4 15'x20' floor plans.

After asking for some feedback on some of my floor plans, I was given the advice that in a small house, you don't need to have a sink in the bathroom as it is already so close to the kitchen sink and that can save a lot of space. S oI tried to apply that to my previous design: Small Home A and I was able sink the space in the the kitchen, which was to small on the previous design. It also opens up a back door and posable access to a basement staircase.

And then I got fiddling and began rearranging the floor plan in the same 15'x20' space and came out with 3 more.

In this floor plan I would make the top door the front door, it is a much more open concept design. With the living room and stairs on the same end, this one has the option of having a vaulted sealing over the living room.

This one swaps the kitchen and living room space. I would expect that this would trade off for a second or 3rd bedroom up top, but I suppose you could still have a vaulted sealing over the living room, its just not as efficient.

This one is a take on a contemporary stile floor plan. The front door is on the small side of the home making it better for a skinny lot, probably open over the stairway and entry way, could have 2 or 3 bed rooms up and possibly another bathroom. Laundry is in the basement.

Small Shops

A few years ago I shot a film series in maritime Canada, I was sifting through some of the footage yesterday and came across a little Barber Shop and thought I would share:

There was this little shed I liked:

I hope I will have a more unique post next week.

Ross Chapin Architects

I stumbled across a company called Ross Chapin Architects the other day, I really like their stuff. Their cabins look very attractive from the outside, I especially like the front porches and sun rooms on the fronts. They seem to have gone out of their way to create neat little alcoves, nooks and crannies that I love.

http://www.rosschapin.com/

Tiny House A2

You may remember one of my previous posts Tiny House A that I posted tiny house, well I was just looking at that floor plan and it hit me that if I reversed the bathroom the door would work much more efficiently. So here is that update to that design.

Tiny Split House

Our currant home is a split, and it just hit me for the first time that a split would work well for a small home on a foundation. I like it so far, it is fairly small and efficient use of space I think. However, I am not sure where to place the bathroom. I am wondering if switching the kitchen and the living room might find the space somewhere in there.

Any thoughts or ideas on how to improve this design?

Small Home A take 2

I posted his floor plan a few weeks a go, I really have it on the brain so I made it up in floor planer. The more I see it, the more I like it.

Large Kitchen A

 This is a large Kitchen I designed with a nook or a sitting aria in the middle. This make what is normally 2 spaces in to one, making the kitchen more friendly and inviting, a place where life happens. It would utilize under counter fridges and an under counter freezer. There is no pantry and few over counter cupboards making the space open and airy. There is still plenty of storage however under all the counter space.