The green box by the bathroom door would be a wall oven (or two stacked wall ovens if you're a major cook!). On the pennisula, I was thinking just a cooktop with storage cabinets underneath. Everybody seems to want to separate their cooktops from their ovens these day so I was going with the flow for you. (In my own kitchen, I'm just going to have an old fashioned stove that slides into a space between the cabinets rather than built-ins but I tend toward the old-fashioned.) Because the kitchen if very small, I was visualizing using a pony wall (42" high) wall with a bar top to separate it from the dining area but leave it with an open feel. One issue with this design however is that you will have very few upper cabinets which are prime storage space. If you put a regular stove (cook top and oven) in the penninsula, that would open up that entire wall near the bathroom for cabinets giving you more storage and countertop work space... maybe put a narrow tall cabinet right next to the back wall for storing brooms and mops and things like that, then have upper and lower cabinets along the rest of the wall. Also, if you were willing to NOT have your sink under the window, it might be possible to revise the kitchen so that you could have a little more wall cabinets. Me, in a kitchen this small, I'd definitely want my sink under the window. And, you have to use the window you have so that sort of contrains the design. You'll definitely want to plan to have cabinets over your washer and dryer as well so that you can use that space for storage. BTW, the arrangement of the back bathroom, including the short entry wall is so that, if someone leaves the bathroom door standing open during a dinner party, you and your guests are not staring right at the toilet. Instead, you would be looking into what appears to be only a laundry room. The other problem with this plan is that you have very little closet space. Of course, given that you have a limited footprint, any space given over to closets HAS to come out of other space resulting in smaller rooms. Unless you can build up (and you do need to talk to an engineer before you consider that), I would think you would probably be better off with free-standing armoirs (chiffarobes) for most of your storage. To answer your question, no I don't have any fromal background in either construction or architecture. I was a high school teacher for many years (math & science) and then became a lawyer - but my practice has nothing to do with construction law.... at least not yet tho that could change. I have just always loved looking at houses being built. When I was a kid, my mother and I used to go out "window shopping" for new homes instead of clothes. We didn't have the money to buy either one so Mom always said, as long as we're just dreaming anyway we might as well dream big... and there isn't much that money can buy that is bigger than a house! We would walk thru half-built and newly finished $50,000 mansions on the right side of the tracks ($50K bought a LOT of house in the 60s!) and discuss how, IF this were our house, we'd make it better by "moving that wall" and "adding in a bathroom" etc. I guess with lots of looking and thinking about floor plans, I just kind of glommed onto a sense of what works in a floor plan and what doesn't. On the other hand, I have zero sense of fashion when it comes to clothing! LOL!

Okay, so you have 72 blocks altogether....Here's what you need to do, assuming that the top can go together randomly: Sew two of your sections together along the long sides. You now have a section that measures, 8 blocks by 6 blocks. Set it aside. Take your remaining section and rip it apart across the center so that you have two sections that measure 3 blocks by 4 blocks. Restitch these together along the 3 block edges so that you make a section that measures 3 blocks by 8 blocks. Sew it across the top or bottom edge of your completed section. You now have a top that measures 8 blocks by 9 blocks. Clear as mud? It will help if you sketch it out on graph paper, which is what I did. Annie

I still think that a square coffee table is appropriate [Contemporary Family Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-family-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_720~s_2103) by Austin General Contractors Greenbelt Homes I've been looking at some photos this evening, and it seems the vast majority don't put any end table on the side that has no arm, but I found a couple that had round tables set off to the back a bit, and this very interesting set up [Contemporary Living Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-living-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_718~s_2103) by Miami Interior Designers & Decorators Nicole White Designs Inc This seems to be typical. [Contemporary Family Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-family-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_720~s_2103) by Bellevue Interior Designers & Decorators Pilar Calleja - Draw The Line Design Would love to see photos of your loft as you get it put together.

I have this couch in mind for replacing my sectional. My sectional is or was referred to apartment size in it's description when I bought it so it's not super deep or oversized and has never felt too big for my space. I still like it but I think eventually I'll go back to a couch. Now the couch on my wish list is deeper than my sectional. I think by 4 inches or so. It doesn't sound like a lot but I'm wondering if it IS A LOT actually in the space. I think it's about the same height and the length will be a little shorter than my sectional which works in my favor. My plan will be to have my sectional measurements, overall depth of body, depth of seat etc and compare in real life to the new couch at the store. And to also take my own measurements of the new couch at the store. I know they list dimensions etc on the website, but I need to see the numbers for myself. In terms of at home space-wise, I'll push my sectional up a good 4-5 inches mimicking possible how far in the couch would sit "into" the LR and see what I think. I just don't want to get the couch and think it's TOO big. Kinda scary right!! https://www.jeromes.com/furniture/living-room/sets/landmark-leather-living-room-set/landmark-sofa-5?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=SLE10LS01&campaignid=10398909282&adgroupid=108824195921&adid=451720228299&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqI69r7yb6wIVGR6tBh0NggFdEAQYASABEgJvxfD_BwE