Rough Living Space thoughts
I'm working with a plan that I like because it has many requirements. Private master bedroom location, open kitchen/dining/living, back dining room for patio door, stairs without a landing, no wasted space.
I'm a simple person and I am looking to design 2 bed, 2 bath, laundry area (in or out of bath), then kitchen, dining, and small/cozy living room. Need to stay under 1200 sq ft or I can't convince my s.o. to sell what we have to save funds. I can design what I want to fit in a 30x40 rectangle fairly easily! I'm looking at some alternatives that have a little more shape (But not too much to make roof and basement foundation more pricey!!!) This is about my limit for number of weird bumps and jogs in the framing.
What you see is the main layout, and then a different idea on the living room/kitchen location. The second image shows the kitchen in the original plan's location. The first one is my new idea on kitchen. It makes the kitchen much more roomy, and adds a good amount of more space. Quickly you realize the dining is okay, but the living room just no longer works due to lack of angled shape, etc. I'm considering lengthening the house to make the right wall line up with the garage but this also adds another 120 square feet! So, alternatively, I can make the kitchen less wide, or??
Looking for some different ideas. I really like the square footage of this house, as it offers everything we want at only 1,100 square feet! I'm afraid to make the kitchen larger, then this means the exterior walls need to be longer.
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Comments (46)Marti- I vote for the half wall, messy kitchen or not! If you leave the solid wall, you still can't see the fireplace and you're walking over to the doorway, to talk to anyone in that room. Yes, you will be open to the dining area...but you already have a long, narrow space there (no peninsula, right?) so the half wall would open up the kitchen to the fireplace room, making that space feel wider and larger. What's opposite the open area, on the other side of the kitchen? That's all you'd see, as you walk in. Maybe you could change a few of the uppers, on that wall. All you have to do is get new doors, or even cut out areas, in the existing doors and add glass, chicken wire, fabric, a combination of both, etc. It might be nice and it would give you a little color or sparkle, in the kitchen area. Just a thought :)...See MoreNeed Some Design Thoughts: Beach Condo Living / Dining Space
Comments (6)From what I can see and what you are saying, I would go with the CF couch (chrome will not stand out with your whitewash as much as the dark legs on the RTG sofa, and I believe the best option is to add a stand-alone desk (open secretarial desk so it's not too visually heavy) behind the sectional, as suggested above, with it facing the window....See MoreThoughts on our living space of our 947 sq foot home
Comments (12)Very well done and edited. The design flows well and it's neat as a pin. A couple of things to put a finished look on it: adjust (raise) the curtain rod height to just underneath the ceiling. Then, if you choose to add shades (I would), install them just above the window trim. I would choose matchstick shades for added texture; make sure they're lined if privacy is an issue. Do this in every room in the house. Also, lower your wall art and pictures throughout the house to 57" or 58" on center. I can't tell about the art hanging in the living room, but the one in the dining room looks especially high. To add some texture to the dining room, use a window treatment (matchstick shades and lined curtains) just like the living room. I like your choice of unlined linen. As a personal preference I don't like grommets on curtains but they actually work very well here. Since you've done such a great job I'll also add some things that I might do but aren't necessary. I might choose a credenza for the TV that's slightly lower (and I do mean slightly, as I can't really tell, just don't go too low) than the one you have now, and also slightly longer. I applaud your choice of credenza, though, instead of hanging it on the wall. Longer would accomplish two things: you could put a nice potted plant (like a ZZ plant - my favorite) on the right side and take away the majesty palm, which I have never had any luck with (put it on the front or back porch). You can put a floor lamp (or even a table lamp on the credenza if it's long enough) where the palm is now. The longer credenza would also allow you a place to put your keys if the front door is used a lot. I also think you need a lot more lighting, as you lack overhead lighting and only have a lamp in one of your three corners. Plants are your friend : ) Pothos, Song of India, Sansevieria, Philodendron, and ZZ plants are all very easy to care for. Rubber figs are easy keepers, too....See Morecpartist
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I think this was the size you were looking for. around 1100 to 1200 sq ft.
Most prefab/modular home companies will have the sq footage you are looking for in an efficient design and not all have boring exteriors, even if they are boring, a few tweaks and you could make it better. For instance you could bump out this living room and have a small foyer and then go with a more traditional exterior roofline.
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