A good pantry, or honestly just a nice extra closet. If a designated desk area was needed, I'd either do it in the open space at the top of the stairs, or turn the media room into a designated office (probably make that a little smaller and expand out the game room).
Put the powder room where the tech space is, move the washer and dryer into the current powder room, and that laundry room could be an office with a window.
Those are going to look just as dated as built-in desks in the kitchen do today.
In twenty years they're all going to be converted to walk-in pantries.
I had a friend with a tech space like that, but the walls on sides were half-height (it was between hallway and living room. That was nice, but yeah this one might work if the wall joining the living space was half-height to open it up more.
The silly tech space should be the pantry, then you could get additional counter space in the kitchen. I’d also extend the island to align with the end of the counter run.
I’d stretch that island to the end of the kitchen space (line up with the cabinet run on the wall). If you don’t need the little “tech space”, agree that might be better used as a second pantry since the kitchen is a bit tight.
I’d put a third window in that dining room zone so you can actually center a table with the windows and still be able to pull the chairs out and walk into the kitchen.
Optional door from master to laundry is a nice feature.
Upstairs…that’s a lot of open space. Will you use both a game room and a media room? Would the media room be better suited as an office with a window or two added?
Upstairs bedrooms are a bit tight on storage; so much square footage otherwise it seems stingy. With potential for three kids to make this whole floor their kingdom, I’d want laundry upstairs, a broom closet upstairs for vacuum and cleaning supplies, maybe even a spot to stash drinks and snacks for movie nights.
I would definitely splurge on the optional door to the toilet alcove. You’re gonna want a door there.
Edit… soundproof the wall there, too, unless you want anyone in the public area to hear what happens in your toilet alcove. Or switch the toilet and shower.
How many kids do you have, and how do you envision living in this house?
Those bedrooms are tiny by modern standards, but you have a massive amount of "shared kid space" between the media room and game room.
Just overall it doesn't seem like a particularly well thought out plan.
I would want to reconfigure that upstairs space to give the kids bigger closets. The rooms are smaller but with the game room and media room, they don't really *need*to keep stuff in their room but they will want their clothes with them. I would get rid of the media room, get the game room black out window coverings so it could also be a media room and take some of that space to make bigger closets and add some cabinets for a few snacks.
It doesn't seem that bad to me. If you are leaving the house, then you could exit through the closet and be near the garage and not have to disturb the other person that may still be sleeping. You are going to be walking the length of the house anyway in order to leave and it isn't that big of distance.
My husband works nights and currently I do a lot of tiptoeing and do as much of my "getting ready for the day" in our closet and then tiptoe back out and then realize I forgot something and have to go back through...I would kill for a way to get into the closet without having to be a ninja.
I think most spouses would just walk through the bathroom. The toilet is in its own w/c, so they wouldn't need to close off the entire bathroom for privacy while doing their business.
Why would you not just walk through the bathroom, even if the spouse is in there? I’m all about toilet privacy, but surely your spouse seeing you in the shower isn’t a concern?
The second floor bedrooms are just too small.
I'd go ahead and turn bath 3 into an ensuite by expanding bedroom 3 into the vestibule.
Useless tech space downstairs. Turn it into a pantry and delete the corner kitchen pantry. Those are already outdated.
Is this a general question, or are you considering buying? If buying, how many adults and how many children? Can you reconfigure or is the floor plan fixed?
I think it’s pretty good. No major issues.
Owners suite is sweet!
Bath 2 with tub/john compartment is very nice for a shared bath. If bedrooms 2&4 used everyday, put in second sink.
Ok. It's not a terrible set up but the kitchen placement says dungeon to me. The tech/office says prison cell. It's a tiny windowless space. It would kill me to work in there. But whatever helps you concentrate.
Also, this is just a me thing, I'm not sure how I feel about the Master bedroom being on the ground floor and the others on the second floor. (I have younger kids so I'd be worried about being that far away from them during the night.)
Other than those things, it's not a bad set up.
Well also - doesn’t look like there’s a closing door on that.
Picture: you’re on a meeting and your partner is watching idk lost
Every 2 seconds, your coworkers hear “SON OF A BITCH”
I really hate this style of kitchen. They’re just so awkward and inelegant. I know they’re super popular nowadays, but still. It’s one of my immediate no’s when house shopping unless it’s in the budget to update.
It’d be much smoother to swap the spaces of the kitchen/dining, cabinets on both sides with the island in the middle, tech room becomes a pantry.
No tub in the master bath is a hard pass for me. The upstairs media room- windows would make this space more flexible (office, bedroom if you add a closet, etc.).
That optional door between the owner’s closet and the laundry room? That shouldn’t be an option. It’s the top selling point. You could sell a whole house to me just by saying “the washer/dryer and your clothes go in the same place.”
I’ve got the executive function of a toddler being evaluated for adhd unless I’m on the clock, so the laundry room is functionally my closet and a house that reflects that is ideal.
The rest of the house is fine. I’d absolutely convert the creepy tech nook to a pantry or a powder room or something, but all houses should have laundry in the primary bedroom closet.
First thing I noticed is the way the fridge juts out beside the pantry; that space feels tight.
Second thing I noticed is several places I’d want windows: laundry, master bath, and kitchen. The kitchen looks efficient to the point of being small and dark.
The tech space doesn’t look like it would be a pleasant place to work.
I like the large upstairs bathroom, but I think the space between the other bedrooms and smaller full bath could be better distributed to match bedroom 2. I find as a parent that it’s best to have the kid bedrooms as equal as possible. The big bathroom is large enough to be shared by all 3 rooms, so the other bath could be a half bath and beds 3 & 4 could get walk in closets. Or, looking at possible/likely usage, one bedroom will use the small bath and two bedrooms will share the large bath, so why not make one bedroom ensuite? I feel like this space with beds and baths and closets could be reconfigured to function more smoothly.
Another thought is that the 3 windows on the front could be more widely space so that bed 2’s closet matches the other rooms and then there could be a storage closet in the hall. That’s one thing lacking upstairs: general storage. Three beds and two baths = linen closet.
The windows in the game room seem widely spaced as though to accommodate a tv between them, yet there’s also a separate media room. What is the distinction between these spaces?
I wouldn’t set up the primary suite so you have to enter the WIC through the bathroom. It makes the closet smell and the closet and clothes inside can develop mold from the steam in the bathroom. Plus you have to deal with your clothes picking up bathroom odors. The closet is inaccessible as long as the bathroom is in use.
There’s a bedroom that shares a wall with the game room. I’d make some changes there otherwise the game room won’t be usable when someone’s sleeping in that bedroom. This goes for any bedrooms that share a wall with a common. Either put a closet in between or make a special reenforced/sound proof wall.
That small, windowless tech space looks like an unpleasant place to do work, tbh.
Yep, definitely would not ever want to go in there. Would make a good pantry though!
A good pantry, or honestly just a nice extra closet. If a designated desk area was needed, I'd either do it in the open space at the top of the stairs, or turn the media room into a designated office (probably make that a little smaller and expand out the game room).
Put the powder room where the tech space is, move the washer and dryer into the current powder room, and that laundry room could be an office with a window.
This, use the tech space for pantry, expand counter space getting rid of corner pantry. Then have island face dining rm instead of stairs.
Those are going to look just as dated as built-in desks in the kitchen do today. In twenty years they're all going to be converted to walk-in pantries.
I had a friend with a tech space like that, but the walls on sides were half-height (it was between hallway and living room. That was nice, but yeah this one might work if the wall joining the living space was half-height to open it up more.
Maybe just put a Sim racing setup in there
Id make that a 2nd toilet for the owners bath and have his/hers toilets lol
I’d rather have a walk in shower than 2 toilets. I don’t care for bathtubs unless they’re in bathrooms near children’s rooms.
There’s already a walk in shower
Yeah, that would stay. The 2nd toilet would go where the tech space is now.
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The silly tech space should be the pantry, then you could get additional counter space in the kitchen. I’d also extend the island to align with the end of the counter run.
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I’d stretch that island to the end of the kitchen space (line up with the cabinet run on the wall). If you don’t need the little “tech space”, agree that might be better used as a second pantry since the kitchen is a bit tight. I’d put a third window in that dining room zone so you can actually center a table with the windows and still be able to pull the chairs out and walk into the kitchen. Optional door from master to laundry is a nice feature. Upstairs…that’s a lot of open space. Will you use both a game room and a media room? Would the media room be better suited as an office with a window or two added? Upstairs bedrooms are a bit tight on storage; so much square footage otherwise it seems stingy. With potential for three kids to make this whole floor their kingdom, I’d want laundry upstairs, a broom closet upstairs for vacuum and cleaning supplies, maybe even a spot to stash drinks and snacks for movie nights.
SO much space and such tiny bedrooms.
I would definitely splurge on the optional door to the toilet alcove. You’re gonna want a door there. Edit… soundproof the wall there, too, unless you want anyone in the public area to hear what happens in your toilet alcove. Or switch the toilet and shower.
Definitely switch the owner's toilet and shower.
Definitely agree. Plus then the toilet room could have a window.
How many kids do you have, and how do you envision living in this house? Those bedrooms are tiny by modern standards, but you have a massive amount of "shared kid space" between the media room and game room. Just overall it doesn't seem like a particularly well thought out plan.
I would want to reconfigure that upstairs space to give the kids bigger closets. The rooms are smaller but with the game room and media room, they don't really *need*to keep stuff in their room but they will want their clothes with them. I would get rid of the media room, get the game room black out window coverings so it could also be a media room and take some of that space to make bigger closets and add some cabinets for a few snacks.
Walk the length of the house to get dressed in the morning...
It doesn't seem that bad to me. If you are leaving the house, then you could exit through the closet and be near the garage and not have to disturb the other person that may still be sleeping. You are going to be walking the length of the house anyway in order to leave and it isn't that big of distance.
My husband works nights and currently I do a lot of tiptoeing and do as much of my "getting ready for the day" in our closet and then tiptoe back out and then realize I forgot something and have to go back through...I would kill for a way to get into the closet without having to be a ninja.
No breakfast?
Personally, I don't normally eat breakfast, but the closet/laundry room looks to be just as close to the kitchen as the master bedroom.
Especially if your spouse is in the bathroom in the morning. Walk all the way around and through the laundry room to get dressed in the morning...
I think most spouses would just walk through the bathroom. The toilet is in its own w/c, so they wouldn't need to close off the entire bathroom for privacy while doing their business.
Why would you not just walk through the bathroom, even if the spouse is in there? I’m all about toilet privacy, but surely your spouse seeing you in the shower isn’t a concern?
I more meant if your spouse is using the toilet and needs privacy. I think most people are okay with seeing their spouse in the shower or even peeing.
There’s a separate toilet alcove with a door.
You'll have your steps for day done by 8am
Work harder, and harder.
The second floor bedrooms are just too small. I'd go ahead and turn bath 3 into an ensuite by expanding bedroom 3 into the vestibule. Useless tech space downstairs. Turn it into a pantry and delete the corner kitchen pantry. Those are already outdated.
Is this a general question, or are you considering buying? If buying, how many adults and how many children? Can you reconfigure or is the floor plan fixed?
It’s a fixed plan that I was interested in buying
I think it’s pretty good. No major issues. Owners suite is sweet! Bath 2 with tub/john compartment is very nice for a shared bath. If bedrooms 2&4 used everyday, put in second sink.
Ok. It's not a terrible set up but the kitchen placement says dungeon to me. The tech/office says prison cell. It's a tiny windowless space. It would kill me to work in there. But whatever helps you concentrate. Also, this is just a me thing, I'm not sure how I feel about the Master bedroom being on the ground floor and the others on the second floor. (I have younger kids so I'd be worried about being that far away from them during the night.) Other than those things, it's not a bad set up.
Well also - doesn’t look like there’s a closing door on that. Picture: you’re on a meeting and your partner is watching idk lost Every 2 seconds, your coworkers hear “SON OF A BITCH”
Do you really want 6 windows in your master bedroom?
I really hate this style of kitchen. They’re just so awkward and inelegant. I know they’re super popular nowadays, but still. It’s one of my immediate no’s when house shopping unless it’s in the budget to update. It’d be much smoother to swap the spaces of the kitchen/dining, cabinets on both sides with the island in the middle, tech room becomes a pantry.
No tub in the master bath is a hard pass for me. The upstairs media room- windows would make this space more flexible (office, bedroom if you add a closet, etc.).
I would not want the master to share a wall either the TV or even just a room where people congregate. Especially as kids get into teenage years.
That optional door between the owner’s closet and the laundry room? That shouldn’t be an option. It’s the top selling point. You could sell a whole house to me just by saying “the washer/dryer and your clothes go in the same place.” I’ve got the executive function of a toddler being evaluated for adhd unless I’m on the clock, so the laundry room is functionally my closet and a house that reflects that is ideal. The rest of the house is fine. I’d absolutely convert the creepy tech nook to a pantry or a powder room or something, but all houses should have laundry in the primary bedroom closet.
First thing I noticed is the way the fridge juts out beside the pantry; that space feels tight. Second thing I noticed is several places I’d want windows: laundry, master bath, and kitchen. The kitchen looks efficient to the point of being small and dark. The tech space doesn’t look like it would be a pleasant place to work. I like the large upstairs bathroom, but I think the space between the other bedrooms and smaller full bath could be better distributed to match bedroom 2. I find as a parent that it’s best to have the kid bedrooms as equal as possible. The big bathroom is large enough to be shared by all 3 rooms, so the other bath could be a half bath and beds 3 & 4 could get walk in closets. Or, looking at possible/likely usage, one bedroom will use the small bath and two bedrooms will share the large bath, so why not make one bedroom ensuite? I feel like this space with beds and baths and closets could be reconfigured to function more smoothly. Another thought is that the 3 windows on the front could be more widely space so that bed 2’s closet matches the other rooms and then there could be a storage closet in the hall. That’s one thing lacking upstairs: general storage. Three beds and two baths = linen closet. The windows in the game room seem widely spaced as though to accommodate a tv between them, yet there’s also a separate media room. What is the distinction between these spaces?
I'd make the gaming space smaller and the bedrooms bigger.
I wouldn’t set up the primary suite so you have to enter the WIC through the bathroom. It makes the closet smell and the closet and clothes inside can develop mold from the steam in the bathroom. Plus you have to deal with your clothes picking up bathroom odors. The closet is inaccessible as long as the bathroom is in use. There’s a bedroom that shares a wall with the game room. I’d make some changes there otherwise the game room won’t be usable when someone’s sleeping in that bedroom. This goes for any bedrooms that share a wall with a common. Either put a closet in between or make a special reenforced/sound proof wall.
Owners bath should have barn or pocket doors if you’re doing a double