HELP! Need ideas for floor plan renovations!
Tiffany Niederle Copley
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Need some new ideas! Main floor plan... HELP! :)
Comments (40)Sorry, been away! Mark - we presently have the master at the front of the house. Only because there is a very small view from there. I am going to look critically at your image though and see if some of the adjustments are an improvement on what we have if we were to flip it over. I did discuss the idea of adjusting the stairs with my husband, and he didn't like the idea despite the square footage potential. Most houses around us are set up like the ones in our version. Not sure why... He adamantly did not like the visual of a run of stairs when entering the house. Oh well! :)...See MoreWe need help with our floor plan/roof lines - any ideas?
Comments (14)will be doing an owner/build exemption. I don't know what this means. We have what will become, our master bedroom, already built ... We know essentially what size we want BUT we dont know best layout for everything nor the roof lines and so forth ... We don't have design software experience ... couldn't find any for 24x32 floor plan ... Okay, I think this was a very complicated way of saying, "We have a small building and want to add onto it. This is a renovation /an expansion." What you are describing is a heck of a lot harder So much harder, but you have what you have. I assume this is an older house that was already on the property? Is it in good condition? What kind of foundation does it have? I wonder if you might do better to use this as a storage building ... and "start fresh" elsewhere on your 12 acres. So we built a 24 x 16 cabin thinking this would be our great room Oh, you walked into this on purpose! I'm wrong about this being an old house. Was the cabinet permitted? How is 24x16 not an ample great room? We intend to add on and it doesnt have to be that complicated. This is probably why we will just do the plans ourselves. I think you need some help with the plans. Why? You've already put money/effort into one space, which you've now determined isn't what you need. You have a gauge on the sizes you want (even though you missed on your first try with the great room) ... but you don't know where to place the rooms. This seems like a backwards way of addressing the design. Step back and ask yourself, what would you say to someone who told you what you just told us?...See MoreNeed help with floor plan for main floor renovation
Comments (5)You are right there is not enogh space for an island but IMO not all kitchens need an island and some of the most functional kitchens are galley type layouts . If you go into the DR space at all the DR then becomes too small to function as a DR maybe think the other direction into the breakfast space since in a small house the need for 2 eating spaces is really not nessessary IMO. Iwould probably do an elongated U shap and then have the wall on the LR side all true pulloy pantries for storage eliminating the need for upper cabinets on that window wall with the range and hood between the windows for proper venting too If you post some pics of the exterior that will help with mud room ideas . I think I need a budget too....See MoreFloor plan help for narrow gut renovation home.
Comments (23)There are too many things with the existing house that affect a new design that can't be fully addressed over the internet without complete information. An architect or competent designer should visit in person and do a proper as-built. Things like the basement (originally you said there wasn't one) and what opportunity that presents, the existing windows and where they overlook (e.g. side windows only into a skinny gangway?), any rear yard, the middle bearing wall (if any), other structural items (e.g. the rear stair and old porch as it looks in your house was common to have a separate roof structure), plumbing requiring soffits, etc etc. are just some items not completely addressed. It sounds like you have had contractors and at least a drafter visit, maybe it is time to enter into a contract with an architect or G.C./design-build that has an architect, to continue to the next level....See Morelive_wire_oak
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