Hello dear forum,
We are in the final stages of planning the floor layout for our mid-terrace house, and a thought is keeping us busy that we would like to get your opinions on.
The ground floor layout (not attached) is intentionally designed to have a large, open kitchen, dining, and living area. For this, we have sacrificed the classic TV corner or TV cabinet wall with the associated sofa seating on the ground floor. A Samsung "The Frame" TV is planned but is only intended for occasional use when watching TV from the large dining table (3m (10 feet)) is desired. The ground floor layout is now fixed. Kitchen planning has been completed.
This leads to the attached floor plan of the upper floor. So far, we have planned a large bedroom of about 21sqm (226 sq ft). The room is one of the "highlight rooms" of the house due to the high ceiling height (approx. 3m (10 feet) at the window front, then sloping down to about 2.60m (8.5 feet) towards the bathroom), large window front, and access to the roof terrace. Now, the idea is growing to change this room into a "family room," where one could watch TV (as a replacement for the TV corner on the ground floor), listen to music, read, watch the aquarium, etc. With the option to use the roof terrace as an extension of the room when the weather permits. The family consists of 4 people (children aged 2 and 6). Spending a few more years together in a family room before adolescence kicks in seems appealing.
For this, we would then move the bedroom into the currently planned office/guest room. The room size should allow this if the walls towards the bathroom and the new "family room" are each shifted by about 40cm (16 inches). However, this would make the (shower) bathroom even smaller and narrow the family room.
Alternatively, we could incorporate the "family room" into a room on the first floor that has the same layout as the office/guest room. In other words, it would be a small, cozy TV room—but nothing more.
We are also not yet satisfied with the bathroom layout. So far, only the position of the shower is fixed. The rest is to be decided with the builder during the specification phase.
We would appreciate your opinions, suggestions, and ideas regarding the topic of "swapping the family room with the office/guest room and the shower bathroom."
We are in the final stages of planning the floor layout for our mid-terrace house, and a thought is keeping us busy that we would like to get your opinions on.
The ground floor layout (not attached) is intentionally designed to have a large, open kitchen, dining, and living area. For this, we have sacrificed the classic TV corner or TV cabinet wall with the associated sofa seating on the ground floor. A Samsung "The Frame" TV is planned but is only intended for occasional use when watching TV from the large dining table (3m (10 feet)) is desired. The ground floor layout is now fixed. Kitchen planning has been completed.
This leads to the attached floor plan of the upper floor. So far, we have planned a large bedroom of about 21sqm (226 sq ft). The room is one of the "highlight rooms" of the house due to the high ceiling height (approx. 3m (10 feet) at the window front, then sloping down to about 2.60m (8.5 feet) towards the bathroom), large window front, and access to the roof terrace. Now, the idea is growing to change this room into a "family room," where one could watch TV (as a replacement for the TV corner on the ground floor), listen to music, read, watch the aquarium, etc. With the option to use the roof terrace as an extension of the room when the weather permits. The family consists of 4 people (children aged 2 and 6). Spending a few more years together in a family room before adolescence kicks in seems appealing.
For this, we would then move the bedroom into the currently planned office/guest room. The room size should allow this if the walls towards the bathroom and the new "family room" are each shifted by about 40cm (16 inches). However, this would make the (shower) bathroom even smaller and narrow the family room.
Alternatively, we could incorporate the "family room" into a room on the first floor that has the same layout as the office/guest room. In other words, it would be a small, cozy TV room—but nothing more.
We are also not yet satisfied with the bathroom layout. So far, only the position of the shower is fixed. The rest is to be decided with the builder during the specification phase.
We would appreciate your opinions, suggestions, and ideas regarding the topic of "swapping the family room with the office/guest room and the shower bathroom."
Basically very good.
I would try to furnish the space left in the attic after adjusting the "new bedroom" in a practical way. The bathroom wouldn’t suffer much if it ended up 40cm (16 inches) smaller (the door would then be moved further to the right).
I also see less of the teenagers occupying the family room with friends and therefore find the family room on the parents’ floor quite sensible. It really provides parents with a retreat, especially later when teenagers have friends over at the house. If the children are like my niece, the kitchen with dining area quickly turns into a teen hangout for a few hours.
I would skip the passage to the garage, unless there is a specific reason for it?
Regarding the kitchen layout... I hope it is somewhat different from what the plan suggests. I don’t mean the tall cabinet niche, which I like, but rather the arrangement of the kitchen row and island.
I would change the door swing from the vestibule into the open space.
I would try to furnish the space left in the attic after adjusting the "new bedroom" in a practical way. The bathroom wouldn’t suffer much if it ended up 40cm (16 inches) smaller (the door would then be moved further to the right).
I also see less of the teenagers occupying the family room with friends and therefore find the family room on the parents’ floor quite sensible. It really provides parents with a retreat, especially later when teenagers have friends over at the house. If the children are like my niece, the kitchen with dining area quickly turns into a teen hangout for a few hours.
I would skip the passage to the garage, unless there is a specific reason for it?
Regarding the kitchen layout... I hope it is somewhat different from what the plan suggests. I don’t mean the tall cabinet niche, which I like, but rather the arrangement of the kitchen row and island.
I would change the door swing from the vestibule into the open space.