170m2 single-family house in the Bavarian countryside

Extravagant? No, not really, only the perspective of the picture is like that. We simply have an open space above the dining area. That’s not really extravagant anymore. We could afford the luxury because we don't have children and therefore didn't need the space. In a typical single-family house for parents and two children, that would be the second children's room.

With a door that looks like a kitchen cabinet door, you don’t separate the kitchen. Integrate the access to the pantry into the already necessary tall cabinets of the kitchen.
For me, it looks like this:

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(the kitchen wasn’t quite finished yet there – the baseboard at the bottom is missing; please don’t mind that)

The pantry is here:
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For us, it’s in the corner, but you can just plan one more "tall cabinet" and that’s where you get to the pantry.

Sauna: well, I don’t just use the sauna in winter and in the evening. On bad weather days, we treat ourselves to a wellness day that starts sometime in the early afternoon (right after the extended breakfast or so). It’s fun, relaxing, and at the moment you can’t really go to a spa anyway. We have a TV in the bedroom and often watch trash TV, then go back to the sauna, would like to have a whirlpool outside on the carport or at least a plunge pool.
Even in summer, when the weather is really crappy, a sauna is great. And looking outside when it’s dusk is nice. In winter and summer.
And as Pagoni says: if you do it, then a nice wellness area, but that mostly doesn’t work in the basement. I also like the idea of a sauna outside. Plan a nice shower on the ground floor for that and then you snuggle up on the couch in the living room. A plunge pool is easier to realize that way as well.
But the basement would be my last choice. My parents also have a sauna in the basement. It was just added at some point. After all, my father once planned to have a swimming pool in the basement. It was never realized. But we had a room for the sauna that even had a water connection and we were able to install a small shower there. Still basement – and on one wall hung the skis of the whole family... nice is something else.

We even have a window in the sauna so you can look outside. I absolutely wanted that. It looks like this in winter:
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That’s better than a dark hole!!!

Extravagant? No, actually not, it’s just the perspective of the picture. We simply have an open space above the dining area. That’s not really extravagant anymore. We could afford the luxury because we don’t have children and therefore didn’t need the space. In a regular family house for parents and two kids, that would be the second children’s room.

With a door that looks like a kitchen cabinet door, you don’t divide the kitchen. Integrate the access to the pantry into the already necessary tall kitchen cabinets.
For me, it looks like this:

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(the kitchen wasn’t quite finished yet – the baseboard is missing at the bottom; please don’t mind that)

The pantry is here:
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For us it’s in the corner, but you can simply plan one more “tall cabinet” and that’s where you get into the pantry.

Sauna: well, I don’t only go to the sauna in winter and in the evening. In bad weather, we treat ourselves to a wellness day and it starts sometime in the early afternoon (right after a long breakfast or so). It’s fun, relaxing, and at the moment you can’t really go to a spa anyway. We have a TV in the bedroom and often watch trash TV, then go to the sauna again, would like to have a hot tub outside on the carport or at least a cold plunge pool.
Even in summer, when the weather is really crap, a sauna is great. And looking outside when it’s dusk is lovely. In winter as well as in summer.
And as Pagoni says: if, then a nice wellness area, but that mostly doesn’t work in the basement. I also like the idea of an outdoor sauna. Then plan a nice shower on the ground floor and you cuddle up on the couch in the living room. A cold plunge pool is also easier to realize this way.
But the basement would be my last option. My parents also have a sauna in the basement. It was added at some point. At least my dad once planned a swimming pool in the basement. That was just never realized. But we had a room for the sauna with a water connection and we could install a small shower there. Still basement – and on one wall hung the skis of the whole family… Not exactly nice.

We even have a window in the sauna so you can look outside. I absolutely wanted that. Here’s what it looks like in winter:
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That’s nicer than a dark hole!!!

Great sauna!
I definitely think it’s nice.

And now I understand the thing with your corner cabinet in the kitchen.
The stone countertop in the kitchen also looks great – but isn’t it a pain to care for with such a rough stone?

That was at the architect on site.
At 1.5m depth of the bay window, that’s already an insane thing.

You must have been wearing the wrong glasses, or the planner simulated it sloppily. You hang the roof over the bay window there, then it looks almost frighteningly discreet.

In our case, it’s just in the corner, but you can simply plan one more "tall cabinet" and then it goes into the pantry.

It seems sustainably almost exemplary to me, you should really pin that ;-)

We even have a window in the sauna so you can look outside. I definitely wanted that. It looks like this in winter:

Good – although I can only believe that now that it’s finished (while under construction or on the plan, I still had doubts).

I really think the corner thing is genius too :)

That is now just in our corner - but what I mean is: simply integrate it into the kitchen front. In the surface, it is just a door in conjunction with several tall cabinets.

Hello everyone,

my architect just replied to me that a glass element on the upper landing would not look good. He would rather work only with glass doors.

I think such a glass element could definitely look good? Even if it is just a flat window with a frosted glass look, right?

And basically, it’s not a problem to have floor-to-ceiling windows behind the couch, is it :D Then you just take a real fabric back on the couch.