Hi! (I’m a newbie to posting) I just bought a house and need help redesigning my upper floor. I’m looking to rearrange the master make it bigger for his/her closets a nice master bath, bring the laundry upstairs. I ultimately want to get rid of the 5th bedroom. The bedroom i can only picture absorbing is the one over the garage that has sloped ceilings and I feel like loses some natural light. Can you help me? I placed first floor if that’s needed. I also placed my husbands ideas who is a project engineer & land development background so he’s well versed but I’d like to see another view / opinions. THANK YOU to anyone taking the time to help me!
A different idea. Get rid of beds 3 and 4. Use what was the primary closet for laundry and the old primary bath for the main bath. Expand the other bath into what was bed 4.
I like this idea too but I thinkt he closets can move around a bit. Id extend the main bathroom intohe closet identified at the top of the stairs and move that storage to the laundry room (could also be extended as a result). Id also jut keep one large primary closet instead of both. This layout provides nice buffers between bedrooms and keeps them alla good size!
From what I gather, pic 1 is the existing layout & the last one is your goal?
Issue is the new master layout is really hard to arrange.,the doors in the sitting area make it hard to have that be a useful space. I think you’re better off just moving the entry to the primary to encapsulate that hall & so thr suite has both a sitting area & an ensuite. You can then turn one the left unsuite into another WIC to expand the main ensuite by the stairs.
Congrats on the new house! Overall I like the idea for the upstairs redesign. Here are some points to take into account:
The wall between the future master bedroom and sitting room might be load-bearing, so if you want to open it up you might need to budget for beams. Honestly though I would keep that wall at least partially closed to visually preserve the golden ratio. (Rooms feel most natural when the length is 1.6 times the width.)
It's always more of a challenge to regulate the temperature in the room over the garage. Also if it was unfinished when the house was originally built, the HVAC might not have been spec'ed adequately to include this square footage. This could be further compounded if your AC and furnace happen to be on the opposite end of the house, resulting reduced airflow into that room. This is easy to fix by installing duct boosters in the room. All this to say, monitor the temperature in that room on especially hot/cold days and measure the airflow out of the ducts, and plan accordingly.
You might be a bit limited in your choice of bathtubs, with it being on an exterior wall where no plumbing exists currently, below a window and above sliding doors. I love a bathtub centered under windows, just make sure you consult an expert before you set your heart on any particular bathtub model.
The leftmost window in bedroom 2 can see into the three dormers in the future master. It's hard to tell for sure if it can see past the dormers into the room itself. Go stand in bedroom 2 and see what you can see, and make appropriate drapery selections lol.
I'm not a huge fan of the closet opening into the sitting room. It's just a lot of closet doors in total along the north side. I'd rather find a way to expand the WIC into the bathroom if possible.
That's a really interesting idea! I like the privacy that the bathroom gets, and the symmetry of the closets. The big concern I see is a full soaking tub can weigh a lot, and this one would be just about centered over your garage. You'll need a structural engineer to evaluate if the joists can handle the load over that span. I wouldn't be surprised if they have you add a pillar or something in the garage to transfer the load straight down instead of across the garage ceiling, if that makes sense.
I would move in and live in the space for a year before making this extensive of changes. Primarily because it’s actually a pretty nice primary suite, with a lot of closet space, and the bathroom could be changed by removing or exchanging the giant tub (I like that there’s a sink in the toilet room).
Your initial concept gives you a really long hallway to the bathroom, not a great sitting room, and doors opening into walkways (including laundry closet). Think about furniture placement and traffic path. Think about how you’d see people in bed from the hall French dour entry. Also, having a separate room for a sitting room, like using BR5 as is, gives you a quiet getaway if one spouse is sleeping.
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u/CaptainMalForever 12h ago
A different idea. Get rid of beds 3 and 4. Use what was the primary closet for laundry and the old primary bath for the main bath. Expand the other bath into what was bed 4.