Ideas To Consider When Designing A House

By Author: Bobby Bala
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Building a house is a lot of fun when everything is in the planning stages, but once it is completed, the results are often less than what the designers originally wanted. While there are some great prefabricated flooring plans that can be modified to taste, these are often not customized enough to make the end result as rewarding as it should be. Sometimes it is best to simply branch out and design everything from scratch, and it can make for results beyond what one could have imagined before.

A designer can start one of two ways: they can consult with an experienced plan creator or draw an idea out of what they are looking for. Consulting with a planner is a good way to understand the realms of what is possible and what is completely out of the question. Most people will not design things that are impossible to build, but they will often create something that costs way too much money. Both ideas can actually be carried out if they consult first to get an idea of restrictions, and then play with a design afterwards.

Creating each room’s space is a technique that must be considered very carefully. One of ...
... the most popular methods of creation today is making the areas as wide open as possible. This usually comes with combining different room “areas” into one room that serves multiple purposes. Based on the size of the house, this effect can also be created by simply having large rooms, but without sectioning them off with small doorways between areas. This can be done by having large hallways or oversized doorways that can remain open and still look good, but still shut when the need calls for it. To create an even more open feeling, people often create very high ceilings and use the open area idea, but through a series of areas. Instead of using one rectangular area for the kitchen, dining and living rooms, people will combine those rooms in a straight line with no doors separating them.

One must account for functionality when deciding on the shape and size of each room, and each room must be a bit larger than the person is thinking in order to account for any unplanned situations. For instance, high end home theatre seating can be much larger than traditional sized couches or sofas, and may not be able to fit into a standard sized living room. This will make the high end home theater seating unfit for use, and a spare room will have to be utilized instead. The same can go for rooms that will have things against the walls, as the objects’ placement will significantly limit the amount of usable space the room has.