Design ideas for changing layout of house
Hi,
I'm after some ideas on how we could alter the current layout of our house.
Downstairs, we currently have a long lounge/dining room and separate kitchen/utility. I'd love to have an open plan kitchen/diner with island and would love a proper hallway instead of just a staircase. I'm open to closing in the lounge and possibly adding an extension out the back.
Upstairs, the current master with ensuite shower is a bit small (you can only just walk around the bed) and I think the main bathroom is a bit on the small side. I don't mind reducing it down to a 4 bed. I need an office but could move that downstairs maybe?
Any advice/ideas appreciated.
Thanks
P.S Wall between kitchen and dining is not load bearing and as it's a relatively newish new build all the walls are just studs.
Current layout. Garden is tiered so you step up from patio to first level and then step up again.
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4 years agoJust a little play:
Large master bedroom with small semi-open ensuite (sliding door/barndoor closes off shower and toilet corner) and built-in closet on the top right. Bedroom over wc-utility turned into a bathroom with separate wc.
Bedtime now ;)rinked
4 years agodcoomber
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoWould the house lose much value if you'd turn it into a 3 bedroom? (Smaller families are the future.)
Spacious bedrooms, ideal for bigger kids. Big enough to give them all an ensuite (which I didn't because family bath's are fine) and plenty of closetspace, desks, toys, whatnot.. Master ensuite stays the same, size looks fine (I'm not an ensuite type as you can see). Added a large walk-in though. :)
dcoomber
4 years agorinked
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agodcoomber
4 years agorinked
4 years agoHere's a quite radical layout change. Internal walls, staircase, yet nothing too unrealistic I guess. Everything on your wishlist is in it: Hallway, bigger Master, open Kitchen with island, even managed to make the family Bath a bit bigger (be it just some extra elbow space). Only thing I've done to the loadbrearing wall, was creating a doorway to the kitchen.
The external storage could still be there, but a lot(!) smaller, because of the staircase. The lounge door is moved, to divert traffic, you could close it off completely though. Hallway wider, coats under stairs. Study/playroom still there, sacrificed a bit of it for the staircase.
Master bedroom now has space for a massive closet, perhaps return some to the landing for a linen closet and/or move the bottom wall to give some width to the bedroom next to it. Tried to keep the landing (ex staircase) as compact as possible, added the old landing to the bedrooms and family bath.
Hope it'll inspire you ;)
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