ᐅ Are solid wood walls possible in a timber-frame house?

haydee schrieb:

Corners are often impractical and not very cozy. You also need to be able to furnish the area next to the built-in closet.

The goal is precisely to avoid corners in front of a wall. I find flush pantry closets brilliant where it makes sense. Placing small pantries and closets all over the house, in my opinion, creates even more clutter, which you actually want to prevent. And a stylish dresser, heirloom piece, or IKEA furniture has often created a great cozy space.

We Germans tend to plan in a quite square and practical way.

For this type of compartments/built-in closets, artificial recesses would probably need to be created. In new construction, you rarely find any offsets that would allow these to be installed flush.

haydee schrieb:

We Germans tend to plan quite square and practical.
For this type of storage compartments or built-in closets, artificial niches would have to be created. In a new build, you rarely find any offsets to make them flush.

You’re right, because every corner adds cost.

So, in my floor plans, when rooms are adjacent, I recommend maximizing mutual use for children's rooms and often include this type of built-in closet. The planned wardrobes are essentially the same. Even my row house, built in 1978, had them. However, we Germans like to do it “right from the start,” preferring solid construction over timber framing. Solid construction, however, costs more (edge surcharge), and you generally want to offer the house as affordably as possible… So: square, practical, and efficient.

MiCasaEsSuCasa schrieb:

I imagine that building solid walls for all of this now would be more complicated and expensive than doing it with wooden walls. Am I wrong?

Whether and to what extent you are actually "wrong" about that, I can’t say precisely without a specific house design; also, I don’t have a clear idea of what exactly you mean by wooden walls. Built-in cabinetry as understood in the US is culturally uncommon in Germany—even among construction tradespeople. I would simply choose the most suitable construction method for each type of wall individually and always finalize the room layout before addressing such details.

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