Kid's BR layouts, clothing storage, take a closet for kitchen flow
Missi (4b IA)
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Comments (29)LL: I love pink and green together. Especially those particular shades. Your idea would look incredible built out, but you are adding square footage again! ;) And oh, the sunroom got bigger... I love that! Mrs. Pete: Again, some good ideas. I think we are overbathed too, and trying to figure out how to remedy that. The master bath is a "split" bath, with a shower in one and a tub in the other, so really there is just an extra toilet. But the plumbing is an issue. My hubby really wanted his own "zone" away from all the girly stuff, so I'd love to accommodate his few requests, since I feel like I am getting so much! And I'd like to have the girls and boys have their own bathing space, however small. I suppose I could get rid of the powder room, but I've been advised against it and told that it will be hugely useful to have one in addition to the guest bath... especially when we have extended stay (over a month) grandparents stay. But the guest room/bath layout by LL from earlier might work really good as a dual purpose bath. Right about the fireplace, just a whim and likely will get cut. But I love the idea! Good toy closet ideas... I have some big plans for the storage, and yes, it will likely serve as additional linen storage/sleeping back storage, etc. and I think I will use your idea about the key! Fabulous. The "bump out" in the boys bath/closet area is actually the second gable coming off of the house above the guest area. The front elevation would look realllly weird to us without the continuous and prominent gable, and the designer is trying to get all the boxes to "line" up structurally for various reasons. I'm not sure saving 20-30 square feet here would really save us money, but I will look into it. The deadline: Big sigh. You are right of course. We can't actually "build" until next spring (winter creek restrictions) but the grading permit (and bidding) needs to be filed asap to get through fish in game during that time. We have a site approval deadline though that we are trying to utilize and it is already a few years old, we had to extend it already and it is on it's last leg, so to speak. The lot escrow took much longer than expected. So... do I make quick decisions and live with some "imperfect" designs and save a huge amount of money? Or do I wait for the perfect design, add 100K to the cost to build, risk a much higher interest rate, a higher cost per square foot (already a 30% jump for 8 months ago!) and live in a rental for another 3 years :(? (re-applying for site approval is expensive and opens up a slew of environmental restrictions that have to be updated and re-done which could actually prevent the build). I think the county would love to turn this back into agricultural, non-buildable land. We decided it's not worth the risk to wait. But... the benefit is my sweet husband is being very accommodating right now. :))) And... I have all this great help and support. The market here is such that we couldn't find anything close to fitting our needs without a major remodel (a nightmare if you homeschool) and addition, and even those were going for obscene amounts and cash only offers. Unique land situation for sure, but I'm still happy to have it! My biggest fear is that we wouldn't get a good basic first design to start with, but I think we are almost there, with a few tweaks. Once a builder looks at it next week, we should have some more cost saving ideas to implement too. I also think I can fiddle with the kitchen layout a little longer, since it won't change the footprint of the house....See MoreHow would YOU layout this kitchen?
Comments (26)I have some suggestions, but I'm not even sure I understand the plan right or not. For one thing I can't see how you enter the house from the garage and totally puzzled by the 2nd door of the laundry on the right. Anyway, please excuse my amateurish suggestions if they don't make any sense. The closet across the entry door, can you make that deeper and use one side for coats etc. and the other for (kitchen?) other storage. I guess you'll need some kind of pull outs for that. The laundry door on the left, can you delete that door and have an entry from the bath b/w the bath door and a resized shower (squarish). Then, you may gain some area on the left for storage. I guess you can get rid of the angled wall, and maybe the freezer and a small reach in pantry can go there. For the kitchen, I think any island seating should be in the kitchen as hallway seems not wide enough both for traffic and seats. On the DR side of the main sink I'd have some shallow pantry cabs (15" deep?), DW, plate/glass storage and on the other side of the sink I'd have the range and the fridge. I think that way anyone setting/cleaning the table or loading/unloading the DW would not be in the way of prep and cooking. Depending on the size of the fridge there may be some shallow shelves facing the range. I think you should have at least 42" (from edge to edge of counters) aisles b/w the island and fridge& sink wall. and also 60-65" b/w the island and pantry cabs. So, island can be about 40x72. There can be trash cabs next to each sink, MW can be on the island facing hall. Also, an appliance garage on the deck side of the counter can house your coffee/cappuccino machine....See MoreKitchen layout...make better use of current space and expand storage!
Comments (33)I'm enjoying churning over the challenge of your kitchen. I think I'm going through withdrawals now that our house is finishing up. This is an idea with the constraint of keeping plumbing in place and not removing walls. Here's what I did: 1) tried to get as much distance between the sink and the range as possible without moving utilities 2) Added a wall at the entrance to the family room that is the same width as the wall on the other side of the entrance; looking from the family room toward the kitchen the walls framing the opening should be equal widths. 3) Angled the island parallel with the wall with the existing laundry so it looks intentional and also create more comfortable counter seating for 3 kiddos. 4) To add storage,but not do anything that competes with the ceiling transition to the morning room, I added base cabinets to the morning room side of the kitchen proper. It's essentially a big peninsula with no seating. 5) Be mindful of Ice-Water-Stone-Fire. The mantra that has changed the way I will evaluate kitchens forevermore :-) I'm going to see if I can plug this into the IKEA planner quickly...See MoreNeed help with Master Closet layout
Comments (7)Keep in mind that hanging clothes take 2' of space, so the way the closet is drawn is a bit misleading with the spaces marked 'rod and shelf'. (The line is where the rod is, but the clothes will stick out about another foot.) Also, where perpendicular rods meet in the corner, there is dead space that can't be accessed if clothes are hung to the maximum width. So, as drawn with 'rod and shelf' on 3 sides, the space would be a bit like the top left mockup below, with purple being hanging space and orange lines being dead space. With the door as drawn, I would be inclined to dedicate the whole back wall to hanging rod(s). Then the opposite wall could be for shallow shelves or shoe racks. Keep in mind that you can't anchor anything into the wall that houses the pocket door. (Also that wall will be thicker than typical.) (Top right pic.) If you can reorient the door to the bottom wall, you'll have two long walls for hanging clothes and shallow storage (bottom pic.) Not sure if that's possible or desirable; some folks like walking through the bathroom to get to the closet and some don't. In any case I'd use the top wall for a wall hung mirror. And sorry, I didn't include your dresser. CAVEAT: These are noodlings from a non-expert! I'd take your drawing to someplace like the Container Store and see if they have some clever ideas....See MoreMissi (4b IA)
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