serve the same purpose....See Moredaboyd4
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