Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought.
What about putting the kitchen in the middle (the traditional dining room area and the proposed living room area) and the living room where the proposed kitchen is, at the back, feeding into the backyard via a nice terrace/deck, and the dining area up front.
Just to toss out an idea.
Great idea! (I'm not the OP)
That was my thought too. I'd hate having my living room area where I spend most of my time in the middle of the house and not directly by windows. Also think future buyers will be bothered by the weird layout of kitchen -->living -->dining area
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do you have the living room between the dining room and kitchen?
Is the 2nd drawing from the left the first floor? It's a bit confusing.
Yes, they are in order from left to right, the third floor, the second floor, the first floor and the basement.
The living room is between the dining and kitchen, mostly because I don't use the dining room that frequently and the middle space is MUCH larger (I don't need a table to seat 25), so I'd rather have more living space. However, I don't think there is anything going into either space that would force a future owner to use them in that way (i.e. no chandelier over the table) so if someone else wants to flip them, they can.
Where do you eat? In front of the tv?
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do you have the living room between the dining room and kitchen?
Is the 2nd drawing from the left the first floor? It's a bit confusing.
Yes, they are in order from left to right, the third floor, the second floor, the first floor and the basement.
The living room is between the dining and kitchen, mostly because I don't use the dining room that frequently and the middle space is MUCH larger (I don't need a table to seat 25), so I'd rather have more living space. However, I don't think there is anything going into either space that would force a future owner to use them in that way (i.e. no chandelier over the table) so if someone else wants to flip them, they can.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought.
What about putting the kitchen in the middle (the traditional dining room area and the proposed living room area) and the living room where the proposed kitchen is, at the back, feeding into the backyard via a nice terrace/deck, and the dining area up front.
Just to toss out an idea.
Great idea! (I'm not the OP)
Anonymous wrote:Here's a thought.
What about putting the kitchen in the middle (the traditional dining room area and the proposed living room area) and the living room where the proposed kitchen is, at the back, feeding into the backyard via a nice terrace/deck, and the dining area up front.
Just to toss out an idea.
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the rowhouse architecture porn, by the way.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How wide is the opening into the kitchen with and without the peninsula? I really think the peninsula is just going to be a thing to walk around but obvs up to you. A wide opening is so great into a kitchen. The first time you have 3+ people in there you will be so happy.
I think where the bathroom is now, you get a very narrow living room that looks like a hallway and will be difficult to decorate (remember you've got to leave room for the doors to swing and for humans to move to in front of the open door), and a very awkward situation if people are in the living room and someone goes to the bathroom. If they're opposite the stairs, you have a kind of logical hallway area for the stairs, coat closet and powder room and a full width living room oriented towards a blank wall you can build out. That room wouldn't get much light from the front of the building anyway imo.
In fact, is there a way you can sneak a solar tube through the master closet/bathroom down into the living room? It would eat some space but I'd consider it if you like them.
I love the dining room up front fwiw, but I would definitely try to sneak in a kitchen table if at all possible or maybe a small game table in the living room that you could use for a quick bite.
Thank you!
The house does face south, so the best light will come from the front/dining room windows. There will be a skylight in the living room, its shown on the floorplan as the rectangle that is next to the two chairs in the living room. The second floor has a slightly different shape than the first, letting there be a skylight there. Is there a reason to prefer solar tubes? I thought a skylight might be better because I can install some sort of electric shade if we want to darken it sometimes (i'm not sure if there is anything similar I could do with solar tubes?).
Without the peninsula the opening is about 9 feet and with the peninsula the opening would be about 3 feet. But even without the peninsula, there would probably be some counter there, sort of like the below (but there will be a window where those open shelves are):
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What do you think about just squaring off the counter there? So hardly a peninsula at all, maybe just a foot or two? It would just be a way to put out food if I was entertaining that is accessible from the living room.
Anonymous wrote:Where are you envisioning the fireplace and built-ins in your current layout?
Anonymous wrote:How wide is the opening into the kitchen with and without the peninsula? I really think the peninsula is just going to be a thing to walk around but obvs up to you. A wide opening is so great into a kitchen. The first time you have 3+ people in there you will be so happy.
I think where the bathroom is now, you get a very narrow living room that looks like a hallway and will be difficult to decorate (remember you've got to leave room for the doors to swing and for humans to move to in front of the open door), and a very awkward situation if people are in the living room and someone goes to the bathroom. If they're opposite the stairs, you have a kind of logical hallway area for the stairs, coat closet and powder room and a full width living room oriented towards a blank wall you can build out. That room wouldn't get much light from the front of the building anyway imo.
In fact, is there a way you can sneak a solar tube through the master closet/bathroom down into the living room? It would eat some space but I'd consider it if you like them.
I love the dining room up front fwiw, but I would definitely try to sneak in a kitchen table if at all possible or maybe a small game table in the living room that you could use for a quick bite.