Y’all have my head completely spinning with your comments on yesterday’s post. But it surely’s not the dangerous type of overwhelming head spinning that makes me wish to bury my head within the sand. It’s the nice type of thrilling head spinning that makes me wish to spend hours and hours at my pc making an attempt out each risk y’all advised. 😀 So I wished to go over a few of the recurring themes in your options and feedback.
First, let me say that I used to be completely and utterly shocked on the response to my desirous to eradicate an enormous walk-in closet in the master suite. I used to be positive I might get nothing however pushback on that concept, and I used to be blown away that the response was fairly the other. Whereas there have been a couple of individuals who mentioned they may by no means, ever do away with their massive walk-in closets, the overwhelming majority of individuals mentioned they may (or do, or plan to) reside completely comfortably with a wall filled with IKEA Pax wardrobes, or a normal non-walk-in, huge, reach-in closet with good group.
So after studying your entire feedback and considering how I would like our bed room to look and performance, I’ve determined to do a whole wall of Pax wardrobes on the shared wall with the grasp rest room.
The slender part is 40 inches huge, and the realm on the opposite facet of the toilet door is 140 inches huge. That’s 15 ft of floor-to-ceiling closet space for storing. For comparability (as a result of a lot of you referenced it), John & Sherry’s Pax wardrobe wall is slightly below 9 ft huge. So with my newfound love of IKEA cupboards, I’m so unbelievably enthusiastic about this concept. I’ll get a ton of storage with out having to sacrifice a lot sq. footage of area required by a big walk-in closet. And as I mentioned yesterday, I completely love an entire wall of built-in cupboards. I believe it’ll look wonderful, and it’ll perform very effectively.
About that laundry room…
Lots of you shared the identical thought in regards to the laundry room placement — that I ought to transfer it in order that it’s proper towards the again wall of the hallway rest room. First, let me present you the way I had it organized, after which clarify why. That is the location that I had proposed. (Ignore the eating desk within the nook. I’m simply speaking in regards to the laundry room for now)…
Since so a lot of you advised it, I did take into account putting the laundry room towards the again wall of the hallway rest room. I performed round with that concept for fairly a very long time, however I simply couldn’t make it work. The rationale I’ve an issue with it’s as a result of then I’m simply left with a doorway immediately from the household room into the master suite. That appears unusual to me. Very unusual. At the very least with the laundry room the place I positioned it, it creates a hallway that results in the master suite, which provides a sense of separation between the 2 areas. With out that hallway, it’s only a door on a wall main from the household room to the master suite.
Does that not really feel unusual to anybody else? To me it’s as unusual as having a visitor rest room immediately off of a household room. These issues are typically tucked away and accessible by way of a hallway. It’s probably not commonplace (no less than to my data) to seek out these “personal” rooms positioned excellent off of a household room and solely separated by a wall with a doorway. It appears bizarre to me.
So I’m probably not on board with transferring the laundry room in order that it’s proper up towards the again wall of the hallway rest room until I can discover one other strategy to create a little bit of a separation between the household room and the master suite.
I did come throughout this image the place they created a bit of hallway really feel simply utilizing built-in bookcases and cupboards. I like how this seems to be…
However I do want some type of separation, whether or not it’s a hallway created by a laundry room (or perhaps a laundry closet), or a “hallway” sort of really feel created by built-ins like within the picture above. I simply merely can’t have a master suite proper off of a household room solely separated by a wall with a door in it.
So until I can give you one other strategy to create that separation, I nonetheless actually like the concept of placing the laundry room the place I had it, and creating that little nook behind it. BUT…I do agree with most of you that the nook received’t be large enough for a eating desk. That nook can be higher fitted to one thing like a studying space. I envision some comfortable chairs surrounded by bookcases crammed with books. Or I might even envision a sport desk in that space. The chances are infinite. However no matter I exploit it for, it will look intentional, and never like an afterthought. I imply, that’s a very good quantity of area for use for one thing wonderful! (By no means thoughts that bizarre window placement. I dragged it over there by the door after which forgot about it.)
With that space dominated out for a eating desk, I don’t see that there’s every other area for a eating desk in that room. If I create a passthrough from the kitchen to the household room like I had deliberate (which I nonetheless wish to do), and put the eating desk simply on the opposite facet of that passthrough, then it begins encroaching on the area accessible for the household room.
So what am I contemplating for the eating room? I can’t even consider I’m about to say this. However…the lounge.
Yep, we’ve come full circle. I’m solely simply contemplating it proper now. Nothing is ready in stone, and I’ll speak to the architect to see if he has any higher concepts.
However a number of of you advised it, and clearly, having been down that street and failed miserably previously, my knee jerk response was, “Oh my gosh, NO! Not once more!” However the extra I considered it, the extra it made full sense.
The world accessible for a desk and chairs measures 12’10” x 10’5″, which is loads of room for a round-to-oval expandable desk. And if I want extra room for a much bigger crowd, I might flip the desk and develop it into the “entryway” area. And it’s completely located proper by the kitchen. It’s additionally in an space that doesn’t create any issues for Matt getting by way of the home. I imply, it actually is ideal.
However I’ve tried this earlier than, proper? And I failed miserably, proper? So why would it not be totally different this time?
I gave this a lot thought yesterday, and it dawned on me that the explanation it didn’t work final time had nothing to do with the perform of the room. My failure wasn’t as a result of I used to be making an attempt to show it right into a eating room. The eating room side of the plan wasn’t the issue in any respect.
The issue was that that was after I was making an attempt to embellish my dwelling round a inexperienced and gold kitchen.
Actually NOTHING I did again then labored. What number of totally different iterations did that room undergo as a lounge that didn’t work out? Many! It wasn’t simply the eating room concept that failed. It was a number of lounge concepts that failed as effectively.
I couldn’t even get any of my lounge concepts to work till I modified the kitchen cupboards to teal, discovered my coloration palette (which took quite a lot of trial and error), and located the fitting rug (and the fitting rug measurement) to encourage me. That’s when all of the items began falling collectively to create the present lounge that feels so “me“.
However now I do know myself significantly better. I do know what colours I like, and what colours I don’t like. So turning this very “me” lounge into a really “me” eating room at this level can be a breeze. I wouldn’t change something in regards to the hearth, the curtains, the rug, or something on the entryway wall. It might simply be a matter of swapping out the chairs, couch, and low desk for a pleasant eating desk and chairs. And voila! I’d have a eating room. It’s undoubtedly the room that makes probably the most sense as a eating room.
I’m nonetheless simply considering, and clearly, this may’t occur till we even have a completely completed, absolutely furnished, and utterly useable and cozy household room. Till then, I’m nonetheless simply dreaming and planning and contemplating and considering.
ETA: I wished to deal with yet one more recurring suggestion, and that was to show the music room into the eating room.
I can perceive how which may make sense, and it’s apparent from the unique ground plan that the builder supposed this to be the eating room. However for us, this isn’t a risk.
The music room is probably the most excessive visitors room in the complete home. It’s the principle thoroughfare to get from the bed room facet of the home to every other space of the home. We move by way of this room numerous instances each single day.
To interrupt that movement of visitors with an enormous eating desk and many eating chairs would simply be terrible. I might personally hate it and discover it to be an enormous annoyance, however Matt (in his wheelchair) would discover it just about inconceivable to get by way of that maze. Simply think about him making an attempt to wheel himself from the bed room, into this room with an enormous desk and chairs within the center, across the desk, and into the kitchen. That may virtually be merciless.
In order that’s simply not even an concept I’d take into account. Once you’re making an attempt to take an outdated home and redesign it for somebody who’s in a wheelchair, issues will be difficult, however I at all times have to bear in mind how he’ll get from one room to a different. And I by no means wish to create obstacles for him.
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