Help me with my plans for a Founding Epoch apt
La Flux
10 years ago
Dear community,
I am moving to a Gründerzeit duplex apartment soon and would love to have some ideas about room distribution, colours and any other options.
It is a 135sqm North facing apartment, split between ground floor (3 rooms with nearly 4m high ceiling with stucco) and basement consisting of bathroom, kitchen and a 40sqm room (ceiling height is 2.30).
Needs:
- We definitely need a bigger kitchen - the existing one is smaller than 5sqm. Therefore, where should the kitchen go in your opinion? I would ilke to have a large dining table. Any suggestions on disposition would be greatly appreciated.
- I thought about turning the current kitchen into a laundry area.
- We have two young girls and all our relatives live abroad: we would like to be able to receive them at our home when they visit.
- we need a small office somewhere but I don’t want to have it in the bedroom
I have attached the plans with external and internal measurements.
I look forward to all your creative ideas.
Thanks in advance,
Laflux
I am moving to a Gründerzeit duplex apartment soon and would love to have some ideas about room distribution, colours and any other options.
It is a 135sqm North facing apartment, split between ground floor (3 rooms with nearly 4m high ceiling with stucco) and basement consisting of bathroom, kitchen and a 40sqm room (ceiling height is 2.30).
Needs:
- We definitely need a bigger kitchen - the existing one is smaller than 5sqm. Therefore, where should the kitchen go in your opinion? I would ilke to have a large dining table. Any suggestions on disposition would be greatly appreciated.
- I thought about turning the current kitchen into a laundry area.
- We have two young girls and all our relatives live abroad: we would like to be able to receive them at our home when they visit.
- we need a small office somewhere but I don’t want to have it in the bedroom
I have attached the plans with external and internal measurements.
I look forward to all your creative ideas.
Thanks in advance,
Laflux
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10 years agoI tried different wall placements, but I think bedrooms need at least one window, so most options failed. Keeping the bathroom as is is fine, the old kitchen will be handy for doing laundry.
If you can't fit in a bed like that, you could consider building a guest loft above the stairs on the main floor?
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