House design thoughts

Winnieshome · Aug 31, 2020 2:08 pm

Hi everyone
First post, but long time lurker! We're finally at the point where we might be able to add to some of the discussions! We're pretty close to settling on our floor plan and wondered if anyone can see anything glaringly obvious that we should rethink.

Couple of notes:
- Front faces north (unfortunately) which is why we've put the study at the front.
- Unsure about how to use the cupboard space in the ensuite that sits between the bathroom and WIR. It's there just to use the space in front of the closed in toilet.
- As it stands, we don't like the line of sight from the lounge room directly into the powder room. We've put in a cavity slider but unsure if that's the right move. Alternative we see is to flip the bath, powder and laundry. Flipping just powder and bath means we lose the broom c/board in the laundry.

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oklouise · Sep 01, 2020 10:38 am

Winnieshome

Hi everyone
First post, but long time lurker! We're finally at the point where we might be able to add to some of the discussions! We're pretty close to settling on our floor plan and wondered if anyone can see anything glaringly obvious that we should rethink.

Couple of notes:
- Front faces north (unfortunately) which is why we've put the study at the front.
- Unsure about how to use the cupboard space in the ensuite that sits between the bathroom and WIR. It's there just to use the space in front of the closed in toilet.
- As it stands, we don't like the line of sight from the lounge room directly into the powder room. We've put in a cavity slider but unsure if that's the right move. Alternative we see is to flip the bath, powder and laundry. Flipping just powder and bath means we lose the broom c/board in the laundry.

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i can't see the precise dimensions on your plan so using approximate measurements my suggestion would be to rearrange the biw for bed 3, swap the laundry appliances away from the bedroom wall, more generous storage in the hallway for broom, vaccum linen etc, a more spacious family bathroom that avoids the direct line of site from the family living areas, keeping the kids' hall entry closer to the kitchen allows space for a small study nook, swap the cabinets in the pantry and include tall shallow storage for cans, bottles and packets, move the fridge and include an extra cabinet for eg coffee station away from central work space and adding furniture suggests that the fireplace would be better placed off centred closer to the garage for more comfortable seating space and you should add scaled sized furniture to all rooms as the master bedroom feels a little cramped compared to the very generous wiw and ens and, depending on your local climate, you may need an extra window in the family room and/or skylights over the kitchen and wiw..preferable a ventilating skylights but also consider Arcol or Illume Solar Skylights that are an excellent alternative to roof windows..and best of luck with your new build Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Winnieshome · Sep 02, 2020 9:28 am

oklouise

Winnieshome

Hi everyone
First post, but long time lurker! We're finally at the point where we might be able to add to some of the discussions! We're pretty close to settling on our floor plan and wondered if anyone can see anything glaringly obvious that we should rethink.

Couple of notes:
- Front faces north (unfortunately) which is why we've put the study at the front.
- Unsure about how to use the cupboard space in the ensuite that sits between the bathroom and WIR. It's there just to use the space in front of the closed in toilet.
- As it stands, we don't like the line of sight from the lounge room directly into the powder room. We've put in a cavity slider but unsure if that's the right move. Alternative we see is to flip the bath, powder and laundry. Flipping just powder and bath means we lose the broom c/board in the laundry.

Thanks everyone! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

i can't see the precise dimensions on your plan so using approximate measurements my suggestion would be to rearrange the biw for bed 3, swap the laundry appliances away from the bedroom wall, more generous storage in the hallway for broom, vaccum linen etc, a more spacious family bathroom that avoids the direct line of site from the family living areas, keeping the kids' hall entry closer to the kitchen allows space for a small study nook, swap the cabinets in the pantry and include tall shallow storage for cans, bottles and packets, move the fridge and include an extra cabinet for eg coffee station away from central work space and adding furniture suggests that the fireplace would be better placed off centred closer to the garage for more comfortable seating space and you should add scaled sized furniture to all rooms as the master bedroom feels a little cramped compared to the very generous wiw and ens and, depending on your local climate, you may need an extra window in the family room and/or skylights over the kitchen and wiw..preferable a ventilating skylights but also consider Arcol or Illume Solar Skylights that are an excellent alternative to roof windows..and best of luck with your new build Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Wow! Thanks oklouise - appreciate you taking so much time to do that! Some really awesome suggestions there - we're probably going to take some of those on. Great way to use some of the spaces. Thanks again!

d@n · Sep 03, 2020 11:24 pm

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Excessive amount of doors in the main bathroom