Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 11, 2008 9:17 pm We would love some ideas in how to best organise the living spaces in our home. Our home is about 20 years old and we are about to give it a big facelift.
Here is the plan Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ When we bought the house 6 years ago we removed the horizontal wall serperating the Lounge and meals area, as well as the wall in the hallway where the dining area was. We built a half height wall on your left as you come in the front door that is 1.5 m long, and on the right we built a full height all that is 1m long. At the moment *The room labelled lounge is tiled and it is the kids play room *the room labelled dining is carpeted and is our (very very tiny) lounge room * the family/meals area is our dining room. The plans so far are *new kitchen - it will be extended and come out closet to the back sliding door *Our ensuite/WIR will be extended 1.5 m into the carport area, and renovated * the other 1.5 of carport will be a study with a door in the dining room and one long bench in that room. * built in linen cupboards/broom cupboards, and bech with sink in laundry. *linen cupboard removed from bathroom and bathroom rearranged and renovated. *redo flooring, is tiles at the moment, tossing up between tiles again or timber. We spent a lot of money on oiled cedar blinds, i am worried about too much timber with the flooring too. My questions are what should we do with the kids play area (lounge on plan) and loungeroom (dining on plan). My idea is to swap these areas around so that we have abit more space in our loungeroom. We would put a corner lounge against the half height wall and running across the window, a flatscreen on the wall that backs on to bed 1 and anice coffee table. In the old lounge (dining on plan) I would build a half height wall down the hallway (where the wall is shown there now0 to close it in a little. I was also considering removing the angled wall in the area marked as lounge on the plan. My husband thinks that this will open our room up too much. What do you think? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I know that is a huge amount of information to take in , it is clear to me as I have it all in my head, but is probably clear as mud to you. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. We really want to get it right this time after partially renovating when we bought 6 years ago. Thanks Andrea Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 2Jul 11, 2008 9:41 pm Just a suggestion.
Build a new wall and door to turn the 'dining' room into a playroom for more separation of space and privacy. Relocate the fridge and increase the size of the arch into the kitchen (check if the wall is load bearing first) and extend the bench in the kitchen to get more usable space. Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 3Jul 12, 2008 8:36 am Quote: My idea is to swap these areas around so that we have abit more space in our loungeroom. Thats what I'd do, then as you come into the house you are not faced with kids stuff. Paula Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 4Jul 16, 2008 2:25 pm Thanks for your ideas.
We had an interior designer come out today and have a look at the layout. She has suggested putting the kitchen where the carport is, the living space would be the existing ensuite, main bedroom and playarea (lounge on plan), our bedroom would be where the kitchen is and the study in the area marked as dining on the plan. She said it should all be pretty straight forward as the plumbing for the kitchen would come from the ensuite, and the plumbing for the new ensuite would come from the kitchen. The only big thing would be adding a toilet to the new bedroom area. I am quite excited about the thought of this. She said we could include a decent cupboard for the kid's toys so they weren't out all of the time. I guess this would also force us to use their bedrooms more for storage of toys too. What do you think? Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 5Jul 16, 2008 2:38 pm I can’t believe my post is not here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:
WT?????? ADMIN…do they just disappear on their own? I read it again once I put it here, so I know it was here! Good idea getting a professional in….. I had a quite a long reply to you!!!! Not happy it has disappeared! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 6Jul 16, 2008 2:42 pm You posted this question twice on the forum?????????
Now I know where my reply went to. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Help me organise my house PLEASE! 7Jul 16, 2008 3:02 pm Yes I did post it twice, I thought it might get more traffic that way. Sorry if that was confussing. My reply in the other area (decorating) reads better than this one so it might be good to read that one.
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