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Another "New" Home Based on a House Plan I Found Online
I know I've just recently posted about a vintage-style house plan upgrade, but that was something that I'd completed a while ago, just decided to include on this forum, and have since moved on.
Once again, I've found someone else's work, liked it, but thought of a few changes to it that I wanted to see how they would work out. This one is from the website Houseplans.net with the innocuous name of "Contemporary Plan 9185-00008". I liked the general floor plan, but wasn't as keen on the roofline, rearranged a couple of the rooms, and added some extra space to the back. I have not added any of the walkways, a driveway, or a mailbox; there is a bit of a back deck but I didn't include a patio area.
Here are the images that I've rendered so far; I'm currently in the process of getting more taken.
Front aerial view.
Front entrance from a visitor's perspective.
Entryway/Foyer.
Kitchen/Living room area of the Great Room.
Dining room area of the Great Room.
Pantry room. I wanted the cabinets to be two-tones like I have them in the actual kitchen area, but the models I'd used wouldn't let me do that. Either it looks fine like this, or just imagine the parts above the countertops are white instead.
Hallway to the two small bedrooms and main bathroom. In the original plan, the laundry room was down this hallway behind the pantry area, but I moved it over near the garage (the door to it can be seen in the third picture of the kitchen/living room area next to the entryway/foyer).
Main bathroom.
Back aerial view.
Main level floor plan.
I'll work on getting more pictures taken shortly.
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I've got the rest of the pictures completed.
Next to the main bathroom is the first of the bedrooms. Not much to it though. I was able to add a full size bed, and maybe a queen size might fit if it had smaller nightstands. The corner of the closet is visible on the left.
Here's the next bedroom. It is a longer room than the first bedroom but also a little narrower. I might have been able to put fit a queen size bed against one of the walls but I don't think I'd be able to include anything else with it. I didn't realize until just this moment that the bookcase closest to the visitor rendered really poorly. The corner of the closet is visible on the right.
Now onto the first of the en suite bedrooms; this is the small hallway leading to it. I had thought of including it with the bedroom but it I didn't think it was working very well.
The first en suite bedroom, the first picture is from near the door, and the second one from next to one of the nightstands. That door on the diagonal wall is to a walk-in closet.
The en suite bathroom.
The second en suite, and final, bedroom. The door on the diagonal wall is to a walk-in closet. There is also a linen closet near the door.
The en suite bathroom. That's a steam shower in the back.
The laundry / mud room. Just out of shot on the right is the door to the garage.
The 2-car garage. Behind the accordion doors are the water heater and HVAC system. I have the electrical panel just out of view on the wall near the accordion doors.
I had realized that I needed lighting in back, so I added them and took a revised back aerial view picture. And, now that I'm looking at this revised picture, I think I could have added a hedge along that back wall.
Here's a view of the back from a visitor's perspective.
And finally, the screenshots of each level; I've made the roofing invisible for these.
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It's a very big, difficult job that deserves respect. Everything is very interesting. But let me give you some advice. In any room (bedroom, bathroom, dressing room, kitchen, garage..) it is important how a person will move there. It is less important what the maximum sizes of objects can fit there. For example, a double bed has standard dimensions, it all depends on the size of the mattress. 140-160-180-200 in width and usually 200 in length. To this size it is necessary to add the structural thickness of the enclosing elements of the bed (kingpins, headboard). It is about 12cm (6+6cm) wide, 18-25 cm long, depending on the thickness of the headboard in the model. Now it is very important that a person can walk everywhere, from all sides of the bed. The minimum size for the passage is 60 cm, preferably more. You can find bedside tables 45 cm wide, and they will fit! But a person will not be able to get out of bed in the morning without hitting his forehead against the wall. Therefore, you need to know the size of the room (length and width, not area!) and put a bed that is suitable FOR human MOVEMENT around it. If you need a bigger bed, then you need to increase the size of the room, and not worsen people's lives. The same applies to the direction of the door opening. You have an unfortunate door location in your dressing room, you need to squeeze into the wall to enter. It is better to place the handle on the left rather than on the right and enter the dressing room from the free space of the room, rather than from a cramped corner (if the door opens outward). You need to put cars with exact dimensions in the garage, you can not trust the model from the Internet, only the verified dimensions of the car. These sizes are easy to find on the manufacturer's website or from sellers. A minimum of 80 cm must be left on the driver's side, otherwise the door will hit the wall or the driver will not be able to get out comfortably. If there are two cars, then the driver has two such spaces for each car. Of course, it's better for the passenger, but this is quite a luxury. The rear door also increases the size of the car, you need to consider. You always need to remember about the person who will open the doors and take out things, leaving space for this. Rather than just inserting a car into a room to make it fit. The main thing is the person next to him. To figure out how much space you need, put your hand against the wall in front of your face. Use a tape measure to measure the distance from your ass to the wall in front of you, and that will be the right size from the open back door in the garage. That's the only way.
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I forgot to tell you. If there is a window next to the bed, then consider the radiator and the curtain, you also need to pass by them. If the size of the room is very small, but you need a normal large bed, then you can use other heating systems, for example, a warm water skirting board instead of radiators, and, for example, infrared electric ceiling panels. And do not use classic curtains, for example, use blinds in the window opening or on the window frames themselves. This should be incorporated into the final design of the room so that it is convenient to use.
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Thank you for all of the information; I will take them into account, and it would be easy to adjust any problem areas. I'll get onto fixing any issues, and post revised pictures as soon as I can.
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I've finally got the revised pictures taken.
I'd moved one of the vehicles out of the garage so that there's enough room for the doors to open. I'd also added the driveway and small walkway.
The changes I'd made here weren't listed but a few things I wasn't completely satisfied with. I'd narrowed the door frames and painted them the same as the wall color so that they blend in. I also changed the angle a bit of the living room furniture.
There wasn't changes made in the pantry so I'm not including a picture here. Same with the dining room and bathrooms.
The first bedroom. I added curtains, and took away the wallpaper.
The second bedroom. I moved the bed and nightstand around a little. I also added curtains here as well as a set of Venetian blinds, and also took away the wallpaper.
The secondary en suite bedroom. I moved the furniture around, changed the wall the wallpaper was on, and added curtains and a bookcase. I also added a few pieces of decoration. Oh, and I also turned the door to the walk-in closet around so that it opens into the closet instead of the bedroom door.
The primary en suite bedroom. Just like with the secondary en suite bedroom, I've moved around the furniture and wallpaper, and added the cabinet and curtains.
A couple of minor changes here; added tiles and the cute picture added to the back wall.
Inside the garage.
The back of the house. I added the patio and a couple of lampposts.
Finally, screenshots of the separate levels.
And last, but not least, here's the file.
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