Our dream floor plan: main level

Today I am so excited to post our dream floor plan that we have perfected over the past two years. It’s been a long time coming to such a great layout, so fingers crossed that the builder can help us bring this design to life! We’re going through some hoops to build on our existing lot, so we’re planning on being in this house for the long haul. We want to have room for more kids, have it be aging friendly, and be an overall beautiful home that we’re excited to welcome people into.

First, let’s take a look at the general overview. (Sorry for any fuzziness)

It’s a sturdy main level with just under 2300 square feet. Our current house has 1500 square feet on the main level, and while the layout itself is pretty good, overall we just need the rooms bigger and some more designated spaces. In this picture, we have a mudroom (within the garage), entry, office, living/dining/kitchen, pantry, laundry room, guest bath, guest bedroom/future nursery, and a primary suite.

We also plan on having a finished basement with more bedrooms, bathrooms, and an additional living room (hence the stubbed out stairs).

Here is our dream primary suite. We’d be really close to the laundry room and near the stairs as well to have quick access to the lower level (walkout lot) where kids’ bedrooms would be. Our dream would be to have a private balcony off of our bedroom, which is also shown in the picture. I’ve stubbed out some furniture with our IKEA dresser, queen bed, and standard nightstand dimensions. Down the primary hallway, we’d have a closet that could store our laundry hampers and extra bedding.

I’ve already shown our bathroom design, but now you can see where it fits in. Further down the hallway, you can see a big ole room. This is intended to have our main closet (most of our everyday clothes fit in our dresser) for nicer clothes, shoes, seasonal wear, etc. However, the room will be primarily clear and used as a fitness room. I’d like to have a place on the main level to still be active during the winter, and I know I’ll be more motivated if I have a designated space tucked away. It’s a little hard to see, but there’s also a barn door that allows quick access to the guest hallway (which will come in handy when the guest room is being used as a nursery someday). One thing that’s been important during our home design is functionality. Having our primary suite be accessible from both ends of the house means we’re always nearby in case of commotion!

And here’s a view of the guest hallway in relation to the living room. In the previous picture, you can see that a full bathroom would be nearby as well. The closed off room between the stairs and the guest hallway would be a closet that has doors facing the living room. This would be where we store our vacuum and maybe extra blankets!

This is one side of the house that I’m pretty excited for! To the left, we have a mudroom between the garage and entry. The details are primarily for planning, as mudroom cabinetry would be the first on the chopping block if our budget is in jeopardy. We have barn doors on each side of the entry to reduce any issues with doors being left open and in the way. I haven’t done a reveal on this yet, but on the right you can see a sneak peek of an idea I have to build an entryway console table in at the framing stage. The barn door could just glide over it and any lighting or decor would be safe from impact!

To the far right, you can see a glimpse of our office, too. This is the one room that is viewable from the front yard, but given that it’s our office, not a whole lot of privacy is needed. I’ll post a design render of it later, but it has entrances from the entry and the kitchen.

And… the kitchen! This isn’t fully rendered yet, but here’s what I have so far. On the left you can see our office door, which will be very convenient for coffee breaks and help let light through to the kitchen.

I’ll do a more in depth view of the kitchen later, but this is a good idea of the layout and color scheme we have planned. We want the cabinetry on the right to not distract from the symmetrical view we created. One of those sets of white cabinet doors would be a fridge/freezer (we’d really like a panel ready one, but tbd on budget). In the back right corner, you can also see the doorway to our pantry. Up front to the right, you can see the laundry room barn door.

And here’s what you’d see if you were standing at the kitchen sink.

The only criticisms I could see for this floor plan is 1. budget and 2. resale/appraisal since two of the bedrooms are non-standard in that they have two entrances. But really, what else would there be to complain about!

I can’t wait for the builder to reach out (…maybe after the wedding since we’re exactly 2 months out) and start drafting our plan. We’d really like to know where we are in terms of budget and what we’d have to do to make our dream plan work!

Thanks for reading!

Davien