What would you change on this floor plan?
Em
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Comments (6)I agree with caligirl_cottage completely about the induction cooktop. People who love them love them, but I know lots of people who aren't enamored of them (yet, anyway) and who might actually consider it a drawback, not a plus. And I would keep any updates to the kitchen extremely basic and cosmetic (I don't think I'd invest in new appliances, either). And depending on where you live in the country, I wouldn't necessarily count on the housing market picking up that soon, unfortunately. So bottom line: don't spend more on the kitchen updating than you're willing to eat if you can't get it back at time of sale. If it's important to do things for YOU for the next two years, that's a different matter. But keep any updates for sale purposes to an absolute minimum -- your current kitchen looks a lot better than many we saw when househunting a few years back!!...See MoreWhat changes would you suggest for this house plan
Comments (30)It appears that only MsLindley and I like the half-bath and the laundry in this location. I want my laundry where I *am* during the day, and not near where I sleep. I'm more interested in the daily convenience of having toilet and sink at the family entrance than having a powder room for guests. Your guests can easily use the secondary bathroom --as well as put coats in that bedroom. (No foyer closet is big enough for a group, and guests like to freshen up.) My 'back hall' is between the garage and the kitchen. The door to the garage is opposite the door to the kitchen, in the middle of the long, rectangular hall -- much like MsLindley's, but wider. My laundry area is also at one end, with a window, but with with upper and lower cabinets opposite the machines and sink. At the other end is a powder room, across from a 9' X 3' closet with a pair of 36" doors. This is my closet/pantry/whatever. There is a half-glass door to the yard at this end. I would want the laundry/slop slop sink at one end, next to the washer, not in the middle. (This is also our 'dog wash' and garden mess sink.) We all agree that this kitchen doesn't work. An angled island works well for conversation. Would you sit there often? The pergola would let light into your Great Room. I would use a wider expanse of windows and an active Great Room door to access the terrace; eliminate active doors in the MBR and the Eating Area. (You may not always have a 'midnight' dog!) You know you want a larger master suite. I would love to *flip* this house...to another lot, where the garage and back hall face north and the living area faces south....See MoreWhat would you change on my floor plan?
Comments (32)First the best houses have windows on at least two walls in all public rooms and in the bedrooms to allow for natural light and cross breezes on the days you do open the windows. This house doesn't have that. The two story foyer is useless space and all it does is make sound travel up. Downstairs, you come out of the mudroom, look down the hall and what is your view? A powder room bathroom. If someone in Office B needs to use the bathroom, that's quite a convoluted trek to get to the powder room. You climb the stairs and your view is a wall. Not very inviting. Big dysfunctional kitchen with the island acting as a barrier between sink and fridge. Panty on the outside wall blocking what could be light from two directions in the kitchen. Master bath upstairs is a mess. That toilet room will feel claustrophobic with those angled walls. (Angled walls in most cases are the first clue that a person doesn't know how to design) Did you even notice the window in the master suite isn't centered in the room? How will you get linens out of the angled linen closet? Why does a master bath need two doors to get into it? Don't put a kid in suite 4 unless you want to traumatize them for life. A better arrangement would have been to flip the bathroom/master so the bathroom is on the left, the closets in the middle and the master bedroom on the right with windows on two walls. Again showing this was not designed by an architect. Lots of useless space in suite 3 with the hallway into the room and the space in front of the too small WIC. How will you vent the washer/dryer upstairs? Where is a coat closet in the "grand foyer"? And why is there that useless hallway to the office on the left from the grand foyer? More wasted space. If you want to build a custom house, then find a talented architect to design you a custom house. There is NOTHING custom about this house. Choosing tile, flooring, paint colors and door knobs does not make it custom. It's still a tract house even if it's higher priced....See Morewhat would you change in this floor plan?
Comments (3)General "rule of thumb" is to avoid toilet noise/aromas in areas where cooking/dining take place, and I think the one down the stairs will be more private as well if you want to eliminate the PR in the kitchen/dining areas. I would locate the fridge at the "east" end of the island so it is convenient to take food to the sink for prepping. You don't want to schlep food all that distance to wash it under water, and it will be easier to retrieve the mayo or butter you left off the table from the dining area. Looks like you have room for an interesting window seat area between the island and dining table. Maybe you could put a couple of swivel armchairs and a rug there for a nice spot to sit and work on the laptop, chat on the phone, peruse a cookbook, or to entertain guests while you're preparing a meal. Good spot for friends to stop by for tea and talk....See MoreEm
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