Let's Talk Floorplan

Below is the floorplan for the main level of the house and pictures of each room. You'll have to use your imagination a little since we have a way to go until the sheetrock goes up so the walls are still just framing. Ever since we decided to build (more than a year ago now!) I've been bookmarking inspiration pictures for all the rooms in the house so I shared a few of those with you as well. Thank goodness for Pinterest!

Here's the floorplan for the main level of the house:

Let's start with the front entrance and foyer of the house. As soon as you walk through the door, you'll see the view. The foyer and stairs going down are open. These are just temporary stairs.

To the right of the foyer is the large, open dining room. We intend this to be a "casual eating" area, not a stuffy formal dining room. It has big open walkways to the foyer and the living room/kitchen.

Top: dining room looking into kitchen; Bottom: kitchen looking into dining; Below: Inspiration

The foyer, kitchen and dining room open to the living room with its vaulted ceilings and a wall of windows. Includes a double sided gas fireplace (other side is in master bedroom) and door to covered porch. It's also open to kitchen.

The kitchen is connected to the living room and dining room. There are also french doors to the left of the window that go out to the back deck. We are planning a white kitchen with a big farmhouse sink, industrial lighting and a wood island countertop. Pretty similar to the inspiration pictures below.

Off the kitchen will be a door attached to the garage, a short hallway with access to the guest bath and a laundry room.

The two car garage and an inspiration shot of my grand plan for the outside of it:

Moving back to the other side of the house...when you come in the front door into the foyer, I'm hoping we can find or build some kind of bench and coat rack. A few examples:

Off the foyer is the study with built in bookshelves, maybe another bench and room for two desks. This room will likely also have a double personality as a nursery if we decide to have a family because the extra bedrooms are on the lower level.

Our master bedroom shares a wall with the living room. The best part about this is the ability to install a double sided fireplace in order to maximize enjoyment. The master also has a masterful view thanks to its location in the house and two walls of glass. A triple sliding door leads out to the covered porch. If you're wondering where the bed goes, the answer is in front of the windows! Apparently this decision was quite scandalous ("nobody puts a bed in front of a window!") but it was our plan all along. I think it will turn out just perfect. Check out the bed inspiration below. I think we can even make it ourselves!

Between the master bedroom and the master bath is a short hallway with double sinks on one side and access to the closet on the other. James likes to joke about how the walk in closet may not be big enough to support my shoes, bags and jackets. I should have shown him my inspiration picture, haha!

The last stop on our tour of the main level is the master bathroom. Pretty standard here - jacuzzi tub, toilet, shower, linen closet.

Phew! That took longer than expected. Part II: The Lower Level is coming next week. Stay tuned!