Maximising small(ish) garden space
keentolearn00
6 years ago
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keentolearn00
6 years agoCarolina
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Comments (14)I've done most of the above advice (got a Japanese Maple in the hidden corner thanks North Leeds), am training grapevines up the back wall, lots of biggish similar mixed planters, I have some tomato plants climbing up the left wall and they are providing interest. Plus lots of herbs as they add both nice smells and are useful for cooking. I just need to figure out something to do with the floor which is old, horrible, cracked concrete. I'm considering painting it in a patterned effect or just tiling it, Mediterranean style. Bigger planters look much better than the small ones I originally had, it adds more impact and obviously allows for bigger, leafier plants....See MoreSmall sitting-dining room & odd furniture. Advice needed.
Comments (18)With the front of the flat assigned to bedroom and study space it's the three rooms at the back where you could make the most change to enhance the living space. You only ever asked about furniture placement in the lounge but given that you've bought the flat are you open to making some bigger changes to maximise the space? For example, is the wall between the smallest bedroom and the lounge supporting?I'm assuming that's your study but if your partner is at home and working at the front of the house, knocking these two rooms together would give you a much more versatile space with an office area for you, with doors open onto the garden on a nice day. (Replacing with a stud wall if moving on is not a major job). Another idea might be to keep that wall up and see if the kitchen could be opened up to make an open plan kitchen/living/ dining space. The dining table could then be located near to the kitchen area. With either of these options you are losing one of those four doors which are making furniture placement awkward. Another idea (I'm full of them!!) Do you need the storage cupboard in this room? This could be blocked up so access is obtained via the largest bedroom to make a bigger wardrobe/cupboard space in there. If you'e got enough wardrobe space in there that could also be an office area with double doors to be closed off out of sight when not in use. Doing this (and moving the radiator, perhaps for a streamlined vertical one elsewhere in the room) would give you more opportunities for furniture placement. Please feel to tell me none off these are possible or appealing. I watch with interest when someone asks for an opinion on a cushion only to be given advice for the room that will see them spending £5,000!! (I do it myself to avoid getting off the couch and do something with my own house!! Plus, I'm great at spending other people's money) Best of luck and keep the photos coming as you make changes because you have grest potential with this flat and there is some fab advice on here ....See MoreSide access or space..
Comments (5)Here is a mock up Minipie, although not exactly to scale. I would probably lose 4.5sqm of internal space if step in to allow side access which essentially would make the utility smaller and impact area designated for dining space. Am contemplating a long window in utility (there is height difference between properties of roughly 60cm as I am lower on hill, so can't have a conventional door) but could be a work around if build straight per orange line. Decisions, decisions!...See MoreHow do we maximise our light and space?
Comments (4)Will the cloakroom fit next to the front door? Could you put the utility in the cloak room And then knock the kitchen/ utility/ playroom space together to make a kitchen diner and then use the dining room as a playroom....See MoreCarolina
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