We actually made a pretty big change in the second floor plans. Jen was having a really hard time envisioning where Nora's bed might go with all of the roundness in her room. So we talked with Joe and Gary about this, and they came up with a great idea on the spot. We moved the closets from the south wall to the east wall, and extended a hallway that also will double as a bed wall. This will not only give us several different options for where to put the bed, but it will also open up the front of the room and keep us from having to put the bed on that wall if we dont want to. Other then that, there really isnt much else. The extension of that be wall is going to allow us the extend the length of the vanity in Nora's bathroom, but everything else will remain the same for now. Keeping in tune with the matrials, here we will be doing hardwood throughout this floor, with the exception of tile in the bathrooms, showers, and tub area.
Friday, August 22, 2008
2nd Floor and Roof
We actually made a pretty big change in the second floor plans. Jen was having a really hard time envisioning where Nora's bed might go with all of the roundness in her room. So we talked with Joe and Gary about this, and they came up with a great idea on the spot. We moved the closets from the south wall to the east wall, and extended a hallway that also will double as a bed wall. This will not only give us several different options for where to put the bed, but it will also open up the front of the room and keep us from having to put the bed on that wall if we dont want to. Other then that, there really isnt much else. The extension of that be wall is going to allow us the extend the length of the vanity in Nora's bathroom, but everything else will remain the same for now. Keeping in tune with the matrials, here we will be doing hardwood throughout this floor, with the exception of tile in the bathrooms, showers, and tub area.
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David,
Looked on your blog for the first time since you sent it about a month ago. The house is looking really good. There are many, many special details that will make this a wonderful home. Some suggestions from a quick look:
1 - there is no natural light in baths 2 and 3. For #2, see whether you can use some borrowed light from the hallway either by matching an operable transom (which I highly recommend for all room doors if ceiling heights allow) or clerestories in bedroom #2 or perhaps through glass block. Because an exterior window would jeopardize the rythym and rigor of the west elevation, perhaps bath #3 should borrow the same light. What would you and the girls think of having a glass block wall between the tubs that would pick up the light from the hall through bath #2?
2 - There is no natural light in the master closets. Natural light helps a great deal in choosing between navy and black outfits and deciding whether the red is really red or more an orange red. I don't see an easy way to spread the flues of the chimney enough to allow a window of any size between them, but it could work. The obvious alternatives would be halogens or SP35 (daylight) fluorescents. I noticed you will have some LED lights in the study. These are outstanding, although still awfully pricey. They would be a nicer (greener) option in the closets if the budget allows.
3 - I think your idea of the Sullivan arch is fabulous, but see if you can give it more room. It seems crowded with the study's wall jammed right next to the brick arch. Part of the dynamism of Sullivan's banks is the shear scale of the arch in the exterior. It IS the exterior. The rest of the exterior, although intricately detailed, is there only to provide the stage for the arch to perform. And the proportions make the performance spectacular. I do not see how your arch can be any larger within the dining room, so that's out. One other way to highlight the arch is to reduce the scale of other details: windows and the chimney. Neither seems right to me. Another option is to make it big -- I mean REALLY big -- and allow it to cross the floor lines so that bedroom #2 gets the top and the dining room (or even the basement) gets the bottom. If this bold a statement is possible (consider the structure) ask the architect how that would look from the inside and out. If this appeals to you, also consider restraining it visually by placing a masonry tower to the north to balance the chimney to the south. If the arch gets that big, it will need the visual bracing of another three-dimensional boundary. (One way to accomplish this would be to increase the radius of the study's curved walls to push beyond the wall to the west just enough to match the chimney's projection, but that has ramifications on the front elevation and needs to be studied.)
4 - Remember, you, Jen and the architect have been working on this for weeks (months?), so take my comments with a grain of salt. And it's already 2 a.m., so consider that, too, as you read back over this.
Duncan
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