10 Sep, 2011
Reno post #13 – final ground floor plan. i think.
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Home/reno
We’ve pretty much nailed down the floor plan of the new ground floor. Click the image to embiggen.
We decided to make the addition a couple feet larger. I wasn’t convinced there was enough space to move around the (as of yet) non-existent furnishings in the family room. :)
A few things of note:
- On one hand I’m wondering if the kitchen island is too big, but I can’t ignore the fact that will also have to serve as some major storage for us.
- I would like a kitchen like this one. Sigh.
- Notice the little rectangle sketched overtop the island. That space is for a group of two-sided cabinets with glass doors (in other words, accessible from both sides) that hang from the ceiling. We need the storage and I think this might do the trick. I think it will keep the “open” feeling of this area and give it some definition at the same time. (Make sense?) I’m hoping to connect with kitchen/storage experts at some point because I don’t want to go through this whole thing and find out we don’t have room for our pots and pans. Gah. I’M LOOKING FOR A STORAGE MIRACLE.
- Re: the mud room. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but it will become the main entrance for our family. The “built in” marked on this plan is a big wardrobe for all of our coats and gear. Although the diagram shows other closets I have other plans for this space. (We might lose the little walls here, not sure yet.) One side of the room will be a bench and the other will have hooks and a boot tray in the winter.
Next reno post will be the revised second floor! And maybe exterior views (with the carport that’s not really a carport too)! :)