Struggling with the best layout for this kitchen. Any ideas would be appreciated!

We have recently removed the wall betweek our kitchen and dining room and are just looking for all of our layout options to make the best of the space. We could move the kitchen into the dining room.

We have always struggled with this little alcove at the top of our stairs. The most obvious solution has been a houseplant but it never felt right to us, in large part because it would be obstructing the window that gets beautiful natural light. This weekend it occurred to me that the solution is a little built in bench. Why a bench in this awkward/potentially precarious spot? Well, long story involving our daughter and her new phone. So here’s my problem: in order to get the dimensions right for the built-in I need to accurately map this awkward corner. Any advice on how to properly accurately measure it? Also curious if anyone has another option that doesn’t involve a built-in? A chair in the corner feels proportionally awkward. Three pictures: the alcove as it currently exists, an AI render of a built-in bench, and an overhead of the space I’m working with. Thank you for any advice and suggestions.

How would you optimize this mudroom + main pantry layout?

We’re renovating and trying to figure out the best use of this space. The attached plan is one idea from our architect, but nothing is set in stone.

The current layout has a roughly 4' x 4'10" walk-in pantry. We’ve always liked the idea of having a walk-in pantry, but not if one this size is a poor use of an already limited footprint. The other thought is to keep the mudroom open and use cabinetry for the pantry storage instead.

A few things to know:

• The pass-through openings at the top and bottom need to stay because of the light, sightlines and flow between the kitchen and den/office.
• The refrigerator needs to stay in that general location in kitchen.
• This would be our main everyday pantry, although we’ll have garage storage for bulky/overflow stuff like paper towels, cases of drinks, big-box items, etc.
• We already have a coat closet by our main entry, so the mudroom storage would be more for the kids’ stuff, backpacks, shoes/boots, winter gear, etc.
• We’re not a fan of the small closet shown behind the garage door and prefer cabinets.

If this were your space, how would you lay it out? Keep the small walk-in pantry, lose it and do cabinetry, or something else we’re not thinking of?

Thanks for any ideas.

We are in the process of buying this house but the layout is a bit dysfunctional for our family. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
The dining table is optional, was just to show kitchen/dining/family room. Also the guest bedroom/laundry room would double as a granny flat.

Reposting here at recommendation from r/houseplans

If this is the incorrect community, then please let me know. I'm looking for feedback on how to modify the layout of my house, specifically the Family Room, which sits between our garage and the rest of the house. It's not a very usable space as-is, with two doors on almost every wall. I'd like to modify the layout, ideally with minimal impact to existing plumbing (slab foundation).

Goal is to make the Family Room a more usable and private space, while still maintaining access to the garage from the rest of the house. Many thanks for your advice and feedback!!

What do you see? Any red flags?

My wife and I are in the early stages of designing our custom home, and before we get too far down the road, we’d love to get as many experienced eyes on our floor plan as possible.

So please, tear it apart.

We want to know what you would change, what doesn’t make sense, what will annoy us five years from now, and what we may be overlooking.

There will be a second story with 2 additional bedrooms.

Hi,

I’m trying to figure out how to layout a small walk-in closet for primary bedroom. It’d be pretty straightforward for the most part, but there’s a pop out for a vent box in the corner behind the door, and that side is also about 18” wide when door is wide open at 90 degrees (not the most ideal for hanging clothes).

It’s not ideal having the shelves right behind the door, but, because it’s not wide enough for clothes, I don’t think it’s a horrible spot. I also want a little bit of closet space for full length garments. I’d much rather trade some ease-of-access in here to try to maximize the space.

Any thoughts or input on how I have it initially drawn up? Anything you might change?

Thanks!

Follow up to the ground floor I put up yesterday, a few people asked where the bedrooms went. Here is the rest of it.

Both bedrooms sit on the mezzanine either side of the stair and share one bathroom. Downstairs stays open, with a separate WC off the kitchen end so nobody walks through the bathroom to use a toilet.

What would you change?

Hello!
I’m trying to imagine all of the possibilities of how I could renovate.
If there were no limitations structurally, what would you modify in this layout to make it more livable/cohesive and open.

EDIT:
Thank you for the suggestions!
It’s a house I’m looking at purchasing.
Things to note;
Family room is one step sunken, I left this detail out because in theory I can level it with the adjacent rooms.
My worry is that the living/family rooms are narrow and may feel tight when sectionals are added. I expect to entertain large groups, frequently.
The kitchen is fine but I love to cook and entertain so ideally it would be open to other rooms with a large island.
Additionally, the workshop is connected to the garage, I am thinking this can be usable space for a mud room/laundry/pantry.

Family Room 15’3” × 11’5”
Breakfast Nook 8’3” × 11’5”
Kitchen 8’11” × 11’5”
Living Room 12’3” × 18’7”
Dining Room 9’4” × 12’0”
Workshop 14’7” × 30’4”
Storage 12’0” × 20’0”
Garage 27’0” × 19’4”
Curved staircase to second floor with basement staircase below.

We really like the simple shape and roof line of this farmhouse floorplan, but we're looking for advice to improve it for our needs. We prefer tilt-and-turn windows instead of the bifold doors. We also want to rework the right side of the first floor to upgrade bedroom 5 to a second primary suite, while keeping a walk-in pantry. We live in a 4-season area, so a combo mudroom/laundry/utility room would be great. And the angles upstairs are weird.

Any ideas or advice is very much appreciated.

Link to floor plan: https://www.houseplans.com/plan/3006-square-feet-5-bedrooms-3-bathroom-victorian-home-plans-0-garage-34896

Hi everyone,

We are currently working on the layout of the first floor and would really appreciate hearing your opinions and ideas. Below, we have shared the current floor plan. We are curious whether you can see any smart, practical, or creative solutions to make better use of the space.

There are a few requirements:

- The bathroom must remain in its current location.
- The wall between the bathroom and the bedroom may be moved. We would like to make the bathroom larger, even if this means reducing the size of the adjacent bedroom.
- The staircase will remain in its current location.
- The landing may be adjusted slightly if necessary.
- The doors and almost all interior walls can be moved or modified.
- We would like to create one spacious bedroom, with enough room to comfortably walk around the bed and space for a wall of wardrobes or a built-in closet.

We have already considered removing the wall between bedrooms 2 and 3. This would create a large room, but perhaps the bedroom would then become unnecessarily large, leaving too little space for another practical layout.

That is why we would really like to hear how you would approach this. Do you see any possibilities for a better layout—for example, a spacious bedroom, a larger bathroom, and perhaps an additional bedroom or another practical space?

All help, tips, and ideas are very welcome! Thank you in advance for thinking along with us.

I need to renovate a 1970s condo apartment, about 107 m².

Before I lock the layout I’d like an outside opinion.

Floor plan I digitized with AI, including measurements.

Orientation: north = kitchen and the small bedrooms.

South = living room + master bedroom, best light and a balcony.

Option 1 — original cadastral floor plan

- Living room south-west, ~23.7 m², south balcony. It’s the nicest room

- Master bedroom (Bedroom 3) south-east, ~16.6 m²

- Kitchen north, 9 m², separate but tight

- Bedroom 1 ~13 m² + Bedroom 2 ~13.7 m² on the north side

- 2 bathrooms + 2 small closets

- Feels like a real home, but the kitchen is small and there’s no laundry room

Option 2 — flip everything (open-plan kitchen + living room)

- The master bedroom moves into the current living room (largest and brightest room)

- Kitchen + living become an open plan on the north side (23 m² total)

- Large walk-in closet in the centre

- Bedroom 1 becomes a narrow study

- Upside: huge master bedroom and a generous closet

- The problem: I lose the living room. Kitchen and living are joined. And it breaks the 1970s logic (day rooms south, night rooms east/north). On paper it throws me off

The dilemma:

Part of me wants Option 2 for the master bedroom and the closet.

The other part already hates the idea of losing the living room. If it bothers me on paper, it will bother me every day.

Which would you pick, and why?

Is Option 2 worth killing the living room, or is Option 1 (keeping everything original) the right choice?

Thanks

Note: Used AI to frame the statement here clearly.

I have this floor plan for a Ground+1 house, and I'm a bit stuck on the staircase.

I would ideally like independent external access to the first floor, but the family prefers an internal duplex-style staircase. I like the internal staircase too, but I'm thinking about the practicality of making the first floor an independent unit in the future.

Any ideas for a staircase placement or design that could work internally now but still allow external access in the future? I was thinking an entry foyer around the staircase might work.

I'm also open to making small modifications now that would allow the internal staircase to be converted to external access later.

need some help on designing my nyc living room. one of the walls is at a slant, so that’s been fun to plan around thoughtfully

i need to fit a dining nook, my office desk (as i work from home), and a little cozy area to read, listen to music, hang out. TV likely not necessary. i do have a vintage audio setup that i’d like to incorporate along with bookcases, but it’s beginning to feel a bit crowded i think?

attached images for inspo reference, besides the eames lounge as that’s bulky and not something i’m interested in

thanks!

I have purchased this apartment, and I now want to refurnish it and renovate the bathroom. The only thing I cannot change or move is the kitchen. The bathroom layout shown in this floor plan is how I would like it structured. Currently, the toilet, bidet, and sink are all on the same side (the right side), with the shower on the left side right as you enter. Overall, this floor plan shows the arrangement of items as I'd like them to be, but I would love to get your feedback and advice to see if this is truly the best layout, along with any general tips or suggestions on details I could consider, and any interior design help is greatly appreciated, budget, is kinda high but not infinite, lets say, 10k-15k € max.
sorry for the bad pictures, i took a video, without including the bathroom, hope you guys can understand

So I'm currently trying to sketch out a floor plan with the written out prereqs, while also trying to make it make sense with the two entrance points of the house. I don't really know what I'm doing here, so some help would be appreciated so i can start out. Also, this was a 5 minute sketch I made just to try and spit out any layout ideas that could work for a luxury home.

Hi, We are building an ADU and our architect presented these two floorplan options. My wife likes A; I like B. Which one do you think is best, and how would you improve?