Anyone building or have built the Southern Living American Farmhouse

5 years ago

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We are looking at building the southern living American Farmhouse plan SL1996. Just looking for info and pictures from others that have built or are in the process of building this plan.

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Virgil Carter Fine Art

5 years ago

There are a number of "tips" when looking at a set of floor plans as to whether or not the plans were developed by someone of talent and experience...or not. Walk away from the "or nots".

For example, among the "or nots" are:

--Exterior entry doors which open directly into the living room;

--Diagonal interior and/or exterior walls anywhere;

--Excessive and meandering circulation paths, i.e., highly inefficient plans;

--Kitchens which don't work;

--Aircraft carrier sized kitchen islands, including double islands;

--Rooms which are ill-proportioned and don't reflect any reasonable furniture placement;

--Living rooms which will only contain a chaise lounge;

--Roof plans which are large, ill-proportioned and which dominate the exterior;

--Nested gable roofs;

--Exterior windows which resemble the pattern of a set of stamps on an envelope;

--Fake windows on fake gables or fake dormers;

--Plans greater than 2-3 rooms deep, for which no interior natual light is reasonable;

--Snout garages which dominate the appearance of a house;

--"Lick and stick-on" exterior materials, such as brick and stone laminates;

--Any house with more than 2-3 exterior materials;

--Any house with a change in materials from front facade to the side and rear facades;

--Double doors anywhere;

--Tray ceilings.

My mind is reeling. I need a break...and a glass of wine.

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Virgil Carter Fine Art
5 years ago
Link?
jill_glei
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5 years ago
http://houseplans.southernliving.com/plans/SL1996
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BT
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Foursquare looking thingy with the garage on the back

http://houseplans.southernliving.com/plans/SL1996
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Mark Bischak, Architect
5 years ago
How does it relate to your site?
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Virgil Carter Fine Art
5 years ago
Fat, dark house with no potential for natural light. An automatic no-no exhibited by opening the front door and immediately stepping into the living room. No need to look further. And is that really a kitchen?

Can do much better.
cpartist
5 years ago
Just a few things:

To get to the master, it means walking through the dining room and then the kitchen unless you want to walk outside.

The living room is not really 22' deep because you immediately lose 6' because of the double doors so you're down to 16'.

Toilet in the master bathroom is against the bedroom wall.

As mentioned, kitchen and house will be dark.

Upstairs closets and mechanical rooms are on outside corners so bedrooms will only have natural light and cross ventilation from one wall of windows.

Mechanical against a bedroom which means that poor person will never get a good night's sleep.

Bedrooms upstairs have about 1/2 the width stated of useable space because of the roofline. (That's those dotted lines)

I agree. You can do much better.
snowcountry
5 years ago
No tray ceilings? I was doing a tiered semi tray ceiling, dang.
B Wen
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I have this house. We built it not long after this plan was released. We changed a few things. Above comments are incorrect. Plenty of natural light. We are very happy with it and get lots of compliments. I can provide further details if needed!
HU-106101956
2 years ago
B Wen, we're considering this plan and I'd love to see some photos/hear what you changed/etc.
Naf_Naf
2 years ago
This is terrible! What a dark kitchen.
B Wen
2 years ago
HU- would be glad to send you some photos and help you. Let me know your email address.

Naf-Naf — do you have this house too? Or are you just making an observation? Because we have tons of natural light in all of our rooms, especially the kitchen.
Naf_Naf
2 years ago
B Wen, I do not have one (And I would not want one), I visited one in TX.

Sorry but it is hard to believe that in a kitchen like this you will have TONS of natural light. Maybe turning on the lights?

My previous home had a kitchen like that and lights had to be turned on all day long.

In my current home, I rarely turn on the lights.
HU-106101956
2 years ago
B Wen, I've enabled messaging through Houzz and would prefer that over commenting here with my personal email address ;) Let me know if that doesn't work for you. The light in the kitchen is one of my primary concerns with this plan, actually. I don't love open concepts that are one giant room because I cook 99% of our meals and my kitchen is a messy, busy place, so I'm intrigued by the L shape kitchen/dining/living here but I am concerned about the natural light.
Naf_Naf
2 years ago
HU,

Issues are fixable.
B Wen
2 years ago
naf-naf your certainly welcome to your opinion. Not really sure how you figure a wrap around porch wouldn’t allow natural light into the kitchen?

HU-this is certainly an open concept. We did take out the partial wall/divider that separates the living room and dining room. We made our island smaller and still have tons of space when cooking.
B Wen
2 years ago
Granted, the front of our house gets direct afternoon sunlight. Maybe thats why we dont have this problem of “not having natural light” that others speak of. Lucky us!
Keely Adams
2 years ago
B Wen how can I message you personally to get more information on your build. Currently tweaking this plan for a future build.
B Wen
2 years ago
Keely, just sent you a message with my contact info
HU-3295865787
2 years ago
We are looking to build this plan and i would love any photos or info u have!
HU-3295865787
2 years ago
B Wen id love to see any photos or info :)
Brandi Jackson
2 years ago
@B Wen @Keely Adams @HU-106101956 Currently looking at this plan to tweak myself... Would love to connect to see photos of a finished house and curious the tweaks you guys are making.
HU-3295865787
2 years ago
@B Wen hello anyway u can shares photos or info? thanks!
Keely Adams
2 years ago
@Brandi Jackson inbox me your email address and we can connect!
allysonh25
2 years ago
@B Wen could you please send me photos! We are loving this plan!!
Coult I
2 years ago
B Wen- I am looking to build this house and would love to see some of your photos. Could you send me your contact info?
B Wen
2 years ago
Sure, my email is brantleynew@gmail.com
B Wen
2 years ago
Did you email me? don’t think I got anything.
HU-505719501
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Can you please email me some photos of your build? brownphillipm@hotmail.com

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