*** PLEASE HELP: New layout for London 2 bedroom flat ***
jonchek
10 years ago
Hi Houzz community!
Asking help, I need to rearrange the layout of my newly acquired flat.
The idea would be to:
1) open the kitchen on to the living room
2) re-arrange the bedroom/night space to get two bedrooms with decent size (let say one of 14 sq meter and another of 10 sq meter)
3) move the bathroom in between the actual master bedroom and the living room
4) create storage spaces
important note, the flat has high ceillings (around 3 meters high)
Please HELP !
Thanks
Jon
Asking help, I need to rearrange the layout of my newly acquired flat.
The idea would be to:
1) open the kitchen on to the living room
2) re-arrange the bedroom/night space to get two bedrooms with decent size (let say one of 14 sq meter and another of 10 sq meter)
3) move the bathroom in between the actual master bedroom and the living room
4) create storage spaces
important note, the flat has high ceillings (around 3 meters high)
Please HELP !
Thanks
Jon
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10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoOk - nothing on tv tonight so thought I'd play around with this ... This is with just a bit of tweaking of the plumbing - which I'm still not convinced is possible - and couple of walls moved - but I went with it ...
It's just a concept ...on basic software - not my usual work software ( as I'm doing this just for fun ) it's pretty much what you wanted ?! You could add tonnes and tonnes of storage by adding mezzanines in the bedrooms - but factors such as window height will need to be considered if you do this ?!?!
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10 years agomy thought here was to reverse the plan. there would still be plumbing where the existing bath was located to serve the kitchen, the bedrooms turn out to be generously sized, and you now enter the unit into a living space versus a hallway near the bedrooms.
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