Floor Plans

Finally, I have floor plans to show you! I'm sorry about the size of these images, but I wanted you to be able to see details. For a larger image, click the plan.

Our house is split-level. The first floor you see here is about four feet into the ground. We decided to put all our bedrooms down here and leave the better views on the second floor for the main living space. The biggest reason we did this, though, was for safety. In the event of a fire, all our kids will be at ground level and should be able to escape out windows easily.

These bedrooms are so big our kids will probably all sleep in one of them for a month when we first move in. Now that we're expecting our sixth child (yes, number six!) we're glad we planned ahead with the size and number of rooms. In total, this house will be about 3,500 square feet.


This second floor took forever to agree upon, and redoing the ten+/- times we did was hard because there is so much space in the middle of the house, but we finally did it.

You'll notice there is a sink in a room under the side stairs at the office. That is the half bath. Those stairs go up to attice storage and a room approximately 9x11. I like that we can go from the master bedroom through the bathroom into the office. We put it in the back of the house thinking it would be a quieter place for work and taking phone calls.

The kitchen layout will change a bit when we have to measure actual cabinets, but I designed it so the refrigerator is easily accessible to the kitchen and dining area. There is a pass-through into the recreation room which we could also use as a formal dining area if we wanted, but I like the idea of a place to work out and throw darts. The pantry is a bit far from the kitchen's work area, but I'm willing to exchange walking for a door with a lock. You have no idea how much food we lose out our cupboards to crafty, hungry children!

It seems like it took forever to get these plans up, but not nearly as long as it took to devise them. It's fun planning a house yourself, but lots of work. And you quickly learn that you have to work around bit things like stairways, plumbing, and refrigerators.

Be sure to drop a note and give us your feedback on this layout. What do you like? What don't you like? We'd love to hear what you think.

Until next time...