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FFDM Vintage Classics bed may be huge but the walking space all around it makes the room easy on the eyes.
Most homeowners love to pick the colors, finishes and fabrics that they would use for their home. But before you go out and do the same, make sure that you don’t forget the first step in every home design or remodeling – space planning. When you do this correctly, you will have a room that would feel much larger and more efficient.
There are some steps to remember when you are out to arrange or rearrange your home to fit your lifestyle. Open floor layout means a lot of things but is it the right concept for your home?
Consider Space Needs
Create a list of the functional yet smaller spaces that you will need in a larger space. You can then assign square footage as soon as you have measured the entire area.
Consider also the furniture size as well as the number of people who will frequent the room. An example of is when the kitchen counter and the dining room are adjacent to each other. The rooms should be no less than 4 feet apart so that guests and household members will be able to walk between them with ease.
Consider Space Relationships
Now that room relationships are laid out for your consideration, you also need to determine the right size that goes with the correct space. Room adjacencies are the kitchen to the dining room (this is a common one); the bedroom to a bathroom; a workspace to the bedroom, etc.
These room adjacencies are always dependent on your lifestyle, though.
Consider Existing Conditions
If you are remodeling, reorganizing or redecorating, then you are not beginning with a clean slate. This means that you need to shape the look of the room considering the existing conditions. Contemplate the location of windows, doors, electrical outlets, partitions and columns when planning the space layout.
Other things that you need to find are the gas, plumbing and sewage lines in the bathrooms, kitchen and the rest of the rooms. You would want the drainage and water supply to be close to the existing sewage and plumbing lines.
Make sure you plan the adjacencies according to these needs.
Know Your Organizing Options
As soon as you know where the bathrooms and kitchen will be situated, it’s time to define whether you would have the linear or axial organization. The first type, as the name suggests, means the design elements are arranged in a line. Axial organization is the assembly of several linear organizations. The first type is quite flexible since all the shapes and sizes are correlated for as long as they lie on a straight line.
If you’re unsure about what to use, then sketch your ideas first. Use bubble diagram to begin your space planning. Figure out your size requirements as well as your room adjacencies. Draw different bubble configurations using different bubble zooms, furniture grouping and zone sizes.
Go on sketching till you end up with an arrangement that actually works for you.
Cynthia Rowley for Hooker Furniture Skyline Bookcase will free up a lot space.
Define the Public and Private Spaces
When you are thinking of defining the public against the private spaces, always think about which spaces you would want to enclosed and others that you would just want to partially wall off.
Bedrooms are always private spaces and must therefore be situated in the quietest area of the living space. Dining rooms and kitchens are more open, hence, you would want to put them in a space that’s easily accessible and more prone to accommodate natural lighting.
When Helpless, Find Help
There are now a lot of software programs that can help you plan your space. Breathing space can be achieved through your own efforts or you can ask help from a designer or an architect.
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