Monday, June 20, 2011

Research

This uptown community needed a house of a fair size made primarily for party-goers and entertainment. It has it own water treatment part, with solar panels included on the roof to provide a very self-sustaining home for a expanded budget. This house sits at 56 Bellfort in Brantford, Ontario.

Analyzing this floor plan for a 1900 sq ft, country style house from left to right we can see the two bedrooms with a bathroom shared. The designer thought it was a good idea to place a full bath shared between the smaller two bedrooms because the master bedroom has an on-suite. The great room is directly off of the foyer and is accessible to all guests that can come straight through foyer instead of having to detour throughout the other rooms. The great room and the breakfast nook are open concept along with a kitchen and an isle making extra counter space. The dining room is off of the kitchen and is open concept with the foyer. There is a half-bath off of the breakfast nook and across from the bath is a storage space with the utilities inside. Accessible through the utilities is the two-car garage. Past the half-bath and the utilities unit is the master bedroom on the left. The hallway is minimal to avoid wasting space. Once in the master bedroom there is a bay window, an exit onto the back porch, a walk-in closet and through thee walk-in closet is a master bathroom with shower, bath and two sinks. Extra space in the garage, the bathrooms and the bedrooms are made into closets for storage space. The back porch has been extended to reach the wall and become accessible to the master bedroom.


The floor plan above has a few things I’ve noticed that I either like or dislike.

Like:
·    The full-bath is shared between the two smaller bedrooms
·    The back porch extended to the master bedroom
·    The living room being directly through the foyer
·    The breakfast nook, kitchen and dining room all being lined up
·    The kitchen and the utilities being close possibly for easier ventilation
·    The master bedroom having a walk-in closet and an on-suite bathroom

Dislike:
·    Five windows being over a porch (easy to look in, easy to break in)
·    The bay window in the master bedroom
·    The dining room being open with the foyer
·    The cathedral and vaulted ceilings because of difficulty for cleaning
·    The half-bath could have been placed in a better location more spaced out   from the master bathroom

Above is a 3 bedroom, 1700 sq. ft bungalow with an unfinished basement. The master bedroom has a bay window with an en-suite bathroom and a walk-in closet. The en-suite bathroom includes a Jacuzzi, a double sink and a shower. Outside of the master bedroom there is a closet for storage space, the laundry room and an entrance to the garage. Through the hall are the dining area and the kitchen. The kitchen and dining room are partially open concept while the dining room and great room are completely open concept. The great room and dining room both have sloped ceilings. There are doors from the dining room and great room leading out to the back porch. Through the great room is the entrance way leading out onto the front porch. To the right of the foyer is a washroom which is shared between the two attached bedrooms. The bedroom to the right of the bathroom is slightly smaller than the other bedroom and has a different doorway. Each of these two bedrooms has two windows. The garage has a bay door and another entrance form the outside near the far back corner.

The floor plan above has a few things I’ve noticed that I either like or dislike.

Like:
·    The full-bath is shared between the two smaller bedrooms
·    The great room being directly through the foyer
·    The kitchen and dining area being open concept
·    The master bedroom having a walk-in closet and an on-suite bathroom
·    The en-suite bathroom having both a bath and a shower with double sinks
·    Entrance to porch through dining room for easy entertainment
·    The bathroom being off of the foyer
·    A lot of storage space

Dislike:
·    The window above the bath in the master bathroom
·    The bay window in the master bedroom, preferably a regular window or two
·    The sloped ceilings because of difficulty for cleaning
·    Double doors at the entrance
·    The shape of the walk-in closet and the storage space made beside it

Landscape

Elevations

Floor Plan- Bubble Diagram (Final)

Rendered Pictures - Final

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Journals - Week 3 June

Monday - Absent. Appointment.
Tuesday - Completed the basement furnishings. Learned how to do elevations.
Wednesday - Learne4d about title blogs and how to dimension work and finished house, just need to put my house in title blogs and make a photoshop document.
Thursday - Absent. Stayed home, sick.
Friday - Finished most of house. Made JPEG's to post on blogger. Posted and updated my blog.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Second Week of June

Monday - Graduation Retreat. Stayed home, sunburn.
Tuesday - Still working on my house. Adding furnishings and windowcoverings and begining to work on landscape.
Wednesday - I completed the furnishings of the second floor. Began to work on bathrooms downstairs. Completed the half bathroom and the spare room.
Thursday - I finished the living room and the laundry room. Added a few things to the basement.
Friday - Finished the kitchen and the dining room. Started to finish the basement.

Journals Begining of June

Monday - Completed the floor plan for the ground floor and second floor. I only have walls up so far with the dimensions of rooms.
Tuesday - I completed the basement floor plan with the rooms and started adding doors and windows.
Wednesday - Finshed making doors and windows and made a deck on top of my garage.
Thursday - Added some curtains to my house. Fixed up some windows and tried to add asthetics.
Friday - Absent. Appointment in London.