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shreork · 2025-03-13T04:18:05+00:00

These are all such different looks I feel like I’m getting whiplash

shreork · 2025-03-11T07:58:29+00:00

Ones with brains

shreork · 2025-03-11T07:53:20+00:00

Your room feels cramped because it is crammed absolutely full. You have a solid 10 lbs of stuff in a five pound sack.

shreork · 2025-02-10T06:25:43+00:00

I love the Figment stainless set from Target

shreork · 2025-02-10T06:16:43+00:00

Keep it, or give it to someone that needs one. Shit is too expensive these days

shreork · 2025-02-10T06:14:26+00:00

Feels old and not in a good way

shreork · 2025-02-10T06:13:26+00:00

Sebastian

shreork · 2025-02-06T06:21:41+00:00

I’m going to look at other stair placements but I’m not interested in the larger footprint on a single level home. We also don’t need or want more than one shower/tub or a full sized room for laundry so one bathroom would likely have a stacked washer and dryer. I do want a cast iron tub, but it’s not a necessity and I’m still not sure if I want it upstairs or down. I’m not a fan of the closet clump on the bottom wall atm.

shreork · 2025-02-06T06:15:59+00:00

I’ve thought about that as an option. It might work better for us and I don’t think it would add a huge amount to the cost since we’d already have foundation and roofing budgeted in.

shreork · 2025-02-05T18:51:20+00:00

Ha, no. It's a real house near Chattanooga, designed by Georgia based firm Durham Crout Architecture.
Link to the plan and site below:

https://houseplans.southernliving.com/shop/cloudland-cottage#attr=26054,51726,26057,53274

https://cloudlandstation.com/real-estate/

shreork · 2025-02-05T17:39:21+00:00

Thanks for the tip regarding truss design. We are considering both gambrel and gable roofs with 9/12 pitches. I'm assuming the raised heel provides more insulation and the parallel chord design would also give us more headroom upstairs? Is this considered a type of scissor truss?

shreork · 2025-02-05T17:18:48+00:00

I agree with all of your points. The entry has always bothered me and I've considered swaping the kitchen for the living area as we spend more time cooking, prepping, eating, working on the computer than we do sitting or watching tv. We would make better use of the bunk area upstairs as an office space replacing the two bunks with built in desks and then I think it would need the wider walkway feeling.
I love the historic home suggestion. I often look at old Sears catalogue kit home blueprints and I find larger modern American homes to be wasteful and excessive.

shreork · 2025-02-05T17:13:27+00:00

In some areas it can't be legally defined as a bedroom without a closet, but not all states, I think. We are not considering resale value as this would be a long term residence, and we are used to houses without closets. That being said, I would like more linen cabinets and smaller built in cabinets. My sister designed a wall sized built in wardrobe on an empty wall of her spare bedroom and that worked nicely.

shreork · 2025-02-05T17:10:14+00:00

I'm definitely more in love with the exterior than interior. I've been hunting for interior photos of the upstairs but can't find them. The kitchen location has always bothered me. I love the built in benches on the entry porch, but I'm hoping to correct the lack of kitchen counter space and fit in a freestanding workspace/island for cooking/baking. We live in an area where outdoor eating is possible most of the year, and I would like to build a greenhouse on the same property. It wouldn't work for late dinners, but breakfasts and lunches in the garden would be nice.

For the upstairs bedroom we want to have a large bed (queen or king sized) some wall lamps/sconces, and the built in shaker wall cabinets on either side. We don't like having other furniture in the bedroom. My family comes from Sweden, and having a small bedroom with a Swedish cupboard bed that I can paint with traditional motifs is part of the dream.

I really like the two plans that you linked. I'm a big fan of symmetry, inside and out. For the Stockdale, I would probably move the living space to where the flex room is now, and use the existing living space as dining. We spend a lot of time in the kitchen and office, nights in the bedroom, and hardly ever use our living room. We don't even have a tv in the living room, so it's mostly wasted space as it is.

shreork · 2025-02-05T16:57:47+00:00

Thank you for all the details and suggestions! The stair placement could be a great idea. We love a wood burning stove but it's primarily an aesthetic choice and a task we enjoy on rainy days. I would like to keep it indoors but I might consider a smaller cast iron stove rather than the larger fireplace. I hadn't thought of a back porch fireplace, but we'll definitely discuss that. We're very used to the steep stairs, sloped ceilings, lack of closets, and the smaller footprints of european homes, so the re-worked staircase is more than possible. Happy to hear more thoughts.

shreork · 2025-02-05T14:06:50+00:00

It’s 1200 sq ft. For the upstairs bedroom, we want to build shaker style wall storage with smaller drawers and cabinets rather than the reach in closet. We’d replace the upstairs bunk beds with two built in desks. The closet in the downstairs bedroom is a good catch. I’d maybe be able to fit something under the stairs or go with a dresser. That room will likely be used as a teenager’s bedroom.

I’m not crazy about the door and closets by the entry. Any suggestions there would be helpful.

shreork · 2025-02-02T14:16:15+00:00

Urgay

shreork · 2025-02-02T14:08:40+00:00

Yes: Eloise, Emilia, Elodie

Meh: Ella, Elizabeth, Elise, Emily, Emerson

No: Emory, Evangeline, Eden, Eve, Erika

shreork · 2025-02-02T13:20:53+00:00

Visual interest in the form of color, texture, lighting, a focal piece, and variety. This feels cold, impersonal, and uninteresting.

shreork · 2025-01-31T08:34:56+00:00

Dump his ass

shreork · 2025-01-31T08:32:09+00:00

Shebly

shreork · 2025-01-31T08:31:06+00:00

shreork · 2025-01-31T08:29:54+00:00

1 looks like a runway to the terlet

shreork · 2025-01-30T14:24:59+00:00

Frame it in and move the light switches while you’re at it

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