Floorplan advice on kitchen and house remodel
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Comments (15)Thanks all, Your thought are confirming many of my ideas- we have had many visitors whose first thought is to "open up" the whole first floor (ie. open the kitchen, dining and bedroom to each other) but I hesitate because 1. it is an old house and I'd like to keep some of the original plan and 2. sometimes opening up a space makes it actually seem smaller- to me the private bedroom makes the house seem bigger. The vestibule/mudroom leads to a cute side porch, overlooking the driveway but without stairs down to it. It has a closet which is great, but we currently use the space as a lego room :). So, we could do without! I also do picture French doors, but privacy and sound would be a downside. We are in need of a guest room for occasional visitors and really only have three bedrooms on the 2nd floor (the 2nd floor is basically the same floor plan as the first- one needs to walk through two bedrooms to get from the front one to the bath! That's another issue, and I'm not sure we can count on a remodel of the 2nd floor to give us the guest room we'd like). Thanks all for your thoughts- it helps to cement my feelings about this space, knowing others have similar ones!...See MoreBathroom Floor Plan Remodel -My advice to help
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Comments (23)I’ve shared some of your thoughts about how to arrange the kitchen with my husband, and we both feel that leaving the pantry and fridge next to the deck door is what works best for us. As for the laundry, we’ve really been going back and forth about wanting a bigger master bath, and the more spacious laundry area. I would love to keep the laundry near the bedrooms, but I also don’t want the noise on the main floor, and if there was a leak, the basement makes more sense. This house is not made for people who have trouble moving because you have to walk up and down stairs to get to the garage, and the front entrance is up a hill and steps. I think our final decision will come down to cost, since there is a lot of remodeling that already needs to be done, including the deck and yards, so the laundry and bathrooms might not be touched....See MoreRemodeling kitchen in new house. Need help with floor plan
Comments (1)I’d try to match the opening to the living room on the dining room side, then make a U-shaped kitchen. Put a small table or two comfy chairs in the bay window space. Definitely no to that first island layout....See MoreRelated Professionals
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