L Shaped Living/Dining Room
music16
7 years ago
We are moving into a house with an L shaped living/dining room, and my plans for the layout are below. I've tried to keep the living space and dining space separate but also try to avoid any dead, unused space. Does anyone have any alternate suggestions?
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music16
7 years agoHere's a full plan of the downstairs. The stairs themselves are in the 'foyer' part on the right hand side.
The fireplace is already there. Looking to update it with a new wood burning stove possibly. The house in general needs a cosmetic overhaul.
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Comments (6)Hello, Do-er upper. Mmm I was a bit confused just as I think you need to pinpoint your needs a bit more to find out what is the best layout. @rinked I agree, an interesting layout. How old are your children? You say to create a social space and a play area too. Depending on how old the kids are you will probably need to future proof too. All these changes depend on weight bearing walls as you say. Sounds like you want some flexibility... so maybe consider disappearing walls ? But some questions 1. Do you want a social space to be when you are the kitchen ? 2. Do you want the social space when you have family and guests over ? (We all long for that day:) ) 3. Do you want to see the kids playing when you are in the kitchen ? If 1 or 3. Then you want the kids area to be near the kitchen sight-lines. So the play area does not have to be overly big and can be the dayroom general do every thing room. If 2. Then your sight-lines change and area changes as you will want a bigger area so that you are not cut off. Then the dayroom area could be (when socialising) the drinks and chat room before you go to the dinning room...? ( Sounds very formal ) So your dinning room does not necessarily have to be open plan. Then your Kitchen is the centre and everything is around it....? Which is rinked 3rd plan with the garage wall partially down. More questions.. Does anyone in the family work from home ? Oh and the garage is there a room above it ? If you are willing to spend the amount of money on steels and including the garage area etc you may as well look at the whole of the ground floor as a whole. Which means you get exactly what you want and may not be as costly mmmm... ??? because you will future proof and depending on the age of the house and what materials it is constructed in... There are so many different construction materials these days. Your garage could be made of just glass or wood or even plywood. And even if knock through it may not be completely as you may need some wall space for storage. (Also remember there is no point knocking through a wall to only then put up a full height cupboard). I hope this helps to pinpont your needs a bit more. :)...See MoreElla Gon
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