New Home Construction

[EddieWalker]

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bmac,

The tile is just amazing. Having a faucet over your stove is such a nice touch!!!


When you said the "upstairs laundry room." was that implying that there is a downstairs one also?? If so, that's pretty cool. I've never seen a home with two laundry rooms. Usually it's downstairs and in nicer homes theres a chute for the kids to put their clothes in that empties there.

Is your master bedroom upstairs or downstairs???

I've always prefered to have the laundry room as close to the master suite as possible. In one very high end home I was in, the owner had his laundry room built in between the seperate master bathrooms with connecting doors. So far that's the best layout I've ever seen. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Thanks for the pics and keeping us updated. It's allot of fun seeing your project come together!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eddie

 

[bmac]

Hi, Eddie.

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It's a wife thing. My thoughts are that if a pot of water is too heavy to carry to the stove, then its certainly too heavy to carry back to the sink to empty it. She won that debate. It does look cool, though.

<font color="blue"> When you said the "upstairs laundry room." was that implying that there is a downstairs one also?? If so, that's pretty cool. I've never seen a home with two laundry rooms. Usually it's downstairs and in nicer homes theres a chute for the kids to put their clothes in that empties there. </font>

You figured it out. In our current home, the laundry room is in the basement. All bedrooms are on the main floor. One of my wife's least favorite things to do is carry the clean laundry back upstairs to put it away. So, I figured that with the kids bedrooms upstairs, why not put a second laundry room up there? And, I figured the kids are old enough to learn how to do their own laundry so, hopefully, that will eas my wife's workload as well.

The other laundry room is across the hall from our bedroom on the main level. We tried to work things out to have the laundry room connect to a closet in our bedroom. but we lost too much closet space with the door and, to me, lost a little privacy (my wife also wanted hallway access to the laundry). My wife has been eyeballing a new washer and dryer and I figured I would have to eventually pony up for those soon enough so we are putting our current W&D upstairs and the new ones will go downstairs. I'll try to get a photo of the downstairs laundry room some day. Its hard to get a decent picture of it, but I'll try.

Thanks for checking in. How long will it take to get the dozer turbo rebuilt? I know you'd like to move some dirt and take advantage of all that rain you've had.

 

[rox]

bmac,
Everything looks great. I kow you posted pics of the antique washstand prevously, however once I see it with the bowl and the faucet, WOW! It just really look nice. I think it is one of the nicer touches in your home. + if a lefty ever moves into your home in the way distant future, they will be delighted with your faucets, and you know I am saying this with smile. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I spent a lot of time looking at the food pantry, how the shelves were designed. At first it looks, hmmm kind of like a wierd design. But the more you look at it and analyze it, I can see how they tried to effectively utilize every square inch possible. The shelves on the right look rather deep, and it might just be the photograph, the angle of the photo. If they are as deep as they look I wonder if pull out shelves can be placed in there? That way you could pull them out to easily get to the stuff in the back. Rather like Eddie's pull out bins he built under his stairs. Just an idea for you to consider, while you ahve the talent on hand to implement, if you so choose. And again, it might just be the photo, and it is really no big deal.

I bet your wife is going to love that unfinished attic over top of the garage, just down the hall from the kid's rooms.
Thanks for sharing the photos, I don't know what I am going to do to keep myself coming to TBN, once your house is finished. Your thread is always the first one I look for. Well I guess we have landscaping and driveways to look forward to... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[bmac]

rox,

I'm wondering if the plumbing in this house is going to turn the whole family into southpaws. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Due to the cramped quarters, I don't know if I'll get a better view of the pantry. This room is deeper than the picture would lead you to believe and maybe narrower than it looks. I honestly don't know how all of the space will be utilized. I do know that the shelves at the rear on the left side facing the viewer (in the picture I posted) were specifically made for bakeware. I also know that my wife is planning on using those step-like things for her canned goods where the cans in the rear are higher than the ones up front allowing you to see what's at the back of the shelf. I like the idea of sliding shelves - I'll mention it to my wife.

The shelves on the right are angled like they are because they begin right at the doorway. This allows you to enter the room without injuring yourself on a sharp corner. Again, I don't know what she has planned for those. Speaking of the doorway, due to the space restrictions, this pantry has a pocket door.

What you can't see in the picture are the shelves along the right wall between the angled shelves on the front and the corner shelving at the rear of the pantry. That is where the canned goods will go on the step thingies.

I thank you, as always, for your suggestions and feedback. I always look for your replies after I post pictures because I know you will have something useful to share with us. Thanks again.

 

[bmac]

I've got a few pictures to maybe clarify a couple of issues and a few new things. I've got to leave in a few minutes so I'll post what I can now and finish up later tonight.

First, for rox, maybe a better picture of the food pantry shelving. Again, on the left are the shelves for bakeware. To the right of those are corner shelving. These will be the most challenging to utilize effectively as they are the deepest and are narrower at the opening that at the deepest part. Therefore, upon further review, slide outs would probably not woek here.

Now, the shelves along the right wall are not too deep. This is where the canned goods will go. The angled part towards the door is actually continuous with the main shelf. I was fooled by the vertical support in my previous picture (you can see I was snapping pictures and not really looking carefully at the work that was done - after all, this is my wife's space) but, now that I've looked, I have a better understanding of what is in there. The pantry is probably only 6 ft deep.

 

[bmac]

OK, for Eddie, here's the downstairs laundry room. Well, first I'll get you oriented. In this picture, I'm standing in the family room looking down the hallway. Betweem the 2 openings is the door to the basement on the right. Just beyond that and on the other side of the 2nd opening is the powder room, also on the right. At the very end of the hall is the master bedroom on the right and the laundry room on the left.

 

[bmac]

Here, I've just taken a few steps down the hall toward the master bedroom (door on the right) and laundry room (on the left).

 

[bmac]

OK, in the laundry room, there is a laundry sink and the openings for the washer & dryer. Obviously, the counter has not been finished yet.

 

[bmac]

Standing at the W/D end of the room and facing the opposite direction, you see the sink again, beyond which is a closet. The thing hanging on the wall is a fold down ironing board (from Home Depot) that matches the cabinets fairly well.

 

[bmac]

Got to go pick up my son. I'll finish this later tonight.