Rehabber’s Rehab

An E-mail to Thor and Liz from Matt:

Bathroom idea

Here is some more work. The tub move currently is only giving us a 30×60 tube and requires us to make the door 30″ and move it closer to the toilet and generally is pretty tight. It will be import to verify the exact location of the toilet. I am showing a short depth toilet like in the basement here to minimize the interference with the door. But we will need to verify the location of the collar to confirm that the small toilet will work.

I didn’t include a sketch but the plan is helped maybe by flipping the toilet and sink. This might not be necessary or desireable. But I did a drawing with the toilet and sinks flipped and I liked how it made the toilet more private or at least not immediately viewable from the hall. The double sink configuration is very tight on a 7′-0″, but it is close to working. Another 3,4,5,6 inches would be a big help. I again really think the tub wants to be as big as the tub downstairs here which is 34×66. Does the linen closet want to opening off the bathroom (I think it does) or does it want to opening of the little hall area where it could be larger and more usuable than the way I have it laid out.

Kitchen version 1, floor plan and elevation

I am liking the kitchen. I will find photos of Micah’s house but Mark Bebbe a classmate of mine centered the stove/range on a large window and had a nice contemporary exhaust hood “floating” out in front of the glass.

I really like the separate doors up at the top of the 42″ upper wall cabinets. Again I thought the little LED display case light was really nice at showing off nice dishes that we saw at Troy’s showroom. It really makes that upper shelf of a 42″ cabinet, I think, more “usable” given that it is just really too high to use the upper shelf on a 42″ cabinet. Again please warm up to the exhaust hood idea. Thoughts and comments are welcomed.

Appliances will start to be very important. For example. The fridge probably wants to be 36″ wide. Also I am just showing a 30″ wide stove. We could go with a wider stove and take advantage of the window opening more and still make the 15″ door units work. I really like standardizing as much as possible on a 15″ wide door/drawer unit. I think 30 and 15 inch units work much better than 12 and 24 units. They just seem to proportion better. Also I like to not have 24 wide units mixed in with 30″. Also base cabinets want to relate to the layout of wall cabinets.

I will try to make some time tomorrow to draw up what we sketched on the deck and respond to any comments that come back.