Home Office trying to fit in sleeping space(s)
BklynBrownstone
9 months ago
Hi!
This is a real challenge:
Here is the layout for a new room in the basement of my brownstone. The ceiling is 9'-9.5' high.
Need 4 workspaces for a seasonal business - one of the 4 should be most comfortable while the rest can be enough space just for a computer.
Three of the desk spaces are used only for a few months in the year.
I would like to make this room an option for two people to sleep, when we're really desperate to place people. This will not be often, but I'd like to have the availability.
Want to design the room mid-century, kind of minimalist.
The set of twin doors open to a 5' opening. The wall with the blue line is a wall of 3 windows right next to each other, looking attached --- all framed in one frame.
This looks like it's impossible to fit all the things I want :(
(I was thinking of having two separate chairs in the room which each open to a twin size pullout. Don't if that makes sense, there probably is no room for that...)
Can't wait to hear your ideas!
Thank you!
Found some photos online of styles that I'm drawn to:
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BklynBrownstone
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Losing sleep trying to pick a fridge - please help!
Comments (32)boxerpups, thanks for your info. I have to say that your kitchen is one of the first ones I saw, and I just love it so much! I am still going back and forth, but my current thinking is that I found that a sears outlet near us has tons of inventory. They have the bosch 50 floor model (seems to be the same size as their 800 series, but doesn't have a wine rack or door alarm but does have a child lock) for $1265. They have a kitchenaid that sounded really nice too for around $1300, but it's too tall for my existing cabinets and if I'd like to avoid moving them if possible. So I think the bosch in the kitchen, and then something in the basement, either getting a smaller top freezer (from the outlet or craigslist) or trying to fit our monster down there will work for us. I will likely go with the smaller one. Thanks so much for listening to me! My dh has officially told me to stop talking about refrigerators and says I am starting to sound like our 4 yr old daughter (who has autism and is particularly stuck right now talking about beds in hotels all the time)....that's probably funnier to us than how it sounds typed out. ; )...See More1880s house kitchen: need to work in the current space
Comments (31)I just want to give you support for your fridge location. I, too, think all refrigerators are kinda ugly and chose to put mine in a niche carved out of a closet in the doorway between kitchen and laundry/pantry room. I need to take roughly 1.5-2 steps farther than I did when it was in the kitchen proper. No big deal. And my small kitchen looks so much bigger and brighter. And I really like your plan for having a separate clean-up space in the butler's pantry and the prep/cook area in the main room. It's different and not the norm but why not? I tried to find the link to a kitchen where someone who does cooking classes in her kitchen did something similar. She reports it's going well for her. Sometimes breaking or bending a rule results in other good things that makes it worth it. And most of us have to make compromises when planning our kitchens due as most of us have budget and our own footprint issues. I would say the same thing about your door issue. You will simply need to decide what is more important to you and your family and will give you better quality of life. If it were me, I would lean toward having the door and giving up a bit of counter and eating space over having to walk through the convoluted path you have to take now to get the food outside. But I always choose to be outside whenever the weather is decent and to bring the outdoors inside as much as possible. So nothing would make me happier than quick and easy access to the deck for cooking and I'd be sure to have a good eating spot outside as my family would be eating their meals there part of the year making the need for a bigger inside eating area less important to me. Of course, that doesn't mean it's the right answer for you and your family but those are the types of considerations you need to weigh to make the best choice. I'm not talented enough to come up with a plan for you any different or better than the great ideas you've been given already. I'm following your thread with interest and am excited to see what you decide. Your home sounds lovely....See MoreSpace for home office
Comments (8)We've been looking at houses with guest houses/casitas for my mom. We saw an interesting one last weekend. The guest house was a former tool shed that had been converted by the architect owner into a really interesting space. Although it might not be at all what you want, it was an interesting exercise for me in thinking outside of the box. Every room is a pass-through room, with the flow something of a serpentine through the rooms. It has 862 square feet and is based on a grid of 9' squares (sub-optimal, but he was working with the cards he was dealt, it appears). I thought to post it here because it has no true hallways. We would consider making one tweak -- a door from the Office Space into the bedroom, so that the "ante room" or whatever on the way to the bedroom could be its own private bedroom and/or storage area for the main house that is "separate" from the guest house. The spiral stairs go to a sleeping loft over the bath and kitchen area -- large enough for a queen mattress....See MoreWould you sleep in this house?
Comments (44)It is interesting to me that the exterior, including the pool area seem very neat, and dare I say it, normal. The interior is a hot mess. I would question the mental stability of the owner. In reality, it looks like a case of not supervising the decorator and no budget limitations. I've seen something like this a Junior League show house when one of the designers goes a little overboard....See Moremytwo cents
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9 months agoI always wish I had a space for one of these Ikea pullout couches. Desk along the windows, couch on adjacent wall.
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