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Comments (16)Be sure to post your 1st floor plans on the kitchens forum for good layout feedback. For example: Most prep is done between the fridge and cooktop, and your counters near there are all short and broken up (unless that's a single under-counter oven on the cooktop wall - not sure.) Please don't build the lower wall next to your cooktop/range. It will limit your landing space and I don't see the purpose. The cooktop in that space without the lower wall will be much more practical. (Imagine taking a big pot off the stove... where can you put it? Not next to the stove - the walls are in the way.) Once that wall is gone I'd move the range a bit down the wall so it's farther from the upper wall. Your island is a barrier between the sink and the fridge (for washing fruit, veggies, etc.) It would be great to have a prep sink in the island for that. Also, if someone is sitting at the island, you won't have landing space for the fridge. Consider having the island overhang in an L shape: right side and part of bottom. Left of bottom is landing space for fridge and room for prep sink. Sitting at an L means people can speak to each other more easily than if they were all in a line. I'd offset the pantry door to one side or the other so it doesn't break up your cabinet / fridge run. That way you'll get landing space next to the fridge. I'd probably put it on the right (in the picture) so the fridge is closer to the range, but that depends on whether you access pantry items more frequently than fridge items while cooking. Not sure if your ovens are in the best spot. The ovens limit that space and right now open into the opening between the front hall and kitchen, which is likely more traveled than the opening between kitchen and DR. I think I'd prefer to have the ovens in the upper left corner and leave a nice long counter run by the cooktop. I hope you're planning on all or mostly drawers for your lower kitchen cabinets. Great for access and organization. (See thread below.) Here is a link that might be useful: Drawers vs pull out shelves...See MoreHouse Plan Review
Comments (24)Cocontom: is this what you meant when you suggested moving over the bathroom door? (wow, sorry this image is so big, can I change that somehow?) (I can push the washer and dryer next to the window wall leaving a very short run for the dryer vent, but that means the water lines have a longer run - which is the best option?) By making those changes I can add in one more storage cabinet and my cutting table. It's a little crowded, but all the pieces fit in the room. I have to give up the laundry sink (not used for draining the washer into, but for pre-soaking since my front loader just doesn't do a good job of that, I also use it for cleaning art supplies). However the master bathroom and the powder room sinks are both right around the corner. The ONLY thing I don't love about making this change is the door opening into the main living area. If the door is wide open, whomever is sitting in the family room can see right into the room. BUT I don't hate it. And it gives me back some much needed floor space in my project room. I guess I can just keep the door closed when we have company over. So I guess the vote is...(option #1) Should I go back to the first design and have the powder room open into the foyer OR (option #2) push the bathroom against the master bath which makes the entrance to the powder room more private, consolidates all the water lines in one area of the house,and ends up with the project room opening into the great room? Or is there another solution that I am not seeing? CEResidential...I appreciate you taking the time to come up with an alternate design. It was interesting to walk through it with DH last night. It helped us verbalize what were priorities to us in our new home. I wouldn't mind having a separate craft room and laundry room. It just seemed easier and cheaper to combine them. Especially since some of the things that happen in both rooms overlap. I understand your concern about appealing to a significant audience, however I do think this layout would appeal to a family with teens or empty nesters like ourselves. I have looked at a lot of houses for sale in this area (thinking it would be good to take advantage of rock bottom real estate prices). The ones that have the square footage we are looking for have small kitchens and a lot of bedrooms. The ones that have the layout we are looking for are at least a thousand square feet bigger than we want or need. We are still tweaking the basement. DH now wants to add a small exercise area down there. I'm not sure how to fit that in....See MoreIn the year 2010...(house plan review?)
Comments (19)Okay, so yes, the upstairs bedroom has bunk beds but could fit two separate beds eventually. There is no TV space on purpose, we don't have one, don't plan on having one. Good catch though. I will definitely talk to the architect about making the dining room wider. The table shown is wider than what we plan to buy and is 'fully extended' in the drawing, so normally wouldn't be that big. But I would love to be able to steal an extra foot or two, if the structure alignment to the second floor is not important. We have family dinners with extended family about twice a month and would love to be able to host them (15-ish people currently in a dining room slightly smaller than the plan here, but it's cramped). And I think I'm leaning towards closing off the open to above entrance. I like the idea of a reading/study nook up there and a more cozy entrance. It probably sounds dumb but I was worried about moving furniture up and down with the enclosed stairs with the turn. I think I made them wide enough though that it wouldn't be much of an issue, and I don't plan on having a contoured ceiling over them so maybe it's not a big deal? I should have asked for this feedback way sooner. Thanks everyone. Keep it rolling if possible!...See MoreConsumer Reports - Laundry Detergent review 2010?
Comments (28)First I take issue with P&G having scents on everything. Not true at all. I have been using the Tide Free/Sensitive Skin for years now and there's no scent there and no itching. Even the stench version has no itching for me anymore, and even a cousin and another friend with psoriasis have no troubles with Tide anymore, one did with the stench version but not with the "free"; My sister who is also sensitive has no trouble with Tide, though both she and I did have big troubles with Tide 20 years ago. And I'm finding I'm a lot more sensitive to more detergents as I get older so that suggests to me that Tide has improved and not me becoming less sensitive. Consumer reports? Line a birdcage with it. That's all they're good for in my opinion. I've found that detergents perform differently for different people and their particular needs. Generally speaking, enzyme detergents clean far better than non-enzyme. Virtually all P&G products have enzymes. Wisk has enzymes. Ultra Plus Sears has them as well as the Great Value powder (or at least used to) as do some other brands. But there's more to getting clean clothes. Using your machine properly, using the proper temperature, water conditions, pretreating and other variables all make a difference. One brand will work well for one person and work poorly for another. Sometimes, expectations play a big roll. (To me, Persil at $1-$2 per load is expected to wash, dry, fold, hang, put away the clothes and dress me while it's at it.) I will say that since switching to Tide (which cost me about 1â per load or less) now called Free & Gentle, I don't use anywhere near the additives I used to use with more expensive detergents. Sun required a lot of additives, Great Value some, Arm & Hammer quite a bit, etc. I use the gauge that clothes should not smell days after washing or right after washing for that matter. When they smell is when you should wash them IMO....See More
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