900sf Home Re-Model

Our home before the one we are in now was an old 950sf bungalow, it felt tight and cramped. We developed the basement to make more rooms (a bedroom, living room, guest room, laundry and bathroom)  for out family of 6 and the guests we often had staying with us.

But the Space was not truly that small, it just felt like it because the they fundamental layout was bad. The useless nooks, odd shaped rooms the poor traffic flow... There was lots of room if it could have been laid out differently. So over time I grew in my mind what I would do with the space if I could gut the place and start over with only a few fundamental structural peaces left.

This is the main floor of the home roughly, in of its self it is not to bad, but it is designed for a family of 3 or 4, not 6 or 8. And when the basement is developed the hole layout becomes much less practical.

So my dream reno of the place would place all the bedrooms downstairs, including a full bath and a half bath in the basement as-well. The upper floor is all open with a half wall around the stars and lots more windows. I think it would be a very lovely place to live. The living room is massive, and surrounded my 4 large windows to bathe it in sunlight. The kitchen which was good size before now is doubled in size, and the the dining room spans large enough for  a 14 chair table and has a buffet and drink counter on the side! I believe the amount of space gained would make the house feel much larger than many modern 2k sf two story homes.

Edit: Also, if a main floor half bath were a desired necessity, one could fit behind the fireplace in the center of the house.

Edit: I decided to make up a posable basement to match.  The bathroom situation is flexible, I chose this bathroom layout because of ow many people can fit in all these bed rooms splitting this up like this just makes sense for efficiency. Of-corse, a more standard bathroom situation is also totally posable. There is lots of room for a master off suit with shower and a laundry/bath room with tub if that was what was desired. The bedrooms are small but have lots of room for one or 2 people (bunk beds) to sleep, and a dresser or wardrobe to store cloths.

175sft House

This house features a full kitchen, full bath, living room a dining aria and a loft bedroom that can sleep 4.

Trailer

This is a tiny house on wheels, it measures 16' (less tung) by 8'. So bit less than 120 square feet of living space on the main floor, and around 130 with the porches included.

The main floor includes a sitting room, a half bath, a kitchen and a nook as well as storage cabinet stairs.

The upstairs leaves room for 2 valeted ceilings, one over the living room, and one over the entry/stairway. There is room for a queen sized bed or 2 singles on the loft, as wells a some storage.

More 15'x20' Floor Plans

140sf house

This is a house I sketched up the other day, only 140 square feet, on the main floor, very simple open floor plan concept. A nice use of space I think. The best place for the door would likely be on to the kitchen from this side.

The 'I' House

This home is shaped like the letter I giving it some nice external character both front and back. It has a large kitchen, a dining room, a small siting room and ether a full or 2/3 upper floor for bedrooms. I wish I could remember the square footage... something like 400 I think.

If a second bath was added on the second floor, the but could be removed from the lower floor to make it a half bath and free up a good deal of space.

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.