My mother and I had a lot enjoyable sitting at lunch yesterday (till 4:00pm) taking a look at and discussing the ground plans a few of you submitted. I’m fairly certain we talked about each single risk that exists, and there have been some actually inventive concepts.
I used to be proper after I mentioned in yesterday’s submit that I wanted assist getting out of my tunnel imaginative and prescient. And this entire train of seeing precise flooring plans submitted by different folks, and seeing how others envision the probabilities for our home, actually helped me begin pondering exterior the field.
I’m not at a degree the place I can say, “That is the plan!” I haven’t even proven Matt any of the plans that had been submitted, and I’m nonetheless pondering via varied prospects. I need to take my time moderately than speeding into a call. And I’ve received loads of concepts to chew on now.
What I discovered attention-grabbing is that the concepts appeared to fall into two broad classes. The primary class of plans required a big rectangle-shaped addition on the again of the home. The second class of plans required two separate additions, one on either side of the again of the home, with a deck or patio space between these two additions. So let me present you the entire submissions up to now. And when you wished to submit an concept, however haven’t had time but, please go forward and ship it to me! Nothing is ready in stone at this level.
First, let me remind you of what our flooring plan seems to be like proper now, with the sunroom and tiny lavatory eliminated since these are going to be torn down it doesn’t matter what.
This plan was submitted by Becca, and the plan reveals one single massive addition on the again of the home. Behind the grasp lavatory is a house fitness center. Subsequent to that could be a laundry room. And subsequent to that (and behind the kitchen and music room) is a big front room. The present visitor bed room could be became a big grasp closet, and the present front room could be became the eating room.
This plan comes from Becky, and it additionally has the one massive rectangle addition on the again. The idea could be very comparable, with the brand new again addition housing a exercise space and grasp closet behind the present grasp lavatory, a laundry room subsequent to that, and a eating room behind the present kitchen and music room.
This subsequent one can also be from Becky, and as a substitute of a giant room behind the present music room and kitchen, this plan permits for an growth of the present kitchen and a rear entry.
This subsequent flooring plan is from Jennifer. It additionally has a big rectangle addition on the again to incorporate a closet and laundry mixture, an train room, and a front room. The present front room turns into a eating room, and the kitchen expands into the present breakfast room/sitting room.
This subsequent flooring plan comes from Charity, and it additionally has a single addition on the again, though it’s two completely different sized rectangles moderately than one massive rectangle. Behind our lavatory could be a house fitness center. The addition behind the present music room and kitchen could be a household room and eating space. The present front room turns into a TV room. The kitchen expands into the present breakfast room/sitting room. And the present visitor bed room turns into a closet. This flooring plan additionally has two small areas marked space #1 and space #2. Charity means that these can be utilized as storage and laundry
Subsequent up is the primary of the two-addition flooring plan. This one from Nick has a exercise room added to the again of our lavatory, a household room added to the again of the music room, and a pantry behind the kitchen. The patio/deck sits between the exercise room and the household room with a curvy design on the again. The present breakfast room and pantry develop into a eating room. The visitor bed room turns into a big closet. The hallway lavatory turns into the laundry room. And the half lavatory in my studio turns into the total visitor lavatory.
That is additionally from Nick, with a couple of minor adjustments. On this flooring plan, the exercise room and the closet have flipped locations.
And at last, this one is from Teri. This one additionally has two separate additions with a patio space in between. The addition behind the bogs contains an train room, massive closet, and laundry room. And on the opposite facet is the galley kitchen addition I had deliberate.
I really like elements of all of those! Thanks a lot to every of you who took the time to attract up these plans and ship them to me. I plan to sit down down with Matt this weekend and go over all of them in excruciating element. 😀 Thank y’all once more! This was a really enjoyable experiment. Should you nonetheless need to submit a plan, please achieve this! And when you submitted a plan and don’t see it above, meaning I didn’t get it, so please ship it once more. As I get new ones, I’ll add them to this submit.
Replace: Extra concepts!
This flooring plan is from Monica. I haven’t had a lot time to actually examine it but, however it seems to be actually attention-grabbing! It’s form of a hybrid between the one addition and two separate additions with breezeway connecting the 2 new sections.
Monica additionally despatched this revised flooring plan that reveals the wall between the eating space and the household room eliminated to open these room up to one another.
This subsequent flooring plan is from Arlene. The idea is similar to a few others with a big rectangle addition on the again of the home to incorporate a closet, train and laundry room, and household room. This plan features a banquette with nook home windows, and reveals site visitors patterns from room to room.
This flooring plan is from Joleen, and it features a rectangle addition on the again of the home with a mixed closet and laundry space, train room, and sitting room. The present breakfast room/sitting would develop into the kitchen. The present kitchen would develop into the eating room. And the present front room could be enlarged to supply extra of a giant household room for us.
The following flooring plan is from Maureen. This plan has a house fitness center, visitor bed room, and front room in a rectangle addition on the again of the home. The present hallway lavatory would develop into a Jack and Jill lavatory accessible from the hallway and the visitor bed room. The present visitor bed room may develop into the mixed closet and laundry room. The kitchen could be expanded into the present breakfast room/sitting room. And the entrance front room would develop into the eating room.
This flooring plan is from Christina. This flooring plan strikes our entrance door out of the lounge, and creates an entry the place the present entrance home windows of the breakfast room are. The present visitor bed room turns into our house fitness center. An addition permits for a brand new massive closet and a visitor bed room. The present hallway lavatory is expanded to permit for a small hallway with doorways into the visitor bed room and visitor lavatory. The kitchen is expanded in order that it squares up with the again wall of the present pantry. And the again half of the present breakfast room/sitting room/pantry space turns into a eating room.
The following flooring plan is from M. This flooring plan squares up the entrance of the present breakfast room with the entrance of the lounge, and strikes the entrance door over to the appropriate in order that it’s circuitously into the lounge. The present kitchen turns into the eating room. The present breakfast room turns into the kitchen. After which an addition on the again of the home features a closet, laundry room, and exercise room. The door to the main bedroom is bumped out to create a nook for storage of things just like the Hoyer raise.
This subsequent flooring plan is from MJ. This flooring plan contains an addition on the again of the home that features a exercise room with a laundry space, a visitor bed room, and a kitchen. The present hallway lavatory is prolonged extra into the hallway to make room for entry into the visitor bed room. The present visitor bed room turns into a closet and storage, with some adjustments to the place of the partitions. And the present kitchen turns into the eating room.
This subsequent flooring plan is from Diana, who occurs to be an inside designer who focuses on house planning. This flooring plan additionally squares up the entrance of the present breakfast room/sitting room with the entrance of the lounge, creates a correct lobby on the entrance door, and strikes the lounge over to occupy what’s at the moment the lounge and what could be the squared up entrance of the present breakfast room. The present breakfast room/sitting room and pantry would develop into the kitchen. the present kitchen would develop into the eating room. The hallway lavatory is bumped out additional into the hallway, creating somewhat hallway entrance on the opposite facet. And an addition on the again of the home would come with a multi-purpose train room that could possibly be transformed right into a visitor bed room with using a Murphy mattress.
The following flooring plan is from Lora. This plan has a big rectangle addition on the again of the home for an enormous master suite that features a sitting space. The house fitness center would keep the place it has been for the final year-and-a-half. The present visitor bed room could be opened as much as the entryway for use as a front room. The present front room would develop into a eating room. The present hallway lavatory would develop into a mixed closet and laundry space. And the present studio half lavatory could be became a full lavatory. This plan eliminates the entire wasted house within the present hallway.
The following flooring plan is from Lori. This plan has an addition with a exercise space, a household room, and a hallway with French doorways connecting the rooms. The present breakfast room/sitting room and pantry develop into the kitchen. The present kitchen turns into the eating room. The present front room is walled off to type a multi-functional TV room with a Murphy mattress that would function a visitor bed room. The door to the visitor lavatory strikes to the music room, and there’s house carved out of the hallway for a storage closet.
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