Help on designing master suite in NYC apartment!
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Comments (4)Well, since I don't know that I can tell you what will work best for you, I will just comment on things I notice about each, and hope that helps. The open shower in His bath might be cold, but if that is a concern it could easily be done as a larger shower with a door in the same space. Vanities in H&H seem smaller, so if you like lots of counter space, this may be an issue. And an extra toilet to clean. In the traditional the doors to toilet and shower will need to open out, rather than in, so they may bump into each other. Could you swap the tub and shower (and turn the top vanity 90degrees)? I guess then the window is a problem. Can you put both shower and toilet room on the bed wall and both vanities on the bottom wall?...See MoreFINAL Master Suite Design
Comments (50)@ladygibbs: It sounds like you want it all, but... everything in life is a trade-off! I believe that a luxurious bathroom is your #1 requirement, with a huge tub and shower, and maximizing the western views from the tub and bedroom. I've given you that, and I've added a water closet for the toilet! To do that, I had to make the clothes closet narrower than what is typically recommended. And I used a lot of 30" pocket doors (again, narrower than recommended). The bedroom is on the narrow side too, but I feel its length makes up for it. You indicated that you don't need a huge closet. While the closet I've given you is tight, there is still almost 10' of wall-space for hanging clothes, and there is a window for natural light, and there is plenty of room in the bedroom for dressers. My thinking is that you can use part of the closet for linen storage. Personally, I like how I've given you access to the clothes closet from both the bedroom and the bathroom. I gave you two south facing windows for natural light. I know you want privacy from the street on that side, so I would use light-emitting shades to give you both natural light and privacy. I can't imagine not wanting those windows there. And I like the line-of-sight to each of those south-facing windows as you enter the closet and bathroom from the bedroom. Final note: if my dimensions are off by even six inches, then that changes everything! The closet may no longer work and/or you'd have to compromise on the shower and vanity sizes to make this plan work. The one dimension shows 18' 6" from the existing house, but that includes the thickness of the existing house wall (6"). From your drawing in the original post, it looks like you're going a full 18' beyond that existing wall. Here you go: P.S. If your budget (and any other considerations) allowed you to come an extra foot off the existing house, the doors could increase from 30" to 32" and your aisles would all be much better. If you can't increase that dimension, I would recommend decreasing the shower and vanity size from 6' to 5' so that I could do the same thing: increase doors and aisles. But again, everything in life is a trade-off....See MoreFloor plan critique - master suite needs help
Comments (7)Thank you, all, so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it. Bpathome: phenomenal ideas about reworking that right side of the main floor. I love your idea of the friends/family entrance and adjusting some of those spaces to make it more kid-friendly. Your comment about your boys getting distracted while walking in to get a water bottle totally cracked me up! Been there myself a thousand times and would never have thought of adjusting that space to make it more user-friendly for them, but ultimately, me! :-) Thank you for the ideas! Let me answer a couple questions that you all had. 1. The whole house actually has been designed together, not piecemeal. The reason I didn't include the lower level, bonus space over the garage, and the outside elevations is because those are currently being reworked by the architect and he's making so many changes that it seemed pointless to even show those at this time. 2. I should've clarified that the views are beautiful out both the back and the front of the house, but the front is especially gorgeous, with the added bonus of being a spot where my boys will likely be playing and riding bikes, so I like the idea of placing the kitchen with those views so I can keep an eye on them most of the time. But the back yard views are lovely, too. 3. We will have neighbors behind us, but probably won't see their house much because we have a deep back yard and a buffer of woods between us. 4. The office is small because we will have an office in the basement if anyone ever needs to work from home, which neither my husband nor I, do. (Yet I know it's important for resale, so we will have one). What we really need on the main floor is a "home management center" instead...a place to have a couple of filing cabinets, a printer, charging center for phones, and a place to drop and deal with mail. We don't have a desk top computer (both my husband and I use laptops). Thus the small size of the main floor "office". 5. The garage is angled because the contour of the land on the right side of the house is very low. It's going to require a lot of fill to get it to a manageable slope and to bring a driveway in over there would be difficult. So that pretty much eliminates a side entry garage. And other than a front facing garage, we're basically left with the angled option. As for the master closet/bathroom area, it occurred to me to square off that area, too, but even in doing that, I'm not actually gaining a ton of usable shelf/hanging space. I gain a little, I suppose, but moving around in it is still tight because of its narrow nature. I suspect that entire closet/bathroom area needs to be reworked (i.e., remove the walls as they're drawn in those two rooms and start from scratch with the existing footprint to reallocate space). My brain just doesn't work this way and I'm TERRIBLE to "seeing" the potential on paper, which is why I was hoping that someone here would have some ideas about how to fix it....See MoreNeed help with a tiny NYC loft/studio apartment layout (IMAGES INSIDE)
Comments (4)I would suggest a 24-36 inch wide commercial metal shelving unit, floor to ceiling, behind your current ladder location. Adjust one of the shelves to approximately counter height and house your coffee pot, toaster and other small appliances on it. Use the lower shelves to store your heavier kitchen items - canned goods, pots & pans, etc. Use the higher shelves for lighter items - trays, cookie sheets, paper towels etc. I've been using a shelving unit in this capacity for the past year and it works quite well. I bought some metal S hooks to hang my untensils - ladles, spatulas , spoons as well as smaller skillets and frying pans. If you don't like to see all of these items you could easily incorporate bin and box storage....See Moremabarrett88
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