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If you choose not to put your main sink in the island, consider adding a prep sink instead. “It allows two people to prep and cook comfortably,” designer Jamie Roddy of Eden LA Furniture and Interiors says. If you use your island surface as your main prep area, it means you can rinse items right next to where you’re working, rather than rinsing items in the main sink and dripping water on the floor as you transfer them to the island. One suggestion is to position the prep sink off to one edge of the countertop, preferably near the refrigerator so you can quickly transfer vegetables and other foods right to the basin to rinse. Plus, placing it off to the side keeps a large work surface free on the island that you can use for chopping or as buffet space when entertaining.
Rather than a two-sided fireplace, could the vent use the chimney and then keep kitchen orientation and put sitting closer to driveway?
Really love the private garden. Interesting revelation for sloped property
Not that we need sprawling, it's an idea of what to do with lots of floor space, particularly with octagonal and other shapes https://www.houzz.com/magazine/houzz-tour-redesign-makes-a-big-house-more-comfortable-stsetivw-vs~157505787?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u17833&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery3_3&newsletterId=17833
open great room with black panes, stone/wood combo surfaces, dark floor
Feels like a combination of contemporary colonial with a touch of craftsman/natural materials that Clancy likes
Secondary island/wet bar in same space
Again the floating two-sided fireplace
The roofline: the fact that second floor doesn’t have to be all the same height; also if that is the garage in left, nice treatment
A floating wall like this for a two-sided fireplace could portion off living (with piano) from kitchen but still allow for flow. I’m envisioning the wall/for perpendicular to and right in front of entry wall for some reason
The front is ok. Would want to move garage to side/back
Of the more modern, this is nice because the stonework predominates (but this is the back elevation)
Stone hearth is beautiful with irregular stonework
Interesting two different siding treatments; covered entry accommodates primary and secondary front entrances (off to left)
Interesting roof line, especially for glass 3nd floor
Cool seating niche, easy to access controls near door
Ample wraparound seating and bi-level aspect
combined craftsman and classic/transitional facade lines; thought of interior spaces
Potential facade
LJR likes facade; maybe not enough craftsman touches (but opens into grand room CWR3 likes)
the V shape house; maybe an inlay over the garage?
Some of the house lines, the shape of the beamed great room with the doors going to back
A potential backdoor view from/to a courtyard or patio??
Some architectural lines in the exteriors of the "Verandah" and "Moderno" homes are on point
Maybe in keeping with other drumthwacket homes?
Craftsman Exterior with elements of classical Cape
At least 36 inches clearance around island: 48 inches here is roomier
Think mirror image. What if frig were where our door was now and French doors opened into where dining room is now, with different entry (instead of the bluestone stairs)?????
Similar to 11 univ pl kitchen
"Stand-alone furniture benches. Built-in bench seating in a dining nook off a kitchen is highly prized for its comfiness and storage. But when you can’t afford the built-in approach, or it’s not practical, consider a stand-alone furniture bench, as designer Amy Storm of Designstorms did in this Chicago kitchen." More flexible if you want to change things up
"Easy-reach shower controls. Reaching in to turn on the shower in the morning and getting hit with a cold blast of water is no way to start the day. Relocating the shower controls to an opposite wall during a remodel solves that problem. You can see in this shower by designer Bronwyn Poole how the controls are on the wall opposite where you enter, far from the shower spray to the left. Talk to your designer and builder about the additional cost that might come from adding the extra plumbing to get this feature."
"Kitchens that completely open to the outdoors. A single door connecting a kitchen to an outdoor area doesn’t cut it anymore. What homeowners want is a blurring of inside and out. Large sliding and collapsible doors give that feeling and help increase living space." Is this useful in humid, pollen-rich New Jersey?
using a hallway and getting light to a desk area
bi-level island with ample seating
current screened porch idea? Bamboo chairs
Built-in for slanted ceiling area
Leave a time capsule or photo or letter in a wall
Eventual first-floor accessible suite
Interest of ceiling line; how to cut out a pantry from a corner
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