Part 1 – Lin Lee Residence, Upper Floor

Posted on: July 22nd, 2009 | 19 Comments

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  • Doug Roberts

    Here is one possibility. The 2-storey space is filled in and becomes a good-size bedroom with a large closet for one of the children. The two small front bedrooms are combined into a large bedroom with a large closet for another child (although I think this bedroom ends up being too large). The spare bedroom becomes a larger family bathroom and a laundry room, as I eliminated the laundry room from my main floor plan last week. The master bedroom is made cosier and placed in the angled space to take advantage of the light and the door out to the upper deck. The master ensuite is moved to the west end of the space to take advantage of its 90 degree corners. The old awkward space, which did not work well as an ensuite, becomes a triangular walk-in closet.

  • Doug Roberts

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    Sorry, here is the plan.

  • Brad W

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    As promised last week, an upstairs laundry for Grace and Terri.

    I found the master bedroom difficult to work with. Needs more thought. Not happy with the closet. Another option would be to eliminate the laundry room and use that space…

  • Brad W

    Doug, I like your master. I tried to keep all the plumbing on one side but you are probably right to move the bathroom. The glass block in the closet is awkward but it could be left.

  • Brad W

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    A small revision – eliminated wasted hall space. Laundry expanded and bedroom 1 changed to incorporate a window seat with hiding place.

  • Grace

    Thanks for the laundry, Brad W!
    Did you enlarge it in order to fit in the wet bar?

    Terri and I also need a separate tub.

  • Brad W

    Grace – Next time…:)

    It surprises me how many people install large and expensive tubs in the master bath only to use them very rarely.

  • Terri

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    Doug, I see that you moved the bathroom over just as I did, but I like your configuration better. I’m wondering how the heat will affect the sleepers, though a good blind system could help. I also like the upstairs laundry (of course!).

    Brad, I like how you kept the master bathroom in its original location–much less expensive to renovate. I found this bedroom layout hard to work with too, especially since I wanted to keep the closet near to the bathroom area. I had to change the windows too.

    I didn’t incorporate a laundry upstairs (!) only because I remembered that John managed to put one downstairs last week. But there was room for it. My plan has a fair bit of wasted space, I feel, which I tried to alleviate somewhat by various built-ins — hall, main bath, master bedroom and the front bedroom (which is really too large, I feel, so I decided the kids would have a couch and a video station area at then end). I hope they get along!

  • Terri

    Oh yeah…the bedroom above the study has an angled door–just because it works better in that corner that way–but I couldn’t put the door symbol on a 45-angle.

  • Terri

    Sorry…another detail I didn’t mention. I’ve allowed for a double wall between the family bath and master bedroom for sound insulation.

  • Terri

    Brad, Maybe your master closet could separate the sleeping area from the sitting area by being across from the bathroom? I don’t know if you’d want access from two sides…or which end to walk around, though.

  • Brad W

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    Terri – I’ll glad to see my bad day did not put you off the site. :) My daugther would kill to have a bedroom like the one you designed with the couch!

    Interesting how we are getting many different configurations this week.

    I have one final revision which trades the master bedroom sitting area for a large walk-in closet. The master bath is also changed by moving the tiolet closer to a more reasonable plumbing stack location. The walkin shower incorporates a bench and does not require a glass door. Sorry Grace still no tub.

  • MichaelG

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    Like Terri and Doug, I moved my master bath to west part of the giant suite, complete with my Japanese style shower/bath wetroom with a glass door/wall separating it from the vanity. Not the most practical solution in terms of plumbing, Brad’s gets the prize for that. But to me its a better use of the space. I also have the robes in the triangular space like Doug, and the bed facing the windows. External slat blinds can mitigate the heat from the sun, while also allowing air flow and a nice view.
    Like others I also have one bedroom at the front and the other in the former vaulted ceiling. I made them both roughly the same size, the girl can have the one with the larger closet. The rooms are not too large, as I wanted a larger space as a play area for the kids, which can morph into a study/retreat area when they get older. I drew it as a TV area because thats a little easier than drawing a floor covered in toys… The family bathroom has a shower over the bath, but if the kids are no longer into baths then this can be modified into a shower only.
    Laundry is downstairs.

  • Brad W

    MichaelG – very cool option having the upstairs family area – you post this on day 2

  • Terri

    Brad–Your story on Tuesday explained your earlier comment. Just glad it wasn’t just my rather snide aside that caused you grief! ;)

  • Terri

    MichaelG–I like the upstairs family area too. My only criticism is, the front bedroom didn’t get much larger from before, maybe a foot wider. With the “fun” space right beside, it may not matter…

  • MichaelG

    The bedrooms were smaller by design, having an open family area will hopefully encourage the family to socialise more. As the kids become teenagers, perhaps they’ll be less likely to hide in their room if there is a larger space just outside with all the cool stuff in it.
    I’ll post this on day two as well. Being on the other side of the world, I miss the conversations as they happen, if I post, its usually in the North American middle of the night, between exercises…

  • John Brown

    Michael,

    I take your point about the size of the bedrooms. If they get too big then the family tends to disperse.

    BTW, which side of the world are you?

  • MichaelG

    Im an Australian living in Tokyo.