![]() ![]() It is very likely we’ll put some kind of rec room down there for our kids as they get older and will undoubtedly want their teenage friends to come over and hang out. We will have the potential to finish out approximately 1300 square feet below grade as well. The first floor will be just over 2100 square feet, the second floor will be just under 750 sq ft. Our new home is a 1.5 story and will end up being about 2850 sq ft. We have 3 kids, and it’s just not absolutely necessary for our family. I don’t want or need 5000 square feet to clean and maintain. I’ve never been super high maintenance when it comes to the size of my home. You get to put everything right where it makes sense! Square Footage and Room Types Don’t design a home and then make your schedule and lifestyle fit the design. When I unload groceries from the car… where do I go?ĭo you get the idea? Figure out how you live and make your house fit around that. Ask yourself these questions as you do this exercise. Think about everything your family does and walk through your imaginary home. Now close your eyes and imagine yourself coming home to your dream home. Sit down, relax, lock yourself in a dark room, whatever it takes to get some quiet. And it’s important you don’t complete this step with kids asking you a million questions or while you’re making dinner. I find it best to get all my thoughts out of my head and on to paper (or the computer) so that I can move on and not feel like I will forget about something.Īfter you write everything down it’s time to do what I consider the MOST important step in designing a floor plan. Here is my advice to compiling your list.įirst, write everything down that’s in your head. It’s easy to say I want a walk-in shower and a big kitchen island. A lot of people have asked me “how do you know what your must-haves are?”. Tips for Coming up with Your Must-Haves List for Your Floor Plan A drinking fountain (silly but really high on my list, I’ll talk more about this later). ![]() I’m going to walk you through some of the things we thought about during this design process, but it’s important to recognize yours very well may be totally different than ours! Here were ours: It’s about your lifestyle and how your family functions. But if you are planning to build this is about what YOU want. All the influencers out there tell you what THEIR perfect layout is. In this day and age, it’s easy to say some of our top things because of all the “perfect” IG pictures we see. What are the things that top your “must-have” list? And this is kind of a loaded question. The first thing you want to do is figure out what’s most important to you. It drives me NUTS! Our Must-Haves in a Home – For the Floor Plans It also had a side exit which was a big must-have for us because there’s nothing I hate more than my kids going in and out of a sliding door and leaving their shoes in our breakfast room. The main thing that drew us to it was the layout of the kitchen, living, and dining. They actually had a floor plan where the bones of it were quite close to what we wanted, but we ended up reworking a significant amount of the existing floor plan. ![]() Our builder offers floor plans, but they also have the ability to directly with an architect and give you exactly what you want. Designing a Floor Plan – The Process & InspirationĪs I mentioned, we fell somewhere in between a semi-custom floor plans and a custom floor plan. We fell somewhere in between the latter two of those, I’ll share more details below, but it’s important you figure out which route you want to take. Lastly, there is a fully custom floor plan where you work with an architect from the ground up. Another option is semi-custom builders who have floor plans and allow for major changes to be made. There are builders who offer set floor plans and you have to choose one. Overall there are some different ways new homes are built. It’s the first thing you think about when it comes time to build a home! It’s also the most important thing to nail down. But today I’m here to talk about the MOST requested thing when it comes to our new build – The Floor Plan. I shared a while back that we are building our new home (however, the exterior is not actually what I posted, hah!), and I’ve been talking about this on Instagram. Are you building a home? Check out our floor plans, find out how we designed the perfect layout for our family, and get tips for your build!
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