We're getting ready for our second design meeting, and I realized I didn't post the results of the first meeting.
For background, here's the floor plan of the existing first floor:
Here are the design concepts that were presented in the 1st meeting.
Concept 1:
Concept 2:
We feel Concept 2 is closer to what we're looking for. My favorite part is the Butler's Pantry design!
There are a couple of items we've asked them to work on:
- Perhaps reduce the size of the mud room- it doesn't need to be an actual room, but just an area where the kids can take off their shoes and hang their jackets.
- We don't want the island to be the only eating area in the kitchen. We like an island for food prep/serving, but prefer to have a breakfast nook, or built-in seating that we can sit together & eat as a family.
- We want the family room to connect thru to the kitchen, creating a circular & more open flow.
We know that's a lot to ask for in this modest space, but they are going to take that feedback & we'll see what they can do.
The upstairs plans are almost perfect!
The only thing changing here is flipping the closet door from opening in the office to open in the laundry room). It's necessary because our house's septic system is only for 4 BR & having a closet in the office makes it a fifth "bedroom".
Once we expand the master bath into the room on top left of floor plan, we'll lose that "bedroom". We could then switch the opening of the closet to the office side- IF we decided we needed a closet in there.
We feel really great about the exterior design:
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| Proposed Back of House |
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| Proposed Profile of House |
We did ask them to add a couple of windows to the profile. But otherwise, we really liked how well it will look with the rest of the house.
So, now we're off to the second design meeting. I can't wait!
Update: Quick links to our progress!
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