Desperate to find a semi open or closed kitchen house plan
Barbara Harper
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Comments (17)You are describing just what my husband and I wanted when we built our house three years ago. I bought book after book of home plans and scoured the internet, but I realized I would need to design it myself. It's interesting, though, because what I wanted was a traditional, "rooms are rooms" floor plan without many fancy features. I was looking for something really plan - so I was surprised I couldn't find it. We ended up designing a really simple house - people always comment that it seems historic because of the simple design. In any case, we love the separate rooms - I like the way that actual rooms encourage a coziness in each and a way to differentiate mood and function by the space. Since I knew what I wanted, I decided to save the money on an architect and instead used a "residential designer" (CAD operator, really) to draw the plans up for me. It was a really fun process and the end result is exactly what I wanted. I was also able to design for architectural features that I knew I wanted to include, like three sets of antique, mahogany French doors I bought at a flea market. It sounds like you might like the freedom to do the same. (And, we love the French doors inside...they separate the dining room, living room, and study from the main foyer/entry hall, and we use them all of the time. Plus they are gorgeous!) I wish I could tell you where to find architecturally pleasing, traditional home plans, but I didn't find it myself. I did take a look at many Souther Living plans and the Fuller plans in particular, but still didn't find it. The closest I came was the set of plans sold by Historical Concepts, but the houses are smaller than we needed. They are really awesome houses, though, I have seen several built and they are full of detail and traditional design which it seems you might find pleasing, too. Best wishes to you!...See MoreOpen kitchen to DR or leave closed
Comments (23)I don't like a separate dining room. We grew up with one and it got used for holiday dinners and my parents' dinner parties. We like to entertain, and I'd rather have everyone in the kitchen/dining area, rather than me being all alone in the kitchen. Same with regular weekdays, when either my husband or I is cooking, I like to be hanging out in the same room. Your current kitchen layout doesn't allow for that since it doesn't even have island seating. So I would be opening that wall right up between the kitchen and dining room. Your kitchen is pretty small (relative to the rest of the house), so I would tear down the wall and skip the peninsula, and instead do a long wall of cabs along the top wall in the dining room. All that said, I am also a huge fan of some kind of eat in counter space in the kitchen. Essentially, when my husband is cooking I don't necessarily want to be sitting at the dining room table but something more casual. Looking at the drawing, it doesn't appear that you'd have enough room to fit a narrow island left to right in the kitchen (even if the wall comes down)? What if the wall of cabs I suggest in the dining room is only 15 inches deep? If you think the storage in the kitchen is sufficient as is, but you like the idea of casual seating, I think a peninsula is an okay idea as well....See MoreOpen plan houses less popular now in Palm Springs
Comments (73)We are planning on buying in the Palm Springs area next year, I will be looking for an open plan. It will be a second home, smaller than our main home. Our current house is a partially open floor plan. LR and DR are open to one another, step down to LR. There is a 6 foot doorway between the DR and KIT, the kitchen is open to the FR, the FR is 5 steps down from the KIT. Overall I like the open feel, occasionally it can get a bit noisy when I am cooking and DH is enjoying TV, but I would buy the house again. Our previous home was a closed floor plan and it was fine too, but I had never lived in an open floor plan at that point. I think I prefer a partially open plan overall. In a larger home it would be nice to have the ability to close off rooms. The same concept as hotel ball rooms or schools use....See MoreClosing up my small, open concept home.
Comments (12)I can see why something is neccessary to delineate the space, but not want to reduce the floorspace. A question to ask could be how thin any construction could be. This might help with any decisions. It might be worth exploring custom options to fit a full floor to ceiling screen located as I drew out above and exploring materials - maybe frosted glass ? wooden floor to ceiling slats with glazing between? or another material between? or just slats set at an angle ? or slats that can have the angle adjusted so they can be 'open' for light to travel, or 'closed' to obscure the sight line, or partially opened? It could be a combination 1/2 wall with glazing above or slats. Another option might be to consider not having an island and placing the 'wall' at the lounge edge of the island bench so the kitchen becomes a galley style so only the dining space and bench with the stove is visable....See MoreBarbara Harper
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