Hello everyone,
I have a quick question regarding my floor plan. The image is attached.
The issue, if I may call it that:
The room in front of the staircase (on the ground floor) feels a bit too large to me. From the first step to the exterior wall, it measures 1.57m (5.1 feet). My idea is to move the lower exterior wall slightly upward towards the stairs, but only the wall. Everything else should remain as is. I am aware of the consequences regarding the sizes of the other rooms. The utility room to the left can be smaller. The guest WC can also be made a bit narrower. The shower could be recessed upward into the guest room, possibly halfway—meaning half of the shower would be a niche within the guest room. This way, the guest WC becomes narrower.
Is it possible to move the exterior wall about 50cm (20 inches) upward? I think the main challenge might be the door opening. But wouldn’t 1.07m (3.5 feet) be enough to open the door? The door to the guest WC could also be shifted a few centimeters upward towards the guest room. I have seen floor plans with dimensions where there was only 1.00m (3.3 feet) between the exterior wall and the start of the stairs.
The house has 163m² (1,755 sq ft), and we want to downsize a bit. We see potential for savings here.
Note:
Of course, the upper floor will be slightly affected as well. The rooms there will just be a bit smaller and the walls shifted, but that is not a problem and has been taken into account.
What do you think?
I have a quick question regarding my floor plan. The image is attached.
The issue, if I may call it that:
The room in front of the staircase (on the ground floor) feels a bit too large to me. From the first step to the exterior wall, it measures 1.57m (5.1 feet). My idea is to move the lower exterior wall slightly upward towards the stairs, but only the wall. Everything else should remain as is. I am aware of the consequences regarding the sizes of the other rooms. The utility room to the left can be smaller. The guest WC can also be made a bit narrower. The shower could be recessed upward into the guest room, possibly halfway—meaning half of the shower would be a niche within the guest room. This way, the guest WC becomes narrower.
Is it possible to move the exterior wall about 50cm (20 inches) upward? I think the main challenge might be the door opening. But wouldn’t 1.07m (3.5 feet) be enough to open the door? The door to the guest WC could also be shifted a few centimeters upward towards the guest room. I have seen floor plans with dimensions where there was only 1.00m (3.3 feet) between the exterior wall and the start of the stairs.
The house has 163m² (1,755 sq ft), and we want to downsize a bit. We see potential for savings here.
Note:
Of course, the upper floor will be slightly affected as well. The rooms there will just be a bit smaller and the walls shifted, but that is not a problem and has been taken into account.
What do you think?
D
Doc.Schnaggls2 Sep 2016 11:29Hello,
I don’t think the idea is very ideal either.
If you push the shower niche partially into the guest room, you’ll lose the only space where you could place a larger wardrobe in that room.
Also, your bathroom in the attic probably won’t work with 50 cm (20 inches) less space—it will likely no longer be possible to fit two washbasins side by side.
What exactly would you save overall by reducing 50 cm (20 inches)?
In my opinion, by shifting things around, you would take away much of the openness and generosity of an otherwise nice floor plan.
If you really want to go smaller, I would first reconsider the chosen staircase design—as beautiful as straight stairs are, they simply require space (around them as well) to work well.
Changing the staircase design would probably mean that the rest of the floor plan would have to be revised as well...
With a table in the middle of the kitchen, it might already become a bit cozy (hard to judge without exact dimensions), especially near the sliding doors.
I would seriously consider whether the short wall sections with the sliding doors are truly desired or if a larger open space without the option to separate the kitchen might be more practical.
Friends of ours have a similar separation between kitchen and living area—and in the 8 years they have lived in their house, we have never seen the sliding doors actually closed...
Best regards,
Dirk
I don’t think the idea is very ideal either.
If you push the shower niche partially into the guest room, you’ll lose the only space where you could place a larger wardrobe in that room.
Also, your bathroom in the attic probably won’t work with 50 cm (20 inches) less space—it will likely no longer be possible to fit two washbasins side by side.
What exactly would you save overall by reducing 50 cm (20 inches)?
In my opinion, by shifting things around, you would take away much of the openness and generosity of an otherwise nice floor plan.
If you really want to go smaller, I would first reconsider the chosen staircase design—as beautiful as straight stairs are, they simply require space (around them as well) to work well.
Changing the staircase design would probably mean that the rest of the floor plan would have to be revised as well...
With a table in the middle of the kitchen, it might already become a bit cozy (hard to judge without exact dimensions), especially near the sliding doors.
I would seriously consider whether the short wall sections with the sliding doors are truly desired or if a larger open space without the option to separate the kitchen might be more practical.
Friends of ours have a similar separation between kitchen and living area—and in the 8 years they have lived in their house, we have never seen the sliding doors actually closed...
Best regards,
Dirk
kbt09 schrieb:
Kitchen, if it is furnished like this However, the idea of placing two tables side by side has never made much sense to me.
You should redraw the shower and similar areas to scale, including the bed arrangement in the guest room. Then also properly furnish the upstairs rooms.
As I said, the measurements are missing.
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sauerpeter2 Sep 2016 11:46This is a sliding door, and it should only be opened when there are really many people present. The table is placed lengthwise in the living room. Otherwise, the door should stay closed. The table in the living room is nonsense; it was placed there by the construction company. In general, please don’t pay too much attention to the furnishings. They were not done by us and can therefore be ignored. Accordingly, @Doc.Schnaggls suggests that a cabinet can be placed on the other side. Theoretically. However, it should only be a small one that would fit next to the shower niche. Otherwise, a chest of drawers and a sofa.
K
Knallkörper2 Sep 2016 13:11The guest room and the study are already very small. The hallway downstairs is definitely not too large.
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j.bautsch2 Sep 2016 13:25I also noticed that the staircase might be a bit uncomfortable. With a tread depth of 24 cm (9.5 inches), you can’t really have large feet.
I mean a minimum of 1.57 meters (5.15 feet) for the structural opening.
Otherwise, I agree with my fellow commenters.
The kitchen layout is impractical. Where will the refrigerator and oven be placed? I don’t see any space for a large table there. The round table was just squeezed in because there’s nowhere to fit a proper one measuring 180 x 90 cm (71 x 35 inches). It would be in the way everywhere. The wall from the pantry or hallway corner seems unnecessary.
If you moved the front wall, it would only create small unusable corners at the top. Okay, maybe you could plan a built-in closet in each room there, but would that really save anything?
Unfortunately, right now I’m only seeing very pixelated images – maybe better ones later.
Otherwise, I agree with my fellow commenters.
The kitchen layout is impractical. Where will the refrigerator and oven be placed? I don’t see any space for a large table there. The round table was just squeezed in because there’s nowhere to fit a proper one measuring 180 x 90 cm (71 x 35 inches). It would be in the way everywhere. The wall from the pantry or hallway corner seems unnecessary.
If you moved the front wall, it would only create small unusable corners at the top. Okay, maybe you could plan a built-in closet in each room there, but would that really save anything?
Unfortunately, right now I’m only seeing very pixelated images – maybe better ones later.
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