layout dilemma
Please help! We have been going crazy trying to work out how to make this 1960s house work (2 adults/2 kids. The kitchen needs redoing and we would like to make it a 4 bed home with a potential for an ensuite. We just can’t seem to get the kitchen-lounge-dining to work ensuring enough space for a decent lounge and kitchen bench. We are hoping to keep costs fairly minimal. I would really appreciate any advice or drawings of what would be possible.
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Comments (41)Hi Do you need four bedrooms? If not, turn main bedroom into a kids room. Turn the lounge into main bedroom with en-suite, knock down the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom at the back of the house and then create one big open plan kitchen living dining across the back of the house. I envisage you would need to knock out the back wall of the house and add some square footage to get the space you would desire. You could also build a patio across the back with stacking sliding doors to create a beautiful indoor/outdoor living space that overlooks the pool. Good luck!!...See MoreNew kitchen layout dilemma
Comments (22)your new plan looks like it might work with support beams to replace the removed wall and if you were living in the house i'd suggest that you rearrange the furniture to suit your new layout so that you could see that the front lounge area would not be big enough for the two couches with suitable walking space but moving the door from the entry hall would allow more space for more comfortable furniture arrangements and i've used a 2100 x 900 three seater couch and 900 x 900 for a single armchair and blocking the extra door from hallway to old kitchen would also allow for more counter and wall cabinets...See MoreBathroom layout dilemma
Comments (9)Thanks for all the design ideas and feedback so far, these are fantastic. oklouise - that's really along the lines we've been thinking on the bathroom. One question I have is on the walk-in shower you're suggesting, where would the entry be? Is it a one-sided walled shower or an enclosed shower? We had wondered whether we put a shower screen between the toilet and the shower area, but had questions as to whether the entry area next to the bath would be wide enough? And whether we need a shower screen at the end of the bath next to the shower area. Really like the idea of the longer vanity to make use of the empty space next to the wall. We'd previously only thought of just having a laundry basket there. For the laundry we were thinking about putting cabinetry along the whole length of the kitchen wall with a door on the front through to the laundry area. Current dimensions don't allow for a barn style door to the area and other options such as knocking the wall down and rebuilding with a sliding door recessed in to it, but will be too expensive for the gain. Kate - do you have any examples of a sliding door you mention? How far would you expect it to slide across?...See MoreMaster suite layout dilemma
Comments (10)the best location for the external door is in the ens or the one next to the wiw where the walking space to wiw and outside door would overlap...having the external door in the corner means that you have to have an extra walkway on either side of the bed and side tables and that takes up much more space that is better used in the wiw and ens...having the wiw door in the centre of the wiw makes no difference to the location of the outside door (although it wastes more space in corners that can't be used and would give a better view of the toilet from the bed which could be avoided by having the toilet on the outside wall) or if the wiw door is closer to the hall side the shower has to be swopped to the outside wall or you will walk on wet floors ..if you want a view of the courtyard from the bedroom consider windows that can be narrower than a door and think about the external door being from the ensuite...See More
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my suggestions include a new kitchen shape in the same location (with 75cm deep peninsular but no stools) wider openings between kitchen, hall and living area to allow more space for dining (using a smaller table that extends for guests)..rearranging the living room furniture with extra built ins for dining storage and opt fireplace, a separate playroom or retreat, new master suite and minor changes to bed 3 and laundry and also consider a deck off the sunroom for better connection to outside at same floor level as inside
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Another layout, the master suite could also include a study., Kitchen has Banquette dining, WIP and laundry, laundry has better access to outdoors. Access into master suite can be changed.
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