Moving the W/D out of the foyer. Which do you prefer?
As others had mentioned, the washer/dryer in the front hall wasn't ideal and I wasn't in love with it either. I am not sure either of these are viable until the draftsman gets his hands on the plans, but did want your thoughts as to which one you prefer, if either one?
I did flip the bathroom in one of them so the toilet wasn't on the bedroom side. Whatever I choose, I will make that correction when I go to final plans and have already let the draftsman know that is what I want.
The one negative in both of these is my stairs gets buried into the wall now so it's not really much of a feature. Plus with the plan where I flipped the bath to the pool side, I lose the under stair storage.
(For those who haven't seen my plans before, I am limited to 2124 square feet under roof. That includes both the garage and the front porch. The front porch is required by zoning. Please don't ask me to ADD more room. I cannot and most likely will still have to delete some space. I'm strictly asking which works best if any. Originally the front door was on the street where the garage is, since I'm on a corner,
but zoning requires the garage to be 25' set back from front of lot line. Thank you!)
So which do you prefer? First I'm posting what I had come up with last week and then the two new ideas.
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8 years agoHere are the plans everyone. These are from the draftsman with some changes of mine. I already sent the changes off to the builder to give to the draftsman. So what are your thoughts? Just know I am NOT changing the interior layout anymore. I am very happy with it.
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8 years agoI like the new elevations!
The only thing I would change is the upstairs window in the hall. It seems too big above that large living room window. Maybe that's just me? :)
Just thought I'd post a quick change, to see what you think....
And upstairs, the change to window....along with pocket door to bath. I thought you wanted that, but maybe not?
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8 years agoI felt I had to show you how many turns it would be if I did move the door as some have suggested.
Compare that to what I am doing:
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8 years agoWhat is the bump out depth? If it will be infrequently used you might want to flip it just to capture that space for moving furniture. It does look tricky to make it through that doorway. It's not that much farther from the bathroom. Okay that's it. Moving on I just thought I'd throw it out there for the furniture thing. I can't wait to see it built - I hope you plan on sticking around through the process so we can see your baby grow!
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