Single-family house, approximately 160m², Bauhaus style; first draft according to our wishes

Clearly ... bedroom through dressing room, then the bend is eliminated.

It is also sufficient to shift the bathroom wall including doors slightly to the right - if it absolutely has to be a walk-in dressing room.

Hello everyone,

first of all, thank you very much for the feedback. I am really very grateful to all of you.
Regarding the floor plan from yesterday: It was created in a very "efficient" round. We fought our way from the basement through the ground floor to the upper floor, but we were very "quick" at the upper floor. The architect actually rushed it unclearly at our behest so that at least we could take something with us by Friday. The corner by the bedroom will definitely be redesigned.

I would be bothered by those "weird" corners in the hallway on the upper floor, i.e. the ones by the bedroom door and the stairs. Just quickly sketched, but I would find it more reasonable like this:

I would have tried to design the entrance to the bedroom at a 45-degree angle. Then you can also turn left immediately into the walk-in closet. Furthermore, I would install a door from the bedroom to the bathroom. If you have to go to the toilet at night quickly, you have a shorter way.
Isn’t a urinal planned in the toilet on the ground floor? There would be space, and I actually find it quite practical. Especially if you have many friends visiting, the WC isn’t wrecked afterwards.

Regards, thespyfromtheeast.

We don’t want the urinal; there is absolute sitting obligation at our place and so far really everyone has stuck to it, we believe at least.
The "corner" at the bedroom/dressing room will definitely be worked on, see introductory comment above, the "corner" at the children's room could be eliminated by widening the stairs, right?

But the kink in the wall on the upper floor is not serious, right?
I don’t understand how someone can hand that over to the customer! Man, you are paying hundreds of thousands there and the planner cannot even draw the wall properly. That is so – I get really annoyed about that – sloppy. You have to be able to see that the bathroom needs to be 2 cm smaller.

Dear Katja, thank you very much for your note and temper. That will not stay like this.

Otherwise it’s a matter of taste. The wall by the stairs wouldn’t be mine because then the light from the window upstairs has less chance to brighten the hallway on the ground floor as well. The door to the dining area is still too small for me and too long ways with the shopping bags. I like the idea to open the hallway on the ground floor.

Otherwise the whole house or otherwise the stairs? We actually wanted the stairs to be very bright. I mean the part of the stairs on the ground floor is "closed" by the garage wall first, but the part above the garage we want to be as bright as possible with a large glass element/window/… The stairs are supposed to be a landing staircase, meaning the wall will not be pulled all the way up, but (at least that’s how we imagine it) it will look something like this: (including window as described above): (see attachments 1 and 2)

LOL... well, that must be due to a 3-meter closet.
I don’t get it either, and I would do without two doors in the bedroom.

That’s also an alternative… Then we would be back to my wife’s wish…

Remove the bedroom door, enter through the dressing room instead. Then it looks reasonable.
I really find this a successful design by now. I would just add the glass element at the kitchen for more light in the hallway too.

Remove the bedroom door? You mean the door in the bedroom? That means enter through the dressing room? Just briefly: massively criticized this back then (feel of the dressing room/bedroom). That partly made sense to me, something like: "You go into your bedroom and see a huge wall front"... Am I imagining that or would that be a topic? What do you think? Or do people do it like that nowadays?

Clearly ... bedroom through the dressing room, then the kink disappears.

I would also reconsider the skylights in the bathroom and bedroom... rather a normal window to the right of the bed and in the bathroom the tub rather where the washbasin is and the washbasin on the left wall towards the bedroom, then with 2 normal windows or one wide window.

Why a skylight in the guest WC?

What speaks against a "skylight"? We rather saw the benefit in light, I don’t understand the disadvantage then.
Suggestions for the bathroom make sense. As said, the upper floor was rather unclearly and unfinished planned yesterday evening.
Without a skylight the guest WC would have no light at all. That would be a bit unfortunate, wouldn’t it, what do you think?

Found the old upper floor plan with access through the dressing room much, much better, the advantages regarding different waking times of the partners etc. have been mentioned often enough. I do not share 11ants' concerns about the view. I even find the enclosed bedroom in your previous plan really cozy, so slightly hidden.

I found the old floor plan with access through the dressing room much, much better; the advantages regarding different wake-up times of partners, etc., have been mentioned plenty. I do not share 11ants' concerns about the view. I actually find the enclosed bedroom in your previous plan quite cozy, so lightly hidden.

Wake-up times? Advantages? Am I understanding this wrong or haven't I solved this problem of wake-up times with two doors?

Of course, a normal window in the guest WC instead of a transom window.

The transom window above the bed gives me a basement feeling and is also difficult to clean. I would find a normal window on the right side of the bed much nicer.

The stair wall is only as high as the handrail – that was unclear in the sketch (not ceiling height walls are usually shown in a different color). Then I find the "handrail" quite okay.

I also have nothing against skylights, but I wouldn’t do that in the bathrooms. Rather split the windows and put frosted glass or another pattern at the bottom. Or simply a curtain, or a transparent Roman blind, or, or, or...

OT: I just saw this on Amazon and instantly fell in love with this absolute kitsch:



My husband could just manage to hold me back from ordering the film for the guest WC. But I wonder how long that will last...