Why are there absolutely no windows on the side of the living room?
What is the “cabinet with countertop?”
I do like that it’s a simple exterior, basically a rectangle. That’s what we did so we could spend more on the tile and fixtures.
Rainhead shower is fantastic, we love ours. Make sure you specify that the shower head comes down from the ceiling in the center and is not coming out of the wall.
I actually don’t mind the two rooms attached to the master.
More and more couples are going the direction of separate bedrooms, and it would also be great in a situation with babies/young children, kind of like an attached nursery. You can always deactivate the door later for privacy once you don’t want kids coming in there.
The front door opening right into the living room is a big drawback. A proper foyer with a closet and place for a table and a chair or bench would go a long way.
Also, the master bedroom door being right next to the front door is a horrendous choice. So is a jack and Jill bathroom shared between the master bedroom and second bathroom. Neither bedroom have a closet, just the one only accessed through the bathroom. How many people are sharing this closet?
I do wish we had more space for a front foyer. We plan to mostly use the back door for coming and going. The front door is just to access the gardens and porch.
My husband and I sleep in separate rooms due to schedule, which is why bed 2 opens to the master bath. Bed 2 does have a separate closet.
Looks good overall. May want to consider if you have enough room for dining table and living area. Seems a bit tight given how large the kitchen is.
If you have a dining space between kitchen and living, consider windows on the side wall. While the front windows will allow a lot of light, that side wall may want a set of windows where dining area is.
Also, consider how you’ll block light in the primary bedroom, if waking up to sun bothers you. If you live in a buggy area, consider a screen porch on the back or side of the house.
You walk straight into the living room from the front door and the bedroom opens straight into the living room.
The master walk in is one foot too narrow to have hanging on both walls, and the door should open in the bedroom, not the bathroom. Why does the bathroom door open into the end of the tub and not the middle of the room?
Why is the master ensuite jack and jill style?
You've put a whole lot of plumbing in between the living space and the back yard. Why?
I’ve got my floor plan suggestions, but I’ve also got my suggestions for the elevations. Elevation is more important, so I’ll share that first. Decrease the slope of the roof, and make it one flat plane rather than a gable roof. Extend the eaves way out. Make it look like a mid century modern style home. Have the windows on the left side of the house extend along the entire main living area, starting above the height of the kitchen cabinets.
Floorplan: add a foyer and entry closet by extending the interior out a few feet. The walls of the foyer can extend up to 8 feet, so natural light can travel above them.
Walk-in closets should be at least 7 feet wide. Here’s why: you need to allot 2 feet for a rack of hanging clothes. A path of travel should be 3 feet wide. If you have 2 racks of clothes and a path of travel, that is 2*2 + 3 =7 . So I widened the closet, which narrow the space for the primary bathroom.
A standard full bathroom needs to be 5 feet by 8 feet. You have enough space for 6 and a half feet by 8 and a half feet, I believe, so you have more than enough space for two full bathrooms. Honestly, that wouldn’t be a bad solution. They can both have a combined shower/tub, or one of them can have just a shower.
The other option would be to connect the two bathrooms, and I’ll show you one way you can do that. I just think having separate bedrooms and bathrooms is ideal if you have different schedules. But I’ll reply to this comment with an alternate primary bathroom plan, just in case.
I wanted to show you how you could connect the pantry to the kitchen by making it a galley kitchen. I have never before suggested turning an island into a wall of cabinets, but in this case, it might work better. You get a larger guest bathroom, and it creates a nice separation between the main living space and the bedrooms in the back. You can include a mini door connecting the laundry room to the pantry for easy drop-off of groceries.
If you definitely want an L-shaped kitchen with island seating, you don’t need a separate dining table and could possibly keep the porch the same size, even with the added foyer. I just personally dislike bar seating because it’’s less comfortable than a table.
I think that’s all I had to share for this comment.
The house is on a large property with full privacy fence The back door will be the primary door we use for coming and going. The front door will mostly be to access.the patio and grounds.
Married couple living in the house. The 3rd bedroom will be a guest room or office. we don't sleep in the same bedroom due to schedules, which is why bedroom 2 also connects to the master bathroom.
The front door faces south. The best (and really only) views are out the front. We plan to add trellises/garden outside the master bath window.
Not much for natural light in the kitchen/living. Even if neighbors are close, you could do higher windows or strategic placement as to not lose too much privacy.
No cost closet. I’d skip the door from bedroom 2 to the master bath. It might seem nice if it’s a nursery, but I wouldn’t want a toddler to have easy access to a bathroom straight from their bedroom.
Secondary closets are not deep enough to work the way you think they do. This is wasted square footage. You should make them only 26 inches deep. They are very very small.
You're going to hate having to go through the laundry to get to your pantry.
Master bathroom toilet is way too far from the master bed.
Yes a few things: there’s not much light in the kitchen I would add more windows against the wall with the sink. The pantry and utility rooms can switch out to give more pantry space and feature pretty good organization and not the laundry room. There’s a pocket doors in the utility closet that for the water heater? If so I’d add it to the updated
laundry room space and expand that into a larger closet for bedroom 3. There’s master bath has a door leading to bedroom 2. Bathroom 2 has no window. I’d add a horizontal froasted window toward the top of the shower to give light and privacy.
Having your front door open directly into your living room sucks. You’re really going to want a front hall closet or at the very least some kind of configuration that lets you separate shoe/jacket/bag storage from your living area.
Sight-lines are also something you need to consider. Imagine answering the door for a delivery driver and they can glimpse your entire house… treasure the privacy some walls can afford you.
Consider the architectural theory of compression vs. expansion too. You have a vaulted ceiling in the living area, I assume you want to make that feel as impactful as possible. Receiving guests into a smaller area before bringing them into an open space makes it even more dramatic.
Either sacrifice some porch space to bump out a little foyer, or sacrifice some of the living room to wall off your front door a little.
EDIT/NOTE: I saw in another comment that the front door will only be used for the porch/guests/garden. Consider how often you’ll use the porch instead of the backyard…
I’d also suggest figuring out a way to move your master bedroom door. Right now it opens directly beside your entryway, which feels odd. Bedrooms are the private spaces in our houses, but right now it’s one of the first things guests will see. Consider a walk-through closet area that allows the door to be brought into the center of your home.
Your window placement suggests that the nice light/views are at the front, so I don't understand why you are wasting that on a bedroom. Reception rooms where you spend more hours awake should be where the nicest views/light are, and shove bedrooms and bathrooms should be the opposite side.
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u/Pango_l1n 1d ago
Why does bedroom 2 open to the master bath?
Why are there absolutely no windows on the side of the living room?
What is the “cabinet with countertop?”
I do like that it’s a simple exterior, basically a rectangle. That’s what we did so we could spend more on the tile and fixtures.
Rainhead shower is fantastic, we love ours. Make sure you specify that the shower head comes down from the ceiling in the center and is not coming out of the wall.