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Comments (21)Hi Lis! I can't help with suggestions of where to go since I'm a west coaster. But I can completely and wholeheartedly agree with Laura and Gin. Take lots of xanax, valium or something similar. If you don't want to take it, slip it into the kids' juice. And start planning a quiet, private, child-free trip NOW for you and Carlos for after your family vacation. Trust me, you will need one. I'm speaking from experience here..................... We took a 14 year old and two 19 year olds to Maui last year. They weren't nearly as annoying as younger kids and I still ran out of xanax before the trip was over. Luckily for me, a lady that worked at one of the galleries I visited several times while we were there felt my pain. She very kindly dipped into her personal valium stash (she needed them to deal with all those pesky tourists) and shared with me. She was my personal savior from that point on. I personally believe that vacations with children aren't vacations at all. They are some sort of cosmic penance for past transgressions....See MoreNew here! Floor plan help from any and all please! :)
Comments (60)Hi Heather, I apologize if my comments are redundant since I didn't read through all the previous comments. We have 5 kids, and we have a similar upstairs loft type set up, but ours doesn't have the open railing along it. We have a 2 story great room similar to yours, and the railing is open between the foyer and the great room. We like the 2 story great room, although it can be challenging to decorate. One thing that we did that I love was make the "cat walk" the upstairs hallway overlooking the great room and the foyer extra wide. Ours is 8 feet wide. It makes that hallway feel less scary with openings on both sides, and it feels welcoming. I know this is personal preference, but with kids, I would close off the overlook from the loft to the great room. I'm imagining that you are giong to use that loft space for toys and video games, etc., and it is nearly impossible to keep that looking nice at all times. Plus, the noice traveling down will be difficult to control. Also, my kids have thrown or accidentally dropped things from the "cat walk" which is around the corner from the loft (like your set up) to the great room. I know that there would be many more things being thrown over if that railing were open all the way around. The other things I was wondering about was your 1st floor laundry room. In our house, the kids generate the most amount of laundry, and it is a TON. Our laundry is upstairs and it makes it so much more convenient to gather up their clothes and put them away. I couldn't imagine hauling baskets and basekets of clothes up and down the stairs. The other thing I agree with are the windows in the kitchen. I'd try to get more natural light in the kitchen, and have windows on the wall with the fridge (since they aren't covered by a 4 season room). I worry that your kitchen will be dark otherwise. Finally, since your dining room is your main and only dining area where you will put a table, I wonder if you'd want to have a sight line from there to the great room. We have only one main dining area as well, and I know it's nice for us to be able to have a sight line into the great room. Although we start dinner as a family, kids start taking off/wandering off while we're still eating since it takes the adults awhile to eat since we don't sit down from running around untile everybody is practically done. Anyway, as much as we'd like everybody to sit at the table the entire time and engage in lenghty dinner conversation, the reality is that we're just glad that we got everyone around the table for some part of dinner and that we can still keep an eye on them in the family room and feel like we're still having dinner together. Anyway, best of luck. It looks like it's going to be a wonderful home....See MoreNeed help from the crafty/ingenuitive people that you all are
Comments (13)I had a space in my old kitchen that used to house a garbage disposal and when I took it out I ended up not filling it for some odd reason (can't remember). I ended up putting in a small metal rolling card with a handle on the end. When I was working in the small galley kitchen, I could slide it out and access bowl and things, and then just slide it back in. With the toddler...she could do the same thing, but use a fabric on velcro to cover the spot from prying eyes. (My 2 year old normally won't dig that hard). Or (as I do) keep things that are accessable in plastic containers on that cart). Or she could perhaps just find a door that matches the space size? Paint/finish to match the existing and then build rough shelfs in there (slip of 1x1 down each side and back and slide in a precut shelf). She could also do the shelfs as well and just do the fabric cover verses the door....See MoreDesign-minded people, please help!
Comments (12)On my monitor the floors look very red. With the green sofas you may get more of a holiday vibe than a modern one. unless you plan to refinish/replace them. What will you do with the room at the far end? I'd like to see that orange art hung vertically there to be seen through the door. Then I'd paint the TV wall the same color of orange. Hang the horizontal striped art in your dining room. Do you still need that big dining table? It looks like its been a family favorite! Maybe blue sofas would work better. Here's a room with orange accents and floors similar to your in tone. Maybe yours can go darker....See Moredianela7analabama
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