narrow Georgian House
Help ! We have bought a wonderful but narrow Georgian House on the south coast of England. The challenge is that the living area is 8’11 wide and we cant expand it. The plan is to open up the kitchen and remove the bathroom. Any ideas or photos great fully received !!
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Nicola M
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Comments (9)HI -- gross635 -- Your right to some degree but you can't move the main floor bath to the other side because then that interfers with the floor plan on the second floor. Would not work . I would have loved to turn the whole plan around but it won't work in this case. Added note to what I posted before is to get rid of anywalls you don't need and also not every room has to have a door. Like the one on the lounge and the one at the end of the hall. I would open the lounge up by not having the walls on the entrance hall . As for a closet , there is space in front of the set back powder room for some coat hooks etc. I also question the fact of , if the lounge is really needed. Everything could have been shifted to the front and the kitchen set back , then that would have made a larger dining/familyroom area . But that would have ruined the resale value . So I think moving the bathrooms was the lest and best for this plan. One question I have , is this an English plan ?, because the English love putting doors on every room ?And usually the doors swing the wrong way....See MoreIdeas for georgian house landscape/renovation
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Comments (0)I'm trying to do the impossible and decide on a Kitchen design for a very narrow Kitchen. 170cm wide and 375 cm long with 2 doors, a window, a boiler and a radiator to take into account! I'm thinking of one wall with 40cm depth units and on the other wall 60cm depth units leaving a 70cm galley space. Is this completely unworkable? I know it will be awkward but am willing to put up with that for the storage and counter space, my concern is that 70cm is just to narrow a space to be feasible. This is a house for 2 people max....See MoreNicola M
3 years agoPerfect, it's showing now! Could you perhaps add glazing on the wall between the hallway so it gives the illusion of more space and adds lots of light? It doesn't necessarily have to be crittall but hard to find photo examples with plain glazing. It could be half-height so your sofa can still go against the wall. I wanted to do this is our house.
Nicola M
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3 years agolovely House, I like the lamp post too 😂
I assume you’re referring to what is labelled as the dining room to be used as living?
i would just do something like this in terms of layout. It’s not the best example as I would include a striped rug going from long wall to long wall. It doesn’t need to be an obvious stripe, the existing owners rug is good. I’d also raise the curtain pole and have them wall to wall as it should also make the room feel wider. A mirror on a long wall will also have the same effect. It may also be an idea to have a sofa colour that doesn’t have too much contrast with the wall colour and choose one that is on legs, seeing the floor beneath will make it feel bigger. Glass coffee/side tables are also good
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Hi Hu,
Thanks for your appreciative comments! And noted your suggestion too. These are the kind of back and forth discussions I have with clients and it's certainly easier to explain the thinking with direct dialogue.
The bathroom facing into the hallway is recommended over facing into a living space. I've attached a photo of door treatments to make the bathroom feel more designed and integrated. I would recommend a full height door.
Flipping over the plan would indeed mean a longer vista from the entrance door but it would mean losing the side access door, something I do not recommend. The area would be darker, losing the skylight too. Another area to put the bathroom is drawn up but as you can see, it opens up into a living space which is unpleasant. However this is down to personal taste and I'm sure there lies a solution in the mix! All the best :)Paul Sims
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