Steps between kitchen/dining room and living room

2025-10-29 22:55:53

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Here in white. White is the new black ;)
By the way, the staircase is 140 cm wide.
I’m interested in the wall I’ve marked here with clinker bricks. That would be the old exterior wall, right? What kind of layers (plaster, clinker) does it have? What’s behind it in the lower section? Basement? Or nothing? Would it be possible to build wall niches at eye level? For example for shoe cabinets?

Here’s another perspective.
I would actually keep the living and dining area roughly like this if it were mine. Unfortunately, the extension is higher here than in the plan, because the split level, that is, the living room, defines the height.

Wow, thanks for the great 3D visualization. It really helps to imagine it better. The lounge corner right next to the glass looks very cozy, simply a great idea!

According to the architect, we could now easily make the extension 10-20 cm higher because he planned the roof structure generously and it can be scaled down. Going even higher, up to 2.80 or 3 m, is not quite so easy, since we would need a distance approval from the city. But it might be possible; we are still considering whether to do it. We would like to make tall cabinets from the wardrobe to the kitchen (as already suggested here). Floor-to-ceiling—would that look good with a room height of 2.60 or 3 m?

2025-10-29 23:21:45

The lounge corner right by the glass looks very cozy, simply a great idea!

these are struts - I once had such a stair railing and almost, only more delicate, would have liked to install it in the current house as well. But it no longer fit visually.

2025-10-30 05:27:50

Unfortunately, the extension here is higher than planned, as the split level, that is, the living room dictates the height.

Wow, thanks for the great 3D visualization. It really helps to imagine it better. The lounge corner right by the glass looks very cozy, simply a great idea!

Many thanks to Yvonne.
I’m afraid the visualization is a bit misleading due to the missing ceilings. The opening to the "Lounge corner" is only 1.25 m at the floor level of the living room. Then comes the ceiling of the extension. And there are also 2 columns. That means you actually only look at the legs of the living room users from below. Hmm, I wonder how that will look?

2025-10-30 07:29:33

Do your friends also have 7 steps? I've seen some really cool houses, but they only had 2 steps very wide...

they have 8 steps. However, the upper room is deeper.

2025-10-30 07:41:05

Many thanks to Yvonne.
I’m afraid the visualization is a bit misleading due to the missing ceilings. The section to the "Lounge Corner" is only 1.25m wide at the foot area of the living room. Then comes the ceiling of the annex. And there are also 2 columns. That means you basically only see the legs of the living room users from below. Hmmm, I wonder how that will look?

Yes, the visualization without ceilings is misleading, maybe we really should raise the room height. I had also thought about raising the floor to save a staircase. Then you "see" each other better... The wall actually comes out a bit further than in the floor plan drawing, up to the end of the dining room, and the two drawn-in columns will go away (roof beams).

On the other hand, I’m considering that even in living-dining rooms on the same level, people usually try not to see each other all the time by separating with a stove, walls, etc.

I find it a tough decision with our unusual floor plan, but we are definitely really happy about your inputs!

2025-10-30 08:37:26

Have you already considered a shed roof instead of the flat roof?

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