Young House Love

Home Decorating & DIY Tutorials

| By | | 426 Comments

How To Draw Floor Plans With Floorplanner.com

Just like our first house floor plan and our current house floor plan from yesteryear, a bunch of you have requested a new house floor plan. So here ya go! They definitely help visual people like us see what walls are where, and what flows into what. So we whipped this up with floorplanner.com (which is, as the name might suggest, a free floor planning site). One big difference from the last two floor planning posts that we shared? This time there’s a second level. Who’s got two thumbs and a set of stairs? This girl.

Floor Plan 1

Floor Plan 2nd

The funny thing is that when we shared a video tour of the new house, some people said “wow, the new house seems so much bigger!” and some other people said “wow, your new house seems so much smaller!” so that was interesting to us. I think it’s hard to judge room size without furniture, so since the new house is empty – and covered in blue trim and wallpaper – it might be throwing people off. In reality the new house and the current house are almost exactly the same square footage (there’s literally only a 20 square foot difference). The new house just looks a lot bigger from the outside since there’s a visible second story instead of a hidden 1000 square foot addition off the back of the house that you can’t see from the street.

As for a few first thoughts about what we’d like to do to alter the actual footprint…

  • we’d love to convert the big triple window in the eat-in part of the kitchen into a big french door that leads out onto the deck
  • there are a bunch of doors closing everything off on the first floor (they block the flow between the dining room and kitchen, the kitchen and foyer, etc) so we’ll be taking those down to open things up
  • the wall between the living room and the kitchen will come down, but we’d love some built in bookcases on each side with a large centered opening (sort of like the built-ins in our current dining room but perhaps with glass doors and lighting)
  • we’re planning to fully renovate the chopped up bathroom and sink nook in our bathroom so they’re all one space with a nice big double sink and a soaker tub
  • someday we’d love to fully finish the unfinished storage space at the end of the hallway (right now it’s just a raw space full of exposed beams and ducts, but maybe down the line we can floor it and drywall it to create a movie room/bunk room for Clara, potential Bean #2, and their friends when they’re older) Update: due to lots of questions, I wanted to clarify the stairs you see in the unfinished storage space – those lead to the attic, but the area labeled as “unfinished storage” is on the same floor as the bedrooms (no walking up or down to get to it).

This video tour of the new house will probably make more sense out of those bullets, and of course we have a bunch of other stuff banging around in our heads (we change our minds every minute) so we’ll be back with a big ol’ List O’ Planz for all the items on the agenda. Get ready guys, we might break 3,000 words with that baby. Oh wait, we forgot measurements! Here’s an extremely approximated rundown for ya (tape measure + three year old = immediate mayhem).

  • Foyer: 9.5 x 8′
  • Office: 16 x 13′
  • Dining Room: 13.5 x 13′
  • Kitchen: 21 x 11′
  • Hall Bath: 4.5 x 5′
  • Living Room: 20 x 13.5′
  • Sunroom: 18 x 12′
  • Our Bedroom: 13.5 x 19′
  • Our Bath + Sink Nook (since we hope to combine ’em down the line): 8.5 x 7′
  • Possible Future Nursery: 11.5 x 13.5′
  • Clara’s Room: 13.5 x 12.5′
  • Hall Bath: 8.5 x 7′
  • Guest Room: 13.5 x 11′
  • Laundry Nook: 3 x 7′
  • Unfinished Storage (with exposed beams, ducts, etc): 17 x 19.5′

Ever made a floor plan? Ever been so excited to have stairs? Tell $herdog all about it.

Comments

  3. Ang says

    Looks like there will be LOTS of fun headed your way! [and our way too] I am so excited to see what’s in store! :)

    Reply

  5. Lindsey S says

    My first thought when seeing the unfinished storage was “God I couldnt wait to tackle that and turn it into living space!” I would love to see what you guys do with it!!

    Reply

  6. Katy @ The Non-Consumer Advocate says

    It’s nice that you’re getting to spend some time owning the house before you move in. Our house was so disgusting when we bought it, it took 11 months of working on it before it was habitable.

    Then again, it wasn’t just unattractive and outdated finishes we were working on. Took it down to the studs, we did.

    I wish there had been inspirational and informative blogs at the time, it would have made things better.

    Anyway, got away from my central thesis here . . .

    Which was?

    Reply

  7. Ainhoa says

    I love floor plans (I usually scour the web looking new floor plans, and I especially like checking out the ones in the area) so this is great!
    I really like the direction you’re headed, can’t wait to see all your ideas come to life.

    Reply

  8. Wendy @ New Moms Talk says

    Stairs always remind me of our first Easter in our Pittsburgh house. It snowed, so my folks hid the eggs inside. We didn’t find one until we moved a year later- in a closet.

    Life with stairs was so different from our Mississippi and Navy housing places.

    Reply

  9. Amanda Gail says

    Know you guys have never built a house, so this might be a long shot, but wondered if you had any recc’s for sites w/floor plans for prospective builders. There are just so many out there, all differently formatted, etc… it’s tough to weed through ’em to get to the good stuff so thought I’d try my most trusted source ;-)

    Reply

    • Alyn Hancock says

      http://www.architecturalhouseplans.com/

      I browse floorplans quite often. Check out books of them. This website is my favorite, because the houses are more than a diagram of a floor plan. They have continuity in 3-d, with the details, and materials. There are several floorplans on this website that I love.

  10. bridgett says

    FYI – the link for the video of the new house layout (towards end, above bulleted list) doesn’t connect. feel free to delete this comment after you read it :)

    LOVE your site – have been a loyal reader since right after the first house got started

    Reply

  11. Sugar Cookie says

    Looks great! I’m wondering, though, if your huge gray sectional will fit in the new living room, as well as your beautiful bedroom rug in the new master bedroom. Those are some of my favorite pieces from your second house and I would be sad if they didn’t work in the new place.

    Reply

  12. Lu says

    Really looking forward to seei the colors in this change from their current palette! Do you think you will keep a similar scheme as your current house, or go warmer?

    Reply

  13. Jill says

    This is great, I am so excited to see this new house get some love! Seeing the floor plan made me think what amazing possibilities with the unfinished space upstairs…any plans down the road for a playroom/ or teen space as Claire (are some day maybe other beans) to hang out there? I wish our house had that space over the garage! Sending you guys happy home maker over vibes!

    Reply

  14. Vanessa says

    Wow, this helps so much to get a better idea of how much space you have. I didn’t even realize you had the extra storage that’s such a big space with so much potential. I wondered how big is your actually yard. Is it similar to your current house? I cannot wait to see all you do to this house.

    Reply

  17. Brit [House Updated] says

    Love seeing the floor plan! It really helps visualize the space. I am just so excited for you guys!

    Reply

  18. Laura says

    So excited about your new house! It is very similar to ours, and I can’t wait to see what you do with it and “borrow” some of your ideas. :-) I am curious, do you have a basement? Finished or unfinished? I don’t remember if you mentioned it previously. Anyway, congratulations on your new digs!

    Reply

  19. Melissa @ HOUSEography says

    Do you think you’ll have a kitchen table again or just use the dining room. The possibilities are endless! My next house will not have a dining room or living room but that many years down the road… maybe ;)

    Reply

    • YoungHouseLove says

      I think we’d love a casual dining table (maybe with just seating for four) in the kitchen and then the big dining table in the dining room :)

      xo
      s

  20. Chelsea @ Riding Escalators says

    Thanks for the floor plan – definitely a visual person here! Are those stairs from the side of the laundry into that unfinished storage? If so – up or down? How excited are you to have stairs AND a garage?! I <3 my garage – it's where all of the DIY magic happens. ;)

    Reply

    • YoungHouseLove says

      There are stairs that lead up to the attic in that area too, but the unfinished storage that we drew out is on the same level as the bedrooms and the unfinished attic runs above those things :)

      xo
      s

  21. Allyn says

    Besides the fact that I’m so excited to see what happens, I so love the idea of a bunk room/play room! Seriously brilliant. Adding that to my mental list of someday maybes.

    Reply

  22. Lindsay J @ jensoncrew says

    I made my first floorplan in seventh grade Shop Class. I fell in love with design then. I even remember the symbols used to mark an outlet and electrical stuff.

    I’ve been using floorplanner.com and love it! It’s a neat tool.

    Thanks for the visual.

    Reply

  23. Robin says

    I love seeing floor plans! I really have a thing for them. Question – is that staircase in the unfinished space going to the garage or up to a 3rd floor or what?

    Reply

  24. Lydia says

    I’m a commercial interior designer so I’m always out in the field measuring buildings for as-built drawings. While I keep a measuring tape in my job bag, my favorite thing ever is the laser measuring tape. Just point and shoot. Plus lasers! Probably more power than you need around the house but when you’re in a gross basement and need to measure a hundred feet across a room it’s super handy. We have a Lecia brand one we call “the toy” even though it was about $500 when we got it.

    Reply

  26. Alli says

    I have an architecture degree, so I’m a big sucker for floor plans! :)
    Are those stairs in the unfinished storage area?
    If you finish off that area before Clara’s too big, you should put in a secret entry from her closet.

    Reply

    • YoungHouseLove says

      Oh yes, there’s a closet in every bedroom. See the two unlabeled boxes? We just couldn’t fit the word closet into them since they’re smaller :)

      xo
      s

  28. JoAnn in NJ says

    First of all congrats on the new house! I’m living vicariously through you for the next year because I am hoping to move in the summer of 2014.

    Does your new house have a basement and an attic? After living in a house with both, I don’t think I could give up that space. We use the attic for storage and the basement as laundry, playroom and storage.

    Can’t wait to see all your renovations as you are this house your home!

    Reply

  29. Melanie says

    So what’s with that random little rectangle between the master bath/sink zones? Is it just dead space or something functional? It’s a nice layout overall, but I must know the truth of the rectangle! ;p

    Reply

  30. Rachel says

    I can’t wait to see what your inspiration will be for your colors that you plan to use. As fun as Sue the Napkin turned out to be for your last house, I can’t see you using the same colors again!

    Reply

    • RLR says

      I agree! Sue the Napkin was great! I’m interested to see, if you do change the color scheme, what will stay and what will go.

    • YoungHouseLove says

      I’m sure it’ll change a lot – style and colors will definitely be different since this house is so different and we seem to always be evolving!

      xo
      s

  31. Casey says

    Thanks for sharing!!

    One question: what is up with the stairs between the unfinished storage space and the guest room? Where do they go?

    Reply

  33. Lauren says

    The floor plan helps me visualize everything. Hooray! My husband and I always lived in a condo and when we bought a 3 story house, having stairs was very exciting. Until you realize you have to go up and down those stairs. A lot. Like when you’re moving in with boxes and such. I think my legs are much more toned now that we live with stairs! ;-)

    Reply

  34. Sarah says

    I love me a floor plan almost as much as I love pillows!! So excited to see how you transform this place!!

    Reply

  35. Rachael says

    Can’t wait to see how the master bath turns out as by the floor plan it looks rather…unique. :)

    Reply

  36. Marisa says

    We just bought our first house 4 months ago, and when we moved in, we were so excited about having space! We went from ~600 square feet to ~1600. So we were excited about stairs, but in the sense of, “one of us can go to bed early and not have to be 10 feet away from the person who stayed up to finish watching a TV show!”.

    Reply

  37. Betsy says

    You guys even make moving look fun!! So excited to see the new things you will be doing in your new house! Congrats!

    Reply

  40. Andrea says

    I’ve been excited about stairs! We’re renovating our house and part of the plan was to move the entire stairwell/staircase. We spent 8 months without interior stairs connecting the two floors – our deck stairs had never gotten so much use before that.

    The payoff was huge but I wouldn’t recommend it to very many people.

    Reply

  41. Caitlin says

    “Ever made a floor plan?”

    Hahahahahahahaha (wipes tears from laughing off of face) I’m an interior design major. I’d definitely say I’ve made a floor plan or two (or hundred) in my life time. ;-)

    Reply

  42. Meg says

    I think it’s crazy people ask if you’re pregnant/planning on it etc. BUT you keep calling a spare room the nursery/possible nursery. It may help cut back on the unwanted attention/questions if you call it what it is –
    – a spare room. You’re inviting this unwanted questions and speculation by calling it a nursery (even with a ? on it).

    It’s no one business what your family and are but since you had to do a whole post on why the speculation bothers you maybe you shouldn’t add fuel to the fire? Just a thought! And obviously a 100 different will label spare rooms a 100 different ways ;)

    Reply

    • YoungHouseLove says

      It was just a nursery when the previous owners lived there so that name has stuck as the easiest way for us to describe it. I agree that a spare room would be a more vague description but since we have a guest room and a room for Clara I think a vague term for it would just elicit a bunch of “what are your plans for the spare room?” questions all the time. Haha! So our intention to make it a nursery someday is out there, even though I’m not currently expecting :)

      xo
      s

  43. Megan @ Rappsody in Rooms says

    Thanks for sharing the floor plans! That with the video definitely helps us figure it out. How great is it that you guys share your life on the internet like this. Brave move Petersiks! Can’t wait to see that long list!

    Reply

  44. Manda says

    Are sunrooms pretty common in your area? Or do you specifically look for them when you shop for a house? We have one in our new house and I am pretty excited about it!!

    Reply

    • Bonnie says

      I had the same question. I’m from NC and only knew a few people with them, and I think they all built them themselves. I like seeing how people decorate and incorporate them though.

    • bonniek says

      Bonnie 2 here :) I agree about the sunrooms! So funny you’ve had them in your houses to date. If it were me, I’d turn the new one into a screened-in porch, so much more fun and useful three seasons in RVA (my parents are in Hopewell and we live on their screened porch).

  46. Brandy says

    You guys are so lucky to have the laundry on the second floor. We have a 2 story and our laundry is in our garage, (boo). I have also found that I get my fair share of cardio having a 2 story: come downstairs to leave, oh my keys are upstairs; turn off lights and go upstairs to bed, oh my phone is downstairs. All in all I don’t mind a 2 story too much. :) Love the layout of your new house and can’t wait to see what you have in store for it!

    Reply

  47. Cathy C says

    I have always loved your blog, but am even more excited now that there are a gazillion similarities between your house and my new one. Including taking down the wall between the kitchen and living room, and the master bathroom that is cut into about 50 smaller spaces. I can’t WAIT to see some of these!! Hopefully you will have less critters than me though, between the dead mice (and living ones in the walls) the snake skin under the dishwasher, and the stink bugs, there is plenty of life in this old house of mine!

    Reply

  48. Pam in Illinois says

    what is it that looks like stairs in the unfinished part?
    I find it odd that the closet in Clara’s room doesn’t sit the other way. It looks like there would have been room to put it that way.
    I can’t wait to see what is in store for this new house. Good luck!

    Reply

    • YoungHouseLove says

      Just added an update in the post to help with the stairs question! And the closet in Clara’s room is why she picked it (it’s really deep with a peaked roof) so maybe checking it out on the video will help to give it more context :)

      xo
      s

  50. M says

    For a second I thought the nursery has two entrances one stepping out into the stairs lol… Then I realized it’s a closet, just not labeled.

    Reply

Stuff We Love

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *