kivaas
2015-04-09 15:19:27
- #1
I find the staircase and the open space completely fine (at most, with small children you should consider the risk of falling if they might climb on the gallery railing). And of course, cooking fumes will pass directly through the open space into the upper floor, so you will need a very good extractor hood.
A door from the hallway to the living room is an absolute must.
I consider the sliding door from the corridor to the kitchen impractical (because you can’t open it with your elbow when your hands are full of groceries), even though it obviously saves space. But maybe you can make the kitchen island a bit shorter so there is enough room for a proper kitchen door? Or, if you like an open floor plan anyway, make it completely open, or have a saloon-style passage with double swing doors with hinges? It would be a pity to plan a super spacious house and then be stingy with space over a door – especially one that you have to use several times a day – that just doesn’t fit together.
The cloakroom fits well under the stairs.
By the way, on the side – you have planned for one child, so apparently you don’t have one yet. But what if it turns out to be twins (this has happened in three families in my circle of acquaintances who wanted one child and then suddenly had two)? Maybe you want to plan some flexibility into the layout of the house for this case? For example, make some walls non-load-bearing so that you can move them if necessary, to turn a large study and a large children’s room into a smaller office and two equally sized children’s rooms?
A door from the hallway to the living room is an absolute must.
I consider the sliding door from the corridor to the kitchen impractical (because you can’t open it with your elbow when your hands are full of groceries), even though it obviously saves space. But maybe you can make the kitchen island a bit shorter so there is enough room for a proper kitchen door? Or, if you like an open floor plan anyway, make it completely open, or have a saloon-style passage with double swing doors with hinges? It would be a pity to plan a super spacious house and then be stingy with space over a door – especially one that you have to use several times a day – that just doesn’t fit together.
The cloakroom fits well under the stairs.
By the way, on the side – you have planned for one child, so apparently you don’t have one yet. But what if it turns out to be twins (this has happened in three families in my circle of acquaintances who wanted one child and then suddenly had two)? Maybe you want to plan some flexibility into the layout of the house for this case? For example, make some walls non-load-bearing so that you can move them if necessary, to turn a large study and a large children’s room into a smaller office and two equally sized children’s rooms?