Our Modern Nature house has an official floor plan!
The house is larger than we had originally imagined at 2450 sq. feet. I suppose that's still "modest" by today's standards, and the second floor was constrained by the footprint of the first floor so everything up there is a little more roomy than we may have made them otherwise, but still cozy and I think it will grow well with us.
Furniture in the rooms serve as placeholders for now.
First Floor:
Garage
Andy's Workshop
Entry with Bench and Storage, half bath
Eat in Kitchen
Living Space and Project Space
Deck
Second Floor:
Guest Bunk
Deck
Master Bedroom
Laundry/Storage Room
Communal Bathroom
Kid Bedrooms
There's a lot to be said about this floor plan. So many exciting subtle and not so subtle architectural features have been discussed but because we aren't really there yet in the design phase I will save them to share later. There is a connectivity and flow between the different areas of the house, which can't easily be appreciated from the plan alone.
The lot sits near to an abandoned rock quarry from which granite was gathered in the 1800s for use here in Richmond (buildings and monuments, etc.) and cobblestone streets all along the East Coast. We discovered the remains of an old cobblestone quarry road at the front of the property and the whole lot is very rocky (as I learned watching the soil sampling process). Hopefully there aren't any big boulders in the area where we plan to nestle the garage. Soil samples were taken from the lot yesterday to be analyzed and the results will inform the kind of footings needed for the house as it is currently designed.
Exterior schematics are next and in the meantime we're obsessing about kitchens over here. These two photos continue to inspire the direction of our kitchen design.
Layout:
LOVE it! Do you think the kids are totally going to take over the guest bunk though?! I would, haha! Such functional space and I love love love your inspiration photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole!! I'm sure they will think it's a great hideout, as of now it has more of an attic ceiling so low and cozy. I'm thinking it will make a great reading/nap room for me when not in use!
DeleteIt is so exciting keeping up with these house updates!! I can't wait to see how it all pans out. We haven't watched tv in months and I love that (although I really want to see house of cards...)
ReplyDeleteBefore the construction of the house, we definitely need a proper plan and an architectural structure to understand the plan and layout. Most of the house owners are preferring modern plans, which gives them better comfort. So, in order to make our home plan more effective and easy, we can follow different instructions from different sources. Thanks for such a wonderful post.
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