My mother and I had a lot enjoyable sitting at lunch yesterday (till 4:00pm) and discussing the ground plans a few of you submitted. I’m fairly positive we talked about each single risk that exists, and there have been some actually inventive concepts.
I used to be proper once I stated in yesterday’s publish that I wanted assist getting out of my tunnel imaginative and prescient. And this complete 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 have been submitted, and I’m nonetheless pondering by means of numerous prospects. I need to take my time quite than dashing into a choice. And I’ve received loads of concepts to chew on now.
What I discovered fascinating 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 both sides of the again of the home, with a deck or patio space between these two additions. So let me present you the entire submissions to date. And should 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 appears to be like like proper now, with the sunroom and tiny rest room eliminated since these are going to be torn down it doesn’t matter what.
This plan was submitted by Becca, and the plan exhibits one single giant addition on the again of the home. Behind the grasp rest room is a house gymnasium. Subsequent to that may be a laundry room. And subsequent to that (and behind the kitchen and music room) is a big lounge. The present visitor bed room could be changed into a big grasp closet, and the present lounge could be changed into the eating room.
This plan comes from Becky, and it additionally has the one giant 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 rest room, a laundry room subsequent to that, and a eating room behind the present kitchen and music room.
This subsequent one can be from Becky, and as an alternative of a big room behind the present music room and kitchen, this plan permits for an enlargement 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 lounge. The present lounge 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 totally different sized rectangles quite than one giant rectangle. Behind our rest room could be a house gymnasium. The addition behind the present music room and kitchen could be a household room and eating space. The present lounge 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 rest room, 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 grow to be a eating room. The visitor bed room turns into a big closet. The hallway rest room turns into the laundry room. And the half rest room in my studio turns into the total visitor rest room.
That is additionally from Nick, with just a few 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 consists of an train room, giant 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. In case you nonetheless need to submit a plan, please achieve this! And should you submitted a plan and don’t see it above, which means I didn’t get it, so please ship it once more. As I get new ones, I’ll add them to this publish.
Replace: Extra concepts!
This flooring plan is from Monica. I haven’t had a lot time to actually examine it but, however it appears to be like actually fascinating! It’s sort 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 exhibits 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 exhibits 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 grow to be the kitchen. The present kitchen would grow to be the eating room. And the present lounge could be enlarged to offer extra of a big household room for us.
The following flooring plan is from Maureen. This plan has a house gymnasium, visitor bed room, and lounge in a rectangle addition on the again of the home. The present hallway rest room would grow to be a Jack and Jill rest room accessible from the hallway and the visitor bed room. The present visitor bed room might grow to be the mixed closet and laundry room. The kitchen could be expanded into the present breakfast room/sitting room. And the entrance lounge would grow to be 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 dwelling gymnasium. An addition permits for a brand new giant closet and a visitor bed room. The present hallway rest room is expanded to permit for a small hallway with doorways into the visitor bed room and visitor rest room. 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 best in order that it’s in a roundabout way 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 master suite is bumped out to create a nook for storage of things just like the Hoyer elevate.
This subsequent flooring plan is from MJ. This flooring plan consists of 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 rest room 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 area 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 presently the lounge and what could be the squared up entrance of the present breakfast room. The present breakfast room/sitting room and pantry would grow to be the kitchen. the present kitchen would grow to be the eating room. The hallway rest room is bumped out additional into the hallway, creating a bit 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 the usage of 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 main bedroom that features a sitting space. The house gymnasium 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 lounge. The present lounge would grow to be a eating room. The present hallway rest room would grow to be a mixed closet and laundry space. And the present studio half rest room could be changed into a full rest room. This plan eliminates the entire wasted area 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 grow to be the kitchen. The present kitchen turns into the eating room. The present lounge is walled off to kind a multi-functional TV room with a Murphy mattress that would function a visitor bed room. The door to the visitor rest room strikes to the music room, and there’s area carved out of the hallway for a storage closet.
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