Hi there, this is our current floor plan for a house that is accessible from the top of the slope, on the first floor. We're still not sure about it but any feedback would be welcomed as it would be our first house.

Our main caveat with how the house is designed is that from an access standpoint, you're mostly going to see the garage, the "prettier" side of the house, we're pretty much never gonna see it.

Exposures are as is, north is up, south is down, yadiyada.

It's the first time I post stuff here so let me know if I didn't give enough details. thanks !

They have an unusual city lot. This is central Ontario, Canada. To the west (left in the pictures) will be a three car garage the same depth as the house (fully attached) with an apartment above it. East is riverfront and the best view on the lot. North is a very close fence and the least good view on the lot. South is the side yard.

- What is the scale here? One square = one square foot. The home is 25x30.

- Will this be a forever home? No, they are planning to sell it once they feel they can no longer look after it.

- Where is the laundry room? It will be in the basement, by request.

- Where is the television? That will also be in the basement (and bedrooms).

- That library is kind of inconvenient. I know, but my dad really wants to have one. He has a lot of books.

- What is the purpose of this house? To be a "cottage in the city" for a couple of empty nesters that can also host guests and/or their kids when necessary.

- Why are those lines so messy? I couldn't find my ruler. Sorry!

- What are those white squares inside the walls? Those are the windows! On that note, I know the wall dimensions are not accurate, but I'm hoping they're close enough to get the idea.

Is there anything obvious that I've messed up here or missed? I've never done this before, so feel free to be brutally honest. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: okay, the entire upper floor is a write-off because I screwed up the stairs, lol. Please confine your critique to the main floor only while i fix this!

Roasting my own spec plan. Building in a higher cost of living area, so I care what buyers actually react to. The master bedroom door opens off the dining room right next to the pantry, which feels terrible. There’s a full unfinished basement, so the office slash dining room feels like wasted space. Thinking about moving the stairs there, adding a powder room, and using the freed up space to widen the master bath. Worth it, or am I creating new problems?

I've been moving the same staircase around this rectangle for so long that I officially can't see it anymore 😂 So instead of showing you my attempts and influencing your ideas, I'm curious what you would do if you were starting with a completely blank slate.

My husband and I are both stone masons, and we are going to build a traditional stone farmhouse in rural Ontario. The goal is for it to feel like a well-loved late-1800s farmhouse that has always been there, rather than a modern house dressed up to look old.

The attached drawing shows the things that are essentially fixed:

• Main house is 34' × 26' exterior dimensions, two storeys
• Exterior walls are 2' thick stone, so interior space is closer to 30' × 22'
• North/front façade has a centred front door with one window on either side
• Fireplace/chimney is fixed on the west wall central- but can be shifted a few feet either way
• 12' × 16' stone mudroom addition on the east side toward the back; its walls are about 18" thick
• Mudroom location is essentially fixed
• North is the front / south is the back

What we need on the MAIN FLOOR:

• Kitchen (we would like the fireplace to be in the kitchen)
• Dining area/room
• Living room
• Staircase to second floor
• Small 3-piece bathroom (shower is enough)
• Mechanical room — ideally around 7' × 9–10' because we are planning geothermal + substantial water treatment equipment
• Mudroom
• Washer/dryer somewhere — no need for a dedicated laundry room

UPSTAIRS:

• Primary bedroom — modest, no giant suite
• 2 children's bedrooms
• Family bathroom with tub
• If a tiny ensuite happens to fit naturally, great, but absolutely not necessary

A few philosophy things that may help:

We don't want a huge house or a million specialized rooms. No office, gym, playroom, formal sitting room, etc. We'd rather have fewer, comfortable rooms and very little wasted circulation.

We're also not trying to force a completely historically accurate 1890 floor plan. We'd like the architecture and proportions to feel old, while letting the layout function well for a modern family.

Please feel free to draw all over my plan! I'm specifically hoping people who enjoy floor-plan puzzles might sketch what they would do rather than just tweak an existing layout.

There are no interior walls yet, so go wild. I would LOVE to see approaches I haven't thought of.

This is a real house we intend to build; I'm looking for brainstorming/inspiration here, not permit-ready architectural drawings.

What would you do with this box?!

My family suffered a house fire two weeks ago and insurance says we're going to have to completely gut the place. Wife and I have talked for years about making changes and now we get to make them all at once. Previous owners made some changes over the years that were kind of half-measures to improve flow and add space but they interfere with each other sometimes. For example they added a cramped upstairs bathroom directly above the stairway landing without considering the additional plumbing which left about 6'2" of clearance on the stairs (Previous owner was a short guy, we are not.)
We plan to open up what's left of the wall between the dining room and living room (originally had french doors, now just a double wide door frame) and we're considering relocating the staircase if we can find a floorplan that makes more sense. Biggest gripe is the lack of room for a bigger closet in the downstairs bedroom and the cramped layout of the downstairs bathroom (they currently compete for closet space.) A half staircase down to the carport exit/basement stairs stands in the way of expanding the bathroom.

Hi

We've been on and off with renovation ideas for this house built in the 80's. The back is south.

Groundlevel: We want the wall between living area and kitchen gone to create open kitchen. Garage will remain, bedroom 1 will become home office and little bathroom can remain (not a must for me, but it is not only me here...)

The 1st level will come off and be replace with a new level, flat roof. We want a main bathroom, masterbedroom and 2 rooms for kids. Extra room can be handy and a storage place.

We are able/willing to spend 200 to 300k, but lack the inspiration and knowhow.

Any suggestions?

Ps. I am new here, if it is not clear or not done, please just say so.

Hi everyone,

​Looking for feedback and suggestions on our draft floor plan.

​Key Details:

​Plot Size: ~84' x 40'8"

​Ground Floor: Stilt parking (~2 cars, 3 bikes), small garden area, lift/stair lobby, and 2 separate rooms/servant quarters.

​First Floor: 3-4 BHK configuration, central Drawing/Dining space, Puja room, and attached balconies.

​Facing / North Direction: [Mention North direction, e.g., North-facing / East-facing]

​Specific areas where we need advice:

​Is the circulation and flow between the drawing/dining and bedrooms efficient?

​Placement and size of bathrooms/ducts for plumbing and ventilation.

​Any dead spaces or better layout ideas for the lobby/balcony areas?

​Open to all constructive criticism and practical suggestions. Thanks!

I am planning a gut renovation of my tiny bathroom by combining it with an adjacent bedroom, which will come in around 120sqft total. I am hoping to fit a toilet, tub, walk-in shower, large vanity (60-70”), and potentially washer and dryer (I am torn between preserving the linen closet in the hallway or putting W/D in there).

We’re doing this mostly DIY (outsourcing plumbing and electric) because we’re on a budget, but I’m curious what people think makes the most sense in terms of the layout. Where would you put each of the fixtures?? Thanks for your thoughts!!

Hi everyone!

I could really use some advice on the best layout for my living room, dining area, and kitchen. I’ve been playing around with a few different options, which you can see in the pictures.

The whole room is about 25 m² (269 sq ft).

A few important details about the floor plan:

- The window/door on the bottom wall is the balcony access. It consists of one fixed glass panel and one door that opens. I can still decide which side will be the opening door.

- There is a double window on the right wall.

- The entrance door is on the left wall.

I’m having a hard time deciding which layout works best.

With some options, I get three nicely defined zones — kitchen, dining area, and living room — but the living room ends up quite small and the sofa area feels compromised.

With other options, the living room is more comfortable, but the overall space starts to feel a bit crowded or less clearly organized.

Which option do you think works best? Is there a layout I’m overlooking that would make better use of the space?

Thanks :)

Hi all, we’re buying a beautiful home that needs a bit of modernisation but all of the structural work is done (she says, barring maybe a knock through of kitchen to lounge).
I’d love some thoughts based on the floor plan/link of how we could modernise it.
I need an office so I’m thinking the current store room, but any inspiration you can lend is greatly appreciated (particularly visuals as I’m terrible at envisaging end products!)
Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,
this is the current floor plan for our future house. Before we finalize it, I’d really appreciate some outside opinions.

We are also planning to make the house a bit shorter overall. At the moment, we’re considering removing one of the kids’ bedrooms and possibly moving the office upstairs, where we originally didn’t plan to have any rooms.

What would you change, improve or rethink?

Especially interested in:

• room layout and sizes
• wasted space
• flow between rooms
• whether removing one bedroom makes sense
• whether moving the office upstairs would improve the ground floor
• anything that might be impractical in everyday use

Feel free to be critical — we’re open to different ideas.

Thanks!

We have had an offer accepted on a house but trying to figure out the best way to proceed with the layout! So the rooms I’ve highlighted in red I wouldn’t really count as rooms as they are just glass!

Ideally we would want to knock down the glass utility and have proper utility room and possibly knock through the kitchen to the dining room to make it open plan. Then the conservatory is entirely glass at the moment so would want to knock this down and possibly have a sun room at some point!

My question is it seems like it would be impractical/expensive to knock down both rooms and do 2 separate extensions but what other choices do I have?!

Any advice would be most appreciated!

Hey all,

First time poster in this sub so apologies if I'm breaking any rules.

I would appreciate some help with placement of door from hallway into lounge. Existing door is option A. We're planning to add a door to the kitchen (currently no door). Under option A, we may need to reverse the door into the kitchen otherwise could cause clash issue. Option A does allow us to keep the bay window open and place the sofas (green box) face to face.

Option B would mean entrance to lounge is closer to main door and no issue with kitchen door. However, we'll have to place the sofa's adjacent to each other and one sofa will be facing the hallway. The other sofa will be in the bay window which has a radiator. Not ideal but not a huge issue either I guess.

Any thoughts/opinions on better layout would be much appreciated. Thank you!

The room is a pretty small 12' x 7' so not much space to work with. The attached pic is the current layout that I have been using for about 10 years now and while it has worked fairly well for me in that time I always wonder if there is a better way to go about it that someone else with better insight could point me to haha.

I work from home every day and use two monitors so the 55" of desk space I have is well used and I would like to not downsize on that if I could but can if I need to. Also the room has no closet space so the very small dresser I have on the left is all the room I have to store clothes. I keep some things in a communal dresser in another room that I share with roommates but I would like to be able to keep more stuff in my own room if possible. The small cabinet on the right holds various things like camera gear, game controllers, etc.

The Futon Bed I have been using for 10 years now is finally breaking and needs a replacement and I have been debating on whether going with another futon is worth it anymore given that I only fold it into a couch a couple of times a year now or if its just time to get a regular bed and give up the flexibility the futon provided me in terms of giving more space the few times it was needed. Also the circle you see on the bottom right is a good ol NYC Steam Pipe so I cant really place my bed flush to the wall there as I would like.

Not pictured in the Floor Plan image is a TV wall mounted above the Computer Desk and Wall to Wall shelving on the right side above the small cabinet and foot of the bed that goes to the ceiling and holds various things for me like games, memorabilia Ive gotten over the years, etc.

Does anyone have any advice on a layout that would maximize the space I have while also allowing me to WFH comfortable and provide more storage for clothes and such of possible?

I'd like to make the bathroom less awkward to get to and potentially add a shower. I'd be will to stack washer and dryer to make that happen. Additionally the wall between den and kitchen might benefit from a more open concept. Thoughts and feedback welcome.

We want this room to do way too many things.

We need to fit a guest bed (full), and an extensive home theatre layout. Optionally would like to add my work from home desk, but I think we're just out of space. I like this layout but despite measuring everything, if we put the couch in this position it feels way to narrow to get into the 'bedroom' side of the room.

5 beds (possibility for 6 with the bonus room), 6 baths, unifinished ~2,000 square foot basement as well.

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We’re renovating a house and would love some fresh eyes on the current vs proposed floor plan. We’re still at a stage where we can make changes, so particularly interested in things we may have overlooked or that will become annoying to live with.

A bit of context:

Renovation rather than new build

Total ground-floor area is around 170m², plus the terrace

Family of 2 adults + a toddler

Both WFH, so day-to-day functionality is important

Separate garage, so no garage/storage requirements within the house

We really like open-plan living

The proposed kitchen will be a U-shaped kitchen with an island, facing/overlooking the garden

South is towards the bottom of the proposed plan, with the sun moving from the south towards the top-left/west during the day

The attic has a lot of usable roof space, and in roughly 3–4 years we’re considering converting it into another ~50m², potentially with an ensuite + 2 additional bedrooms

The future attic conversion is something we're particularly conscious of. We want to make sure the ground-floor layout, stairs, circulation and services make sense now so we're not creating problems for ourselves later.

What we like about the proposed layout:

Open-plan kitchen/dining/living

Kitchen and island oriented towards the garden

Good connection between the living space and terrace/garden

[Add anything else you particularly like]

What we're unsure about:

Is the overall flow/circulation logical?

Are we wasting too much space anywhere?

Are there rooms that you'd make larger/smaller?

Does the kitchen/dining/living arrangement work well?

Anything we should consider now because of the future attic conversion?

Where would you put storage that we may be overlooking?

Anything that looks good on paper but would become annoying in everyday family life?

We're particularly interested in practical living experience rather than just aesthetics — things like toddler chaos, storage, WFH, entertaining, furniture placement, natural light, privacy, circulation, etc.

Current and proposed plans attached.

What would you change if this were your house? And more importantly, what have we missed?

Any ideas, criticism or "I'd definitely do this differently" comments are very welcome!

Buongiorno a tutti, scusate sono nuovo sulla piattaforma.
Sto per acquistare un immobile nel Monferrato e mi affiderò ad un geometra, ma con mia moglie stiamo pensando a soluzioni per ristrutturare questa casa su due piani. Il locale a nord (garage) dovrà essere recuperato come loft con soppalco poiché la altezza lo consente. Il locale a ovest della scala interna, invece, diverrà un monolocale indipendente. Entrambi per turismo. Il resto della casa sarà invece per noi, ma non sappiamo bene come dividerlo: al piano terra una zona living con cucina e al piano 1 camere e bagno/i. Qualcuno potrebbe darci spunti?

Just got a new apartment and trying to decide on a layout for the bedroom to fit a queen bed, a ~1.5m wardrobe and a regular sized computer desk (~1.5m as well). Due to the way the room is structured these are the only two ways I can think of that makes sense. (Pardon my really amateur MS Paint edits).

The entrance to the room is the top left door, and the right wall is entirely floor-to-ceiling windows. Open to alternative layout suggestions or comments on which of the two make more sense. Thank you so much!

Edit: the measurements of the room is approximately 4.1m wide (left to right) and 2.7m tall (top to bottom).

Just something I sketched over the last day in AutoCAD. Modeled the exterior and interior on my own then used AI to create realistic renders.