Alright, y’all. You’ve already been warned that when you don’t like taking part in round with ground plans and contemplating all fo the chances, you would possibly wish to simply take a break from the weblog and examine again in per week or so. By then, I’ll most likely have all the selections labored out, my studio completed, and be shifting on to tasks for our new bed room. Additionally, my workshop construct is scheduled for subsequent Wednesday and Thursday. Woohoo!
However for now, I nonetheless have issues to debate about our ground plan and the chances. This previous weekend, I sat down with Matt and simply laid all of it out on the desk for him. I wished him to grasp all the potentialities and the choices that wanted to be made, and provides him a chance to ask any and all questions. I wished to see if he had any opinions in any respect concerning the course of our home, how every space may and can be used, and see if he noticed any accessibility points with any potential plans or potentialities.
At first, it didn’t seem to be he had any sturdy opinions. However after speaking for a bit, he really did begin to specific some sturdy opinions about a few issues. I used to be shocked! The 2 issues he expressed sturdy opinions about had been (1) how you can use the visitor bed room as soon as we’re moved out of it and into our new bed room, and (2) the place to place our new exercise space.
So far as the brand new exercise space, Matt desires to construct a small room in the back of our toilet. And concerning the visitor bed room, he actually likes the concept of it being a combo laundry room and closet. So right here’s what we’re taking a look at…
The room in the back of the toilet wouldn’t must be enormous. It simply must accommodate a number of items of train gear, however I’d additionally prefer it to be full of home windows like somewhat sunroom. I like this concept as a result of it could take away the outside door from our toilet. I used to be keen to reside with that exterior door within the toilet if I needed to, however it does really feel type of awkward to have an exterior door within the toilet. But when we add on somewhat sunroom/exercise room, that room will clearly have the outside door, and the door within the toilet will probably be a pocket door that matches the pocket door into the bed room, which was the plan all alongside.
After which, so far as the laundry room and closet, he desires all of it saved as one huge room. I mentioned the potential of constructing a wall and separating it right into a closet space on the entrance of the home, accessible from the bed room, and turning the again half of the room right into a laundry room, accessible from the hallway. He didn’t like that in any respect. He desires all of it one huge room, which is ok with me. Since he has a powerful opinion about it, and I may have been proud of it both approach, we’ll hold it one huge room.
What he didn’t have a powerful opinion (or any enter) about is the hallway toilet. So I’m nonetheless considering what to do about that. However as you’ll be able to see on the ground plan above, I’m significantly contemplating eradicating that rest room, and increasing the studio toilet in order that it’s a visitor toilet that takes up a number of the present pantry space. That would go away me with a a lot bigger visitor toilet, and a a lot smaller (however nonetheless a superb measurement) pantry.
I don’t know that that may be the precise association of that rest room, however it could be a full toilet to incorporate a bathe and/or a tub. That approach, my studio may simply be used as a visitor bed room if and when wanted, and our visitor(s) may have a non-public full toilet.
And that would go away the present hallway toilet free for us to make use of as storage. That may be very useful as a result of the one factor I’m nonetheless lacking is storage for Matt’s bathe wheelchair, Hoyer raise, and so forth. That small toilet space can be excellent for that. And if we try this, it could additionally flip that complete aspect of the home previous the cased opening within the music room right into a master bedroom. I like that concept.
So the plans are coming alongside. I used to be so glad to have Matt’s enter. A minimum of two selections had been made a lot simpler for me figuring out that he really did have a powerful opinion about them. Getting these opinions out of him wasn’t straightforward, and it took fairly a little bit of coaxing, however as soon as he made his selections, he was very set on them. I’m very proud of these selections, and if I can simply get the toilet scenario settled in my thoughts, we’ll have a whole and finalized plan.
UDPATE: Only a phrase about turning our hallway toilet right into a laundry room…
I did take into account this selection, however there are a number of causes I made a decision to not go this course. When it comes proper all the way down to it, I don’t see any profit in any respect (neither for me, nor for a future proprietor) in that choice.
First, I like the concept of my laundry room being in an enormous, spacious room, quite than tucked away in a tiny room. Second, I don’t love seeing Matt’s gear sitting round when it’s not in use. If given an choice, I’d quite not have it in my fairly closet space or my fairly laundry room. And since there’s a small room obtainable the place it may very well be saved when not in use, it simply is sensible to me.
So it’s positively useful for me to place the laundry room within the bed room, and switch the hallway toilet right into a storage space. So is there any profit to a future proprietor for me to show the hallway toilet right into a laundry room? Not likely.
If I flip the hallway toilet right into a laundry room, and the bed room into an enormous closet/storage space, after which a future proprietor desires to show that closet/storage space again right into a visitor bed room, that leaves a visitor bed room with no conveniently accessible toilet. So their solely choice can be to show that laundry room again right into a visitor toilet. After which they’ll must discover a new place for a laundry room.
So the scenario for a future proprietor is similar no matter what I do now. If I put the laundry the place I need it (within the huge room) and switch the small toilet right into a storage room, after which a future proprietor desires to show that room again right into a visitor bed room, they’ve to show the storage room again into a toilet and discover a place for a laundry room. If I flip the toilet right into a laundry room and the bed room right into a closet/storage space, and a future proprietor desires that room to be a visitor bed room, they’ve to show the laundry room again right into a visitor bed room and discover a place for a laundry room. They’re in the identical scenario both approach I am going. No matter what I do now, if they need that enormous room to be a bed room, they’ll be turning the small room again into a toilet, and having to discover a new place for a laundry room. So I’d quite make the choice that I choose for my very own profit whereas this home is ours. And my selection can be the large laundry room/closet combo, and tucking Matt’s gear away into it’s personal small storage space.
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