Floor plan advice on whole house remodel
Lexi
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Comments (15)Thanks all, Your thought are confirming many of my ideas- we have had many visitors whose first thought is to "open up" the whole first floor (ie. open the kitchen, dining and bedroom to each other) but I hesitate because 1. it is an old house and I'd like to keep some of the original plan and 2. sometimes opening up a space makes it actually seem smaller- to me the private bedroom makes the house seem bigger. The vestibule/mudroom leads to a cute side porch, overlooking the driveway but without stairs down to it. It has a closet which is great, but we currently use the space as a lego room :). So, we could do without! I also do picture French doors, but privacy and sound would be a downside. We are in need of a guest room for occasional visitors and really only have three bedrooms on the 2nd floor (the 2nd floor is basically the same floor plan as the first- one needs to walk through two bedrooms to get from the front one to the bath! That's another issue, and I'm not sure we can count on a remodel of the 2nd floor to give us the guest room we'd like). Thanks all for your thoughts- it helps to cement my feelings about this space, knowing others have similar ones!...See MoreRemodel Advice - Floor Plan Needs MAJOR Update
Comments (5)I think you're right on the bathroom. By just bumping out a bit into the Play Room, I maintain the play room while drastically increasing the size of the bathroom. Essentially, the major renovation items are: Remove the pantry, shift the kitchen forward, create laundry room in the back of home off mudroom. Open wall (with beam) from kitchen to playroom Open wall (with beam) between living room and entry way. This opens up the kitchen to the entry room and living room Am I missing any major opportunities? I see what you're saying regarding moving the kitchen to the office. The office has a lot of custom built in library shelves/cabinets that we do not want to lose....See MoreSeeking your advice on whole house flooring options
Comments (4)I’m a little up from you on the Georgia coast, I know Florida is a different market. Here 90% of people would put an engineered hardwood throughout. Lvp is becoming more common but in my region is mainly in flips and starter homes- anything over 400k is expected to be hardwood. We rarely see whole house tile. Do yourself a service and visit some independent flooring showrooms that have a wider breadth than LL. If you decide on lvp you want to look at Coretec....See MoreNeed help with some details on a whole house remodel plan.
Comments (2)You need to do a to scale drawing of the whole house with every window , doorway and where the doorways lead This needs to be done on graph paper to make it easier , jpeg format and every measurement clearly marked . Your drawing has not one measurement so no one can even begin to help. We also need pictures of things like the flagstone wall. Please post all of these things in comments here do not start another post ....See Moreluscious111
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