We won’t be having a sunroom in this home, because once we had the sunroom we never sat in the family room, so we tried to combine the two. It will have vaulted ceilings to really take advantage of the view, which is one of the perks of a ranch. On the left, the other deck is off the dining room/kitchen and the large sunroom feeling space in the middle is the family room, it juts out about 8 feet. So, looking at these plans, our private master bedroom deck is to the right. Having our master on the main floor with the kitchen and main living spaces makes it so our “some-day old bones” don’t need to do stairs – wow, I sound like way too much of an adult! Those sections beneath the windows by the front door are super cute built in benches.Īlso part of planning this house is wanting it to work for us now, in the future with teenagers, and then as empty nesters. Here is the street side minus the garage, because I ran out of space on my paper. I know, seems a bit weird right? I’m so not a ranch person unless you are talking salad dressing, but with this lot being so large and a walkout, we didn’t really need another level. It’s kind of nice having the builder say “yes you can afford this gable/peak/roofline” or “no you can’t have 12 circle windows because they cost a zillion dollars each.” I possibly email her neurotically 32 times a day, but we are getting it done! The great thing about her drawing the plans is she has been working side by side with her husband to make sure we can actually afford the house we are drawing, which is keeping the Mr. The contractor we went with has his wife draw all the plans, so she and I have been working together to get the plans down just right. This made it hard because we had to pick who to go without really knowing what the house would be like. Fortunately I have really distinct ideas plus a fully loaded pinterest board, so I felt confident we would get what we wanted. What was a bit different this time around is every general contractor we spoke with used their own designer/architect. We interviewed several and most were booked til spring. The building business is booming here in West Michigan, as is the real estate market, so our first objective was even finding a builder that was available to start on our timeline. There is a broad range when it comes to architects apparently. We decided not to just choose an architect this time – we looked around and got quotes for drawings from $4,000 to $30,000. I won’t be sharing the actual floor plan because just like with our last house they aren’t my designs and it wouldn’t be fair to just put them out there, but she is working on renderings we can share, in the meantime you are stuck with my cartoony sketches. We are working hard on finalizing our house plans, and I thought I would share a few of my sketches with you so you can see what we are thinking. What does that have to do with anything? I dunno, but I thought I should tell someone in case I go missing, chances are my parents bed has gone rogue and you should send help. Or at least I think he was looking at me, I never actually did find my glasses so I could have been cuddling with a raccoon for all I know… Whilst trying to grab the alarm remote, I knocked the bed remote to the floor (yes there is a bed remote – right!?!), so that by the time I had assured the alarm company I didn’t need a fire-truck anytime soon, the bed had folded almost completely in half around me. Surprisingly this actually shut Charlie up as he was now completely sandwiched in the bed with me and all we could do was just look at each other confused. NO, NO, NO, I don’t need 911, I need my dog to stop yapping! I start freaking out trying to find my glasses to… well I’m not sure what I was going to do… but anyway, instead of finding my glasses, I hit the emergency alarm system, which cued up the fire department and 911! The house started beeping at me frantically and asking me to confirm my need for emergency contact. Of course Charlie (our puppy) takes his opportunity as man of the house to bark at 4 in the morning for seemingly no reason and give me a heart attack. was on a business trip this week, and so I armed the alarm like the smart girl I am. I should explain my dad loves his gadgets, like everything that can be electronic in this house has been gadg-i-fied. Guys, I have to tell you – my parent’s house is trying to kill me.
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