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My first idea was this:
PLAN A |
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I will post this several times so that you don’t have to keep referring back to see the floorplan. I tried to leave
most of the walls in place and work with what we had. I did remove the wall between the kitchen and dining
so that the kitchen could extend farther down thus creating a space for a dishwasher and the refrigerator.
I tucked the toilet into a little existing linen closet, did a small walk-in shower which left enough room to
tuck in a water heater. I closed off the old closet in the bedroom, opened the back side of it and put a full
size stack washer dryer in there. |
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PLAN A |
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I then stole some space from the carport creating a good sized bath and two nice closets to serve
bedrooms 1 & 2. |
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To the right on the tub is a built-in chest on chest to make up for the lack of storage in Bedroom 1.
A large linen closet left of the tub provides space for cleaning products, bath supplies etc. |
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This was OK but I still wasn’t happy. |
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Then in the middle of the night….. it happened. |
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AN EPIPHANY !!! |
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I love it when that happens. I suddenly realized that I should re-think everything and that by doing so
I would
eliminate everything that bugged me AND it would all fit within the existing footprint of the house which
means money saved. |
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Let’s back up and look at the original floorplan again: |
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ORIGINAL |
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PLAN B |
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Let’s analyze all of the problems that were solved: |
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1.All 3 bedrooms are the same size and all have a large double closet. (easier to rent -no fights among tenants!) |
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2.No bedroom has an exterior door. |
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3. No one has to walk through a bedroom to reach another room. |
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4. By creating a hallway from bedroom three to the laundry I made sure that laundry washing could
still take place even if the bathroom was occupied. |
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5. We now have a nice second bathroom with double vanities and a tub to serve bedrooms 2 and 3. |
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6. I shortened the original hall way and took in the original bath linen closet to create the closet for
bedroom 2 thus eliminating the door to the hallway and making it a private space. |
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7. The original bath now just has a large walk in shower but serves only one bedroom and doubles as
the guest powder room. |
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8. There is now a beautiful U-shaped kitchen just off the great-room. The open concept allows for great
casual entertaining and opens the space up for more people to perform multiple tasks while occupying
the same area. |
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I really think this is a great solution and one that saves us money and time. I also love that because the
laundry is right by the back door the girls are close enough to campus that they could literally run home, throw
the clothes in the dryer from the washer and be back at class on time. By moving the back entry steps to the side,
it makes a more graceful entry into the home and means that you aren’t immediately looking down a hallway
into a bedroom. |
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What do you think? There is still a tiny bit of time left to make changes if you see something that
would make
it even better! |
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Next up: |
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color and finishes! I’m excited. |
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Cindy |
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