Kitchen/living room/dining room floorplan design
I am planning a remodel of the entire front half of my house - kitchen, living room, and dining room. As part of the remodel, I am getting rid of a bedroom, and moving a bathroom slightly as well. Plan is to have stackable w/d in the kitchen, although I have been toying with the idea of a separate laundry room.
I'm having some trouble with the layout design -- I've attached images of the as-builts for the front part of the house, as well as the current draft proposal. I can't put my finger on it, but there is just something that isn't sitting right with me about the proposal, so if you have any ideas, I would appreciate them! (As an FYI, there is a fireplace with built in bookshelves that run the length of the current living room wall.)
House is a craftsman, and I'd love to work in a craftsman column detail somewhere, but in the current proposal, there is no real place I see to do so, so if anyone has ideas on that too, it would be much appreciated!
Kate
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Comments (2)Here’s what I would suggest. This way you are taking advantage of any views you may have. The dining area is now more accessible to the kitchen. Any clothing type storage would be right outside the bedroom. Suggest taping out the sofa and chair on the floor so you get the right sizes....See MoreRelated Professionals
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Unfortunately no garage. I considered whether I could stack a w/d in the linen closet in the back, but it's just not wide enough.
I am removing the front bedroom - I don't need 4, and I'd rather open the house up a bit. My house is a bit odd because the front is an original 1921 with smaller rooms, and the back half is an addition with larger rooms and high ceilings that didn't really flow. I think that bathroom could do without the double sink.
Here is the entire plan as built (sorry for sideways!):
And here is the proposal (back half not changing):
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoSince you will have built-ins, a built-in bench with storage might leave room for craftsman room dividers.
ETA, these are slightly offset, if you need a few more inches in the dining area:
Kate McKeon thanked mama goose_gw zn6OH
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoSorry, I wish I had a better program to show my idea. I was trying to make the bathroom door not open into the kitchen and find a location for the w/d stack. The red is the bathroom changes. Sorry that is an enormous toilet! The blue are two ideas for laundry locations. The first one takes space from the front bedrooms closet, so that might be an issue. One thing that might be a trade off for having less closet space, is that bedroom almost gets an en suite bathroom to themselves. Where the two upstairs bedrooms would share. That upstairs closet might not be wide enough for the w/d, maybe that's the one you meant? I tried anyways...:-)
I love MG's idea of the craftmen room dividers and the banquette. Those are just so charming and bring so much character!
Kate McKeon thanked rebunky- 9 years ago
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