Wait Until The Last Minute To Finalize Your Floor Plan

When we were finalizing the front of the house (in the last post), we also had to really finalize the layout and dimensions of the house overall. We had a rough plan and had figured some basic dimensions out, but hadn't factored in all the walls and outside dimensions. And we definitely hadn't tackled exact dimensions for the second floor. 

So assignment #2 from our builder was to finish that up. In most cases you would have already purchased some blue prints and that wouldn't be something that you would need to do, it would already be done. But, since we went the super custom route and didn't pay an architect to make our drawing, we got to do this ourselves. 

It was actually quite fun to really get this done to scale and make sure everything lined up and had enough space. This is also where we got that our front wall was the 22 feet.

FIRST FLOOR:

SECOND FLOOR:

On the second floor, remember all the area you see the brown floor will be open to the square white area. That is our loft space and where the computer/office area will go.

Also on the second floor, the long rectangle that is white will be un-finished during the build. The hope is to turn half that into a theater down the road, and keep the other half unfinished as attic storage space. It will also have sloped ceilings as it will be built in the rafters, but all the other rooms upstairs will have little to no slope to them.

After we spent our evening getting these plans together and placing the house on the property, we started to think about what our builder would probably need next. To finish the dry-in we need to decide on window placement and sizes, and a front door! 

Toodles! 
Liz and Mike