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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I'm of the belief that it doesn't matter what floorplan you decide on, you'll always find a fault with it somehow.
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I disagree...when we were house shopping, floorplan was more important than square footage. We looked at probably 50 houses before everything clicked into place. We could have afforded more (in fact, signed paperwork on a 2600 square foot 5 bedroom/4 bath, then changed our minds) but ended up with a very efficient (no wasted areas) 1600 square foot 2-story 3-bedroom/2.5 bath.
Our last house was 800 square foot 2-bedroom/1-bath, but the floorplan was AMAZING, so it never felt small--that's what we were trying to replicate.
Before that I shared a 400 square foot studio, and again, compliments of the good people at Ikea, we made it feel comfortable and not cramped.
So I guess I've been happy with 200 square feet, 400 square feet, and 800 square feet...I don't count the baby having any of her own yet.
Things I was looking for in a floorplan, by the way:
- All bedrooms upstairs, so we wouldn't have to clean them to host people (and to put a defensive choke point at the top of the stairs)
- A half bath downstairs for people who are visiting
- A full bath upstairs in addition to the Master for people who are staying over
- At least one built-in desk space upstairs and one downstairs (we ended up with two downstairs) so we didn't have to retreat to an office to use the computer...right now I'm in the middle of the living room and can easily talk to my wife in the kitchen.
- 3 adjacent walls in the living room to have a couch/couch/TV arrangement
- A distinct dining room table area, but open enough that you can see easily from kitchen to dining room to living room
- A smart kitchen with a good work triangle, a pantry, and good amount of cabinets.
- A breakfast bar--we didn't end up getting this, although we have a place we could eventually put one