Pls help - Rework existing floor plan or addition?
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Comments (1)Hi, I'm not a regular on this forum, just started browsing through posts looking for info relevant to my own situation. I think you'd get some good responses if you post on the Perennial forum as well. It does sound like the bed would be a nice size and shape. Purple and yellow is a good color combination. Although some plants are natural companions while others imho sort of don't go together. For ex., I think sage, salvia, gaura and rudbekia go together, not sure about integrating them with lilies and irises. But I could be mistaken, the Perennial forum would probably be more helpful. Anyway, you can avoid the checkerboard look by planting in drifts (each type together in a natural way, not interspersed randomly and not in rows or squares). Of course you'd want to be sure they all take the same amount of sun and be aware of any differences in water usage before coming up with a plan for the space. The height issue is more of a problem although you could pick up some taller shrubs or grasses and shorter plants for very little money at a box store. Before you do anything, though, I would highly recommend getting a book called "The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer" by Cohen and Ondra. It is filled with information about planning perennial beds and entertaining to read as well. I so wish I had had it when I started gardening five years ago, I would have saved myself a lot of time and money. hope this helps Deanna...See Morefloor plan help for addition
Comments (5)Ok, from a plain old Houzz reader here, (building a house only 500 sq ft bigger than your addition). Post a jpg, rather than a pdf (if you can) because we can see those better. I'd like to know which way is north, how big is your lot, and what room are those 2 windows (I assume those are windows) in your original house because the bottom one is looking smack at a wall now, and the other at the corner of the addition. Not great for views unless it was a lousy view anyway. An actual floor plan of you current home would be very helpful....See MoreCan’t build dream plans, need big help reworking!
Comments (76)Third, people who build truly custom homes are taking a huge financial risk and usually do not make money in the short run or the long run. They usually lose money, but they tend to live in a home that is well suited to their lives for a long time. This. I'm in a market that is booming with new construction, and the reality is, some of these homes will be valued hundreds of thousands less than the build cost when it comes time to sell. Anyone who thinks building a new home is a wise financial investment should research their own markets to analyze their risk. Very informative post, @homechef59 ! Thank you!...See MoreAddition/reno layout rework
Comments (7)Is the front of the house and sidewalk on the north side? Are you planning to drive across your front yard to enter the garage from its left side? It's not clear what you're planning between garage and house. Not a pro. Just some thoughts: Have you considered rebuilding your kitchen on the new garage addition side of the house so what is now planned as kitchen/dining would be your new living room instead, putting your dining area in what is now your living room creating an "L" shaped great room ? You'd need to open up that (? weight bearing?) wall between the front and back half of the house and clad/finish the posts so that even after adding both the kitchen and garage in the new front addition, the dining room will get light from the patio doors and/or windows to the screened porch and deck (letting you overlap more of the living room with the front addition. But, ... Instead of a long wasted space hallway between what is now the living room and parts of the addition, you could then create a useful "hallway" Furthermore, you'd not need to build as much on the ?sloped? back end of / side of the house ... only your master bedroom suite. And you do have m ore room to build on the sidewalk side of the house ... and likely on more level ground, less foundation work needed. You could make your "hallway" (off what would then be the dining room) be a two part hallway with a Dutch (half half ) door between the first part of the hallway (pantry/butler's pantry ) and the second part of the hallway (mud room with laundry closet and additional storage. Only one door would be needed on the left (back) side of that that hallway -- the door to your master bedroom suite beside the back row of "butler's pantry" cabinets. On the right/ front side of the hallway you'd access the kitchen from the "butler's pantry" part of the hallway leading to the dining room. The mud room part of the hallway could exit into/onto a new porch on that right side -- a screened porch or an enclosed sun room ... patio doors with screens on three sides. You could also have your master bedroom suite open into that new (right) side porch. With a walk-in/out exit for the garage on that right side, you'd not need a walk/in/out door to the garage on the front competing with your front entry door. The kitchen could be an "L" shape-- literally wrapping around what is now the right front corner of the house (where the living room is now located). The kitchen window could overlook the front entry (with one dining room window between door and kitchen. You could add a new 6' deep shed roof front porch from the kitchen to the left front corner of the the house....See MoreElizabeth B
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