Help! Kitchen & Living Rooms in new house plan layout
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Comments (20)Wow! Absolutely awesome siriuskey - thank you for sharing this - your Architect's plan here is just on a completely different level and immediately demonstrates the value of professional design.......isolated room arrangement does not equate to architecture - architecture is about articulating the experience of space and sadly so many project opportunities are missed when it's not understood or recognised that this (spatial/living experience) is what it is all about and if approached/founded on this principle the concept will maximise the project/property value.....this principle can be applied to all types/scales of project whether new builds and renos/extensions or small fitouts.........what your Architect's plan (I think) shows is definitive consideration of and connection to site/context as well as balancing/blending creativity of planning with function, developing rooms of various scales and a multi-dimensional/layered but also relatively simple/streamlined set of both internal and external spaces. What people often don't understand is that this type of option/layout will actually feel more spacious and significantly more interesting than other options that are physically larger but not nearly as elegantly and sensitively resolved. It also doesn't necessarily have to be that more expensive....so good to see this - aren't you lucky! :) PD...See MoreOpen plan kitchen living layout help
Comments (8)it makes much more sense to plan the whole house at the same time even if you have to do the improvements in stages....you may find that moving that central doorway is the key to improving everything else but that won't be obvious without original plans for the whole house and what is the shape of the roof, what are the existing roof, walls and floors made out of, is the house on a slab or is there crawl space under the floor, does the land slope in any direction, what made you decide on the size of the proposed extension, what's the distance from the sides of the existing house to both side, rear and front boundaries, is there an existing garage, where is the laundry and drying area and do you want a deck and/or outside entertaining area? all necessary information to make any worthwhile suggestions and probably more questions to come and imo the key to a good renovation is understanding what you already have before adding extra space,...See MoreNeed help with layout and design of living room / dining room
Comments (7)To be blunt -- the room isn't really big enough ! So you have to sort out priorities , and space . You have a dining table , and a computer desk . Can you get rid of the computer desk , by having your computer tower mounted behind the couch or similar , and a wireless keyboard and mouse that you can use on the dining table ? Mount the monitor on a wall , or if you don't need in depth graphics , I understand you can use your TV ( I've heard something about the 'refresh rate' is less on a TV ? ) . Maybe even have a monitor but also the option of using your TV ? Could you use a 'breakfast bar' , probably where the computer desk is now , I know its not sociable all staring at a wall , but it would/could serve as a brakfast bar and computer workstation . Could you get rid of the dining table and chairs , and have a large coffee table , or 2 smaller ones , and eat 'casually' ( my polite way of saying eat sitting on the couch ) ? Even mounting the TV on the wall will let you get rid of the cabinet , but I gather you have gaming consoles in there ? And the present arrangement with the pot plants uses some space -- maybe some shelves with them on will still retain the plants but free up floor space ? Just some thoughts off the top of my head ....See MoreLayout advice for living / dining room for a reno of an old city house
Comments (7)Good suggestions from Kate. I would also suggest the following. Remove the kitchen pass through wall completely and install a peninsula bench. A support beam may be required. Or a support pillar which could be incorporated at end of the bench. Install a 2400mm high solid core sliding door, think barn style, for the bathroom door. This will give a bit more sound proofing for the poor people using your toilet in the dining room. Place the lounge furniture so the corridor is along the wall. Using single accent chairs. All dining and lounge furniture should be light in colour. The furniture in the photos is dark and bulky and sucking the light out of the room. Paint the stairs completely in a light colour. You have not mentioned a budget, so these changes are cosmetic more than structural (apart from the pass through wall)...See More- 8 years ago
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