Floor plan with setback - yes or no?!

How did you dig so deep so quickly here? - that truly challenged my thread memory, because I had seen the thread, but it was from "before my time"; the "stolen" picture comes from here: (now you may reward me by explaining why it appeals to you more).

oh very impressive, thank you I just simply used the search

so please: especially find 2 approaches worth considering:

1) Place the stairs in the middle - this way the hallway in our plan loses the "corridor character" and I find the layout much more harmonious; also that the office/bedroom would then be on the left half of the house + this would also create the separation of children/parents in the upper floor

2) The kitchen can then be set back accordingly and provided with an additional entrance - shorter routes to the basement and groceries ....

I can well imagine a combination of both plans. Maybe also like in the other plan no "symmetrical" U but somewhat shifted ....

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Toys still accumulate anyway. I don’t find that bad. What isn’t played with goes into the cupboard and reappears after a few weeks. That way there’s always something new from time to time. My little one uses everything now.
Check out Pinterest. There you’ll find lots of instructions for DIY projects. The rainbow seesaw and the learning tower are used a lot. Especially the tower, as an IKEA hack, is worth every cent.

Sure, you’re absolutely right there. But there are also the kids’ rooms where the stuff is supposed to belong and has its place. And depending on what’s currently the most interesting, it’s allowed to move downstairs. If you had a dedicated playroom downstairs on the ground floor (not bad either), the kids still wouldn’t always play nicely there because they want to be with mom and dad and we want to keep an eye on them. In the end, it would be more of a storage area than a used “play space”...

Yep, the learning tower will definitely be the next DIY project.

I simply just used the search for that

But hardly just with "return jump" or something - what did you enter?

So I can well imagine a combination of both plans.

Yes, and you can also tell the planner that way - there is no "danger of falling in love because from the same planner," so the planner doesn't "catch" that either.

Cozy seating niche in the kitchen *dream* that would be exactly my thing - what do you call something like that?

Traditionally, I would rather think of an "alcove," what is shown in the presentation of the Baufritz house I would simply call "sofa in the kitchen," and in the thread linked by me from it is called "Musche-Pu-Pu-Ecke." What kind of wall constructions are those in your plans anyway? - I can hardly imagine 50, 37, or 12 cm.

Know a family with a playroom. It is not used at all. Played near the parents and then later in the children's room.

In the open space are the kitchen, rainbow rocker, a few books, painting and crafting supplies, and a few games that are currently popular. Despite the cave structure, the Lego tower, the train set, etc., which are played with for several days, it is better suited in a corner where you do not walk through constantly.

But hardly just like that with "jump back" or something – what did you enter?

yes – I couldn’t think of anything more creative

Traditionally I would rather think of an "alcove", what is shown in the presentation of the Baufritz house I would simply call "sofa in the kitchen", and in the thread linked by me from it is called "Musche-Pu-Pu-Ecke"

hmm very interesting topic .. after reading the thread I also googled this Musche thing because I couldn’t imagine it and only found the following definition.

Where we live, such things are called a "diwan" and I mainly know it from farmhouses, but I haven’t come across it in such a noble and modern implementation! It certainly has its charm, but you have to be a bit careful that it doesn’t turn into a storage corner (seen that happen a lot)

What kind of wall structures are these in your plans? – I can hardly imagine 50, 37, or 12 cm.

I have to ask my husband. I don’t know exactly. But it could be that the brick thickness is meant? That could make sense, right?

... a corner you don’t constantly walk through, better off

yeah, there is something to that. I could just be sensible and throw the concept away, but sometimes being sensible is no fun. I think I’m not ready yet to completely let go of it