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I want to build a house out of shipping containers with a courtyard in the middle, I live in a temperate climate with cold winters and hot summers. What’re my limitations?

4th revision just touched down.

The layout appears much more reasonable with this iteration.

I included the previous floor plan versions for reference.

Feedback wanted on #4.

Please and thank you!!!!

I posted two different floor plan options a few months ago and this one was the overwhelming winner. Now we have signed with the builder for this plan and we are meeting this week for our “options” meeting. This is more around finish selections but if you can think of useful tweaks we should bring up I want to hear them.

ETA: Wow I am getting roasted about this plan, which is interesting as it was the overwhelming favorite in my previous post. Regardless I appreciate the feedback.

Hi everyone,

I’m about to begin renovating a 1930s semi in the UK and trying to work out the best layout for the kitchen/dining area.

Current situation:

•	Narrow galley kitchen (4.22m x 2.39m)

•	Separate dining room (5.37m x 3.49m) with sliding doors to the garden

•	I’m considering removing the wall between them to create an open kitchen diner.

My questions:

1.	Should the kitchen stay roughly where it is now or move into the dining room space?

2.	Would an island work in a room this width?

3.	Where would you place the dining table relative to the garden doors?

Any layout ideas or sketches would be hugely appreciated.

Floor plan and photos attached.

Need to rip out kitchen (among other things) due to flooding accident. The current kitchen is really dark and tiny. Because of the layout of the apartment, I honestly don't see how the kitchen can be changed much. The kitchen is flanked by the electrical panel on the left side and the main apartment entrance on the right so there is literally nowhere to go. Is there anything I'm not seeing before I just change the cabinet colors? Kitchen wasn't my favorite when I moved in but I planned to renovate slowly. Flooding is accelerating timeline and now I have to decide everything quickly. Please help.

I really need help coming up with a furniture plan for my living room. I’ve uploaded the floor plan here and want to focus on the area within the red box. We have a TV within a built in bookshelf on that left wall and a fireplace on the adjacent wall. I’m buying all new furniture. What pieces should I buy and how should I lay it out? I’m open to any suggestions!

Some context:

- This is supposed to be a house for me and my wife. No children, no guests.

- We like small and cozy rooms. That's why each room on the ground floor is deliberately on the smaller side.

- The "TV room" has no windows to the outside. That's because I would like to have a room that is isolated like this - both against noise and light. I admit I have rarely been in such a room IRL, but with good lighting I imagine it to be quite nice. In any case, we never watch TV, so our "real" and most used living room would be the one on the 2nd floor.

- our dining area is very cramped. But the truth is that we mostly eat at our desks anyways. I also don't particularly like that it's next to the WC. But being just the two of us, it's totally fine. We don't mind.

- Currently, the entrance area is quite large. I was hoping that this provides some buffer for things we need that I have overlooked. There is a "water heater" there in the plan... stuff like that 😅

- The lounge area on the 2nd floor has two parts: one bar area with a shelf for wine/scotch/..., a fridge and a coffee machine, and a sort of "winter garden", where the chairs are placed. So the opening to the terrace is supposed to be a glass front, allowing us to enjoy some sun there even in the winter.

- the jacuzzi on the terrace is mostly a joke (unless ... ?)

- I don't know how well the pantry underneath the stairs would work out.

- the bathroom on the 2nd floor is not directly above anything on the first floor. But the kitchen wall should be thick enough to support plumbing.

thank you all in advance 💃

Hi, im looking for some suggestions to improve this floor plan without changing the dimensions of the home. I would like to put the closet somewhere else so I can extend the counter top beside the fridge. I’m also considering turning the garage storage area into a kitchen pantry.

Any feedback is appreciated!

Haven't drawn in any windows yet. The pantry will have cabinet faced doors and there will be either a slider or French doors leading to the back porch from the living area. Master bedroom has a wet room/tub in shower as requested by the wife. Also not sure if I like the 2 foot returns before the bay windows starts in the master bedroom or if I should start the 45 at the corners of the room. The building to the left is a detached garage, my municipality only allows a total of 1600 square feet of garage space combined between the attached and detached garage. Also am open to suggestions on how to finish the front of the house with a front porch or covered overhang.