Here's my original drawings. One-level living on the main floor, with a guest room and sewing room lofted above. If you click on them you can see them larger. The garage will connect to the mud room below, not to the sewing room, but this is how it all fit on the paper
These are the first draft from the architect. Quite a few things shifted small amounts, just because I didn't know how much to allow for wall thickness, and stairway length, etc, and we decided to go with 32" doors for future maneuverability when age catches up with us.
He took out my diagonal doors in the back hall due to space with the wider doorways. I really like diagonal doors for some inexplicable reason, but I'm not going to fight over the issue.
And here's his plans again, with the changes we requested.
Downstairs- Going left to right across the top, then the bottom: Making the kitchen island smaller- Sid's request. Removing counter space from the laundry room- I'd rather have that space for an ironing board and somewhere to park the vacuum. Mud room- Dog shower does not need to be as big as he made it, and turning two closet spaces into one. Front entry- removing closet (we'll use hooks for guests) and making a more interesting stairway instead. Tweaking of space under the stairs to suit our intended usage. Bath- just a few tweaks for our own personal preferences.
Upstairs- Adding a bit more space to the sink area and a door, so that space can serve as a changing room for my sewing clients. The area next to the toilet will become built-in shelves for the adjoining room instead of bathroom space. Removal of the unnecessary linen closet and making more space in the guest room.
If you have a Pinterest account, you can see my preferences for the look of things on my board here: https://www.pinterest.com/wendyww/build-a-house/ Of course these are likely to change along the way.
