Patio seating placement -- need feedback
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Comments (23)Would you actually use two living rooms as drawn on your last revision? Most people tend to use one room, whether it is called a living room, great room, family room, or whatever. I feel that every square inch of a home should actually be used. I would make one nice living room area, with either french doors or a sliding glass door onto the porch. As far as the stair placement goes, could you have a nice open foyer where they could be placed on one wall, and then continue on it the living room area from there. It would be nice and open, while allowing for furniture placement in the living room area. The stair placement drives the loft design though, so you may not like what it does. I like kitchens that open into a living area. In your first drawing the main thing I see is that the space between the island and kitchen table is way too tight, and I would not like the door placement to the porch from the kitchen. It's "off" and doesn't flow right. The porch can be easily used from the kitchen through doors from the living room. We are designing a floor plan right now ourselves, and it is amazing what changes we have made over the past several months. It is just my husband and I now, so I can build my home without a bunch of bedrooms. We are building it the way that WE want. We are basically going to have the master and a large sewing studio. If we do get a guest they can sleep in the sewing studio. I want larger rooms, and less of them. We are also keeping the square footage down to around 1700 sq. ft. I've decided against a loft, because I have found I never really liked living with huge vaulted ceilings. Wherever the loft isn't, the ceiling is a monster. The solution is to flat ceiling most of the house with the loft above it, but I didn't want that either. I do love being up in lofts though. The other thing I have had to let go of is my desire to have a built in island. I've wanted an island as long as I can remember. I just couldn't make it work with the clearances and flow I wanted. I think I can have a nice portable one made though that can either store when not needed on a wall, and/or do double duty as a cutting table in my sewing room. I usually only want an island when doing lots of baking or cooking for company. My changes in thinking about our house are not meant to imply that you should think and do as I am. I only mentioned them because frustration sets in while designing a home, and an evolvement process happens as a result. If you are stuck on a certain aspect and can't get past it, it means that something isn't quite right...for you. Sometimes it takes a while to figure it out. What figured out the loft/no loft thing for me was taking the time to go through a few model log homes. I'll always love the sewing loft idea, but for me, and me only, the tradeoff wasn't worth it. We are middle aged now and I want to keep the home manageable for when we are old. Oh, and be sure to put plenty of dish storage near your dishwasher and to the table. The dishwasher should go next to the sink for ease of use. Good luck. I know you are doing lots of head banging right now. It's easier to erase lines on paper than move it while under construction. You'll eventually get it. Sandy...See MoreKitchen Layout Feedback Needed...
Comments (14)@josh ct - thanks for the link to photos...good creative idea - I am just not sure it is me. I'll need to mull it over some more... @Lavender Lass - thank you for posting my plan in a much more helpful way...I am clearly new to posting anything on this forum and the image proved to be a bit of a challenge... Regarding Sarah's kitchen and the low window solution - very creative but a I am not sure about replicating the idea. One of the things that I like about the low window is what you see just as you walk up to the dining/kitchen level - beautiful old tall trees outside and flowers in the window boxes. My initial reaction is not to detract from it by putting a low cabinet/counter under the window... How do you feel about the idea of keeping the space open as I have it now? @rhome - many thanks for your note. I too thought of a prep sink on the island but then wanted the island to be very "clean looking" (i.e., no faucet sticking up) - and so we then decided on the prep sink on the fridge wall. We also thought that during parties that prep sink may be filled with ice and house bottles of bubbly or wine in an area that will be essentially a cocktail/wine area as that is the most accessible part of the kitchen for guests who will come up to the kitchen level. With that in mind I moved the ovens to the opposite side (very first draft had ovens on the side where the fridge is now; however the fridge was on the opposite side...) hoping to keep friends and family on the wine/fridge side as I work on the oven/cook top side. I also wanted a more "furniture" like look on the right side as you enter the kitchen - which called for the relocation of the ovens. Re: aisles - I have about 45-48" on each side, can move the island in a bit to make the space between cook top and island wide enough but convenient for the "pivot turns" I envision making there. Re: closet by the fridge - is a broom/stick vac/cleaning stuff closet ("Hazel closet" as we call it :) - so that I can quickly cleanup the first floor of the house withough havinig to drag cleaning supplies up and down the steps....See MoreNeed more feedback - Round 2
Comments (32)cpartist, good one! :) The lot is a rectangular shape, longer than it is wide. ppf, thanks for that visual! The only dilemma is I have to walk through the drop zone (where my kids drop all their junk) to get to my master. I really like alot of other things about this option though....See MoreAdvice needed! Back patio and sliding glass door placement?
Comments (13)Draw in a to scale dining room table with chairs. I think that will make you want to move the patio door as you are asking about so you can more easily get out the doors and people can be at the table and with the doors still accessible. While I love the idea of hidden entry to your pantry, same comment as above. It seems a table and chairs will block entry. You can still make a "hidden door" from the hallway. I imagine pantry goods being accessed at all times for snacks or when having people over. So you do not want the person sitting at the table to have to move to access the pantry. Maybe my sense of scale is off and there is enough space. Try drawing in your table with the chairs to get a more clear sense of whether the table and chairs are in the way or not. :)...See Morenutsaboutplants
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