Please critique my floorplan
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Please critique my floor plan! Summerfield can you help? :)
Comments (23)Thanks! I appreciate the feedback, I emailed Summerfield as well, I'm so anxious to hear what he/she? has to say!! I'm going to work on it some more today. I posted on the kitchen forum to get feedback on how to set up the kitchen (I've never had one so large and don't know where to begin - in a good way) One thing that was pointed out is how far the garage is from kitchen, so I think I'm going to flip the entire main room so the kitchen and dining area are on the same side of the house as the garage. That means I'll have to fit the pantry over near the media room and so major rearranging as the media room needs to stay rectangular, and then I'll have the pantry space as the close for BD 3 and remove the closet that goes into the play room. I'm hoping to turn this into a final plan within a month, do you think that is too fast?...See MorePlease critique my floor plan, trying agan
Comments (4)You have plenty of cabinets in there, so that's not an issue. It's possible to put the cooktop in your island, but you're right that it might make the work triangle too congested if you and hubby are both cooking. For a one cook kitchen, the cooktop would work very well. If you're going to keep the current configuration, I think you should add either a pot filler or a prep sink near the range. Otherwise, you'll be carrying full pots of water quite a distance, which may be dangerous. Is your drawing to scale? If so, you may have a little room to move the island toward the entrance to the LR, at least a few inches. If that's so, you might be able to move the cooktop to the island without making it impossible for two people to work in the kitchen. If you do that, then I'd put the wall oven where the range is in the current plan. I'm not sure what a "country cupboard" is, but it looks lonely over there by itself. If you have a picture of the area, it might help, but the drawing almost looks like you've used part of the space available and left the rest empty. What I want to do is make your fireplace a focus of the room and put something down there, even if it's just a coffee bar under that huge window behind the seating area....See MorePlease critique my floor plans
Comments (3)Is this a 1-person, 2-person, or more kitchen? Children? Ages? Do you entertain a lot? What are the dimensions of the other things like doorways, walls w/no cabinets, etc. What would be even better would be a layout of the entire area...kitchen + surrounding rooms. It would give us a better "feel" for what would work. For a major walkway, I would try to get at least a 48-inch aisle on the side of the island that will have that traffic (or, is it on all sides?) If you take down 3' of wall, will that draw the traffic through the cooking zone (where the range is)? What are your "wants"? Is there anything not in your current layout that you'd like if you could fit it in? ***** From the "Layout Help" part of the "Read Me" thread ***** The best place to start is to draw up your kitchen (to scale, if possible) either without cabinets & appliances if you don't know where to start or w/your proposed new layout if you have something to start with. Regardless, measure and label everything...walls, ceiling height, widths of doors & windows, distances between windows, walls, doorways, etc. If you cannot move plumbing or gas, mark them on your drawing as well. Mark all doorways & windows (w/dimensions) and label them as to where they lead. If they're actual doors, mark how they swing. It also would be helpful to see the connecting rooms, even layouts so you see how they interact with the kitchen and/or extend the kitchen feel and flow. Make note of traffic flows in and out of the kitchen Make a list of things like: What are your goals? E.g., more counter space, more storage, seating in the kitchen (island? peninsula? table?), etc. Do you plan to merge two rooms/areas (e.g., Nook and Kitchen into a Kitchen only) Where are you flexible? Can windows or doorways change size? Can they be moved? Can windows be raised/lowered? Can any walls come down? Does the sink have to be centered under a window? Does it have to be under a window at all? Do you bake? Do you want a coffee/tea/beverage center? What appliances do you plan on having (helps to figure out work flow, work zones, and types of cabinets...upper/lower vs full height, etc.) Range or Cooktop? Single or Double or no Wall Oven? Warming Drawer? MW? (Advantium, drawer, OTR, countertop, built-in, shelf?) DW? Standard or drawers? If drawers, 1 or 2? Refrigerator CD or standard depth? Vent Hood? Other? Sizes of desired appliances (e.g., 30" or 36" or 48" cooktop; 36" or 42" or 48" wide or other Refrigerator? Counter depth or standard depth refrigerator, etc.) Pantry: Walk-in or cabinets? ***** Very Important ***** Is there anything you: Can't live without? Definitely don't want? Would like if you can find a way?...See MorePlease critique my floorplan remodel
Comments (17)Where is the closet for the master.Are you going to actually use that tub because IMO you do not have the space for a free standing tub you need at least 12” all around it .BTW a seconf floor laundry is IMO a poor choice so when doing laundry you have to run upstairs every time a load needs to be moved , with a main floor one you take the laundry down and at the end take the laundry up 2 trips instead of four or maybe six. I aheb had both and would never do another 2nd floor laundry...See Moregrewa002
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