Open Concept seeks Wall help
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Amy Peltier Interior Design & Home
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help! change layout of old home to open concept
Comments (15)Ok maybe I should explain a few things that I guess I didn't explain fully...lol. I absolutely love Ultra Modern and we were going to build a very modern house before we bought this house, but when I seen this house I just fell in love with it. The house I plan to make ultra modern with my furnishing and with the kitchen. When we bought the house we knew it needed a major overhaul. What I loved about the house was that the rooms were not closed off and I knew opening them up more would give more of an open layout. Before we start knocking out any walls we did consults with several contractors. We have only knocked out the arches and part of the wall which divided the Sunroom and Kitchen from the Family Room. After we bought the house I found the Original Blueprints to the house which showed that these arches were never here. I thought it was funny how the changes I wanted to make were actually bringing the house back to it's original layout. After talking to the neighbors I found out the arches were added in the 70's and so was the Kitchen and Sunroom. My thinking was by opening the wall it will follow suit with the rest of the house. I think the "Original Kitchen" may be where my Family Room or Dining Room is. It's hard to tell on the blueprints. When the addition was built of the Kitchen and Sunrrom they also added another section of basement. Now there are 2 levels in the basement. They way they laid out the Kitchen is really unorganized and does not allow for a dishwasher and the placement of the basement door and steps make for a very difficult Kitchen Layout. The attached Garage and Rooftop deck were added in the 80's or 90's and I absolutely love it. I guess my question for everyone really is what rooms would you designate for what? What room would you put the TV in cause every room has a door or windows on the wall. As far as the Kitchen I am debating on putting on a small addition so my husband can take off his shoes before he comes all through the house? After posting the pictures on the Kitchen Forum and getting the great advice on there it was suggested that I get a structural engineer to find out if I can remove the 1 column from the Family Room to the Kitchen. My KD also suggested the wall, which I know is weight bearing, be removed and utilize the Sunroom as part of the Kitchen. I do have a Structural Engineer coming out before we make any attempt at tackling that and I also have the Contractor coming out. So no worries to all. I love this house and am not changing it they way you are thinking I just need advice on if I added on how would you do it, from the side or back of the house and where to put a 55" TV and make what room for a Family Room? I appreciate everyone's input. Thank you...See MoreHelp Designing kitchen in Open Concept
Comments (9)greenhaven: That's an interesting idea, to place the wall oven in a small section next to / near the fireplace. I'm having a hard time picturing it and wondering if it might 'close off' the space, losing some of the openness. amberm145/sjhockeyfan: I agree, there isn't really enough room to extend out from the pantry, but you're correct in saying there is a pretty big space between the stairs and the island. When we took this design to an architect they enlarged the island to take up a large portion of this space. (The island is was a giant in their design, we didn't like it.) One of our ideas to better utilize this space is to build a table-like extension to the rectangular, parallel island -- something like this: https://www.houzz.com/photos/vp-interiors-2010-contemporary-kitchen-new-york-phvw-vp~46373-Interiors-2010-contemporary-kitchen-new-york . Not sure if this is a effective use of the space though since we'd intend to use the 'dinette' area as our main eating space for most situations. I'm struggling to find a good use of this space in the middle aside from having a table there. Ignore the bit of red on the right of the great room - we've actually extended out the entire wall of the great room (instead of just a small section as indicated by the red) to give a bit more width to the great room. I'd be ok with placing the fireplace against the right wall of the great room, and we are still debating whether we want to put a tv in this room (we have a bonus room upstairs where we will do most of our tv watching). amberm145 - What do you mean by a peninsula? Sort of like a countertop with a built in oven?...See MoreSeeking Paint Color Advice for Sunny Open Concept..
Comments (3)Interesting! thank you. I'm happy to use Benjamin Moore too and will pick up the samples today. I wouldn't have picked those on my own but now that I see it before I see it would actually work pretty well. Especially the Beach Haven....See MoreHelp! Dining room help open concept no idea what to do with floor plan
Comments (7)I feel like this is a family room type look. But you can use as dining room if that works better for you Many will ask for more pictures and a floor plan. So if you can post those. But I guess to answer your question, if you do end up using this as a dining room: There’s not much room for much so a rug, table, chairs, maybe a bench on one side, what’s your style? Maybe wallpaper on the walls....See MoreMARGARITA BRAVO
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