My mom and I had so much fun sitting at lunch yesterday (until 4:00pm) looking at and discussing the floor plans some of you submitted. I’m pretty sure we talked about every single possibility that exists, and there were some really creative ideas.
I was right when I said in yesterday’s post that I needed help getting out of my tunnel vision. And this whole exercise of seeing actual floor plans submitted by other people, and seeing how others envision the possibilities for our house, really helped me start thinking outside the box.
I’m not at a point where I can say, “This is the plan!” I haven’t even shown Matt any of the plans that were submitted, and I’m still thinking through various possibilities. I want to take my time rather than rushing into a decision. And I’ve got plenty of ideas to chew on now.
What I found interesting is that the ideas seemed to fall into two broad categories. The first category of plans required a large rectangle-shaped addition on the back of the house. The second category of plans required two separate additions, one on each side of the back of the house, with a deck or patio area between those two additions. So let me show you all of the submissions so far. And if you wanted to submit an idea, but haven’t had time yet, please go ahead and send it to me! Nothing is set in stone at this point.
First, let me remind you of what our floor plan looks like right now, with the sunroom and tiny bathroom removed since those are going to be torn down no matter what.
This plan was submitted by Becca, and the plan shows one single large addition on the back of the house. Behind the master bathroom is a home gym. Next to that is a laundry room. And next to that (and behind the kitchen and music room) is a large living room. The current guest bedroom would be turned into a large master closet, and the current living room would be turned into the dining room.
This plan comes from Becky, and it also has the single large rectangle addition on the back. The concept is very similar, with the new back addition housing a workout area and master closet behind the current master bathroom, a laundry room next to that, and a dining room behind the current kitchen and music room.
This next one is also from Becky, and instead of a large room behind the current music room and kitchen, this plan allows for an expansion of the current kitchen and a rear entry.
This next floor plan is from Jennifer. It also has a large rectangle addition on the back to include a closet and laundry combination, an exercise room, and a living room. The current living room becomes a dining room, and the kitchen expands into the current breakfast room/sitting room.
This next floor plan comes from Charity, and it also has a single addition on the back, although it’s two different sized rectangles rather than one large rectangle. Behind our bathroom would be a home gym. The addition behind the current music room and kitchen would be a family room and dining area. The current living room becomes a TV room. The kitchen expands into the current breakfast room/sitting room. And the current guest bedroom becomes a closet. This floor plan also has two small areas marked area #1 and area #2. Charity suggests that those can be used as storage and laundry
Next up is the first of the two-addition floor plan. This one from Nick has a workout room added to the back of our bathroom, a family room added to the back of the music room, and a pantry behind the kitchen. The patio/deck sits between the workout room and the family room with a curvy design on the back. The current breakfast room and pantry become a dining room. The guest bedroom becomes a large closet. The hallway bathroom becomes the laundry room. And the half bathroom in my studio becomes the full guest bathroom.
This is also from Nick, with a few minor changes. On this floor plan, the workout room and the closet have flipped places.
And finally, this one is from Teri. This one also has two separate additions with a patio area in between. The addition behind the bathrooms includes an exercise room, large closet, and laundry room. And on the other side is the galley kitchen addition I had planned.
I love aspects of all of these! Thank you so much to each of you who took the time to draw up these plans and send them to me. I plan to sit down with Matt this weekend and go over all of them in excruciating detail. 😀 Thank y’all again! This was a very fun experiment. If you still want to submit a plan, please do so! And if you submitted a plan and don’t see it above, that means I didn’t get it, so please send it again. As I get new ones, I’ll add them to this post.
Update: More ideas!
This floor plan is from Monica. I haven’t had much time to really study it yet, but it looks really interesting! It’s kind of a hybrid between the one addition and two separate additions with breezeway connecting the two new sections.
Monica also sent this revised floor plan that shows the wall between the dining area and the family room removed to open those room up to each other.
This next floor plan is from Arlene. The concept is very similar to a couple of others with a large rectangle addition on the back of the house to include a closet, exercise and laundry room, and family room. This plan includes a banquette with corner windows, and shows traffic patterns from room to room.
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