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Doesn't matter what type of unit you live in - a home, an apartment, etc. What are some things you wish you had that you can build in? Not talking about furniture, but luxuries, especially things that aren't expensive.

For example, under-cabinet lighting or over-cabinet lighting. We have both, and love it.

Some were talking about heated floors.

Remote-controlled blinds for areas you can't reach. (We have one in a stairwell.)

Mirrors as tiles in a bathroom.

Just for example. Share your ideas, we might get inspired!

(We're starting to think about how we want to finish our lowest level of our home, and it's so big we need to build in separate rooms or put in a free-standing island/wet bar type of thing, etc. But we already have 5 bedrooms, so I don't want to put in more bedrooms down there. Especially when it's just the 2 of us.) It's all above-ground so we have lots of natural light. Ideas, anyone?
 
I'm a fan of the open concept so I don't know what to say......unless, by big, you also mean volume...then I'd bring in large chandeliers or light bars down to mute this volume.....bring in oversized furniture and large area rugs to define spaces. How many square feet do you have? I know you are not counting the basement but is yours finished?

Oh, and good morning!
 
Tousi said:
I'm a fan of the open concept so I don't know what to say......unless, by big, you also mean volume...then I'd bring in large chandeliers or light bars down to mute this volume.....bring in oversized furniture and large area rugs to define spaces. How many square feet do you have? I know you are not counting the basement but is yours finished?

Oh, and good morning!
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Good morning! I love the open concept too -- we built our house this way. For big, I did mean by volume. We have a 3-story house and each floor is about 1400 sq feet. Overall the house is about 4100 square feet. The lowest level is the one that is unfinished. And we already have a big main floor living room, and also a secondary living room/loft upstairs, so we're not seeing the want to do a 3rd living/family room. We thought about a pool table/foosball/other games room that could occupy all this lower level space. Realistically we only need to finish off about 1200 sq feet as the other part will go to a bathroom and the existing mechanicals room.
 
I like kitchen, living, dining rooms are OPEN where you can see from kitchen to dining rooms but its ok if its small wall. Of course bathrooms and bedrooms are needed to be privacy. :)
 
The guy I worked for for many years and his family built a house that they put an indoor swimming pool in the lowest level! Before they built that one they had an outdoor pool at a different house. But . . . you can't swim year round at the same latitude as St. Louis, MO
 
I'm not a supporter of indoor pools. They add moisture and chemicals to the interior of a home. Personally, I enjoy swimming in the sunlight, not shade or night but that's just my opinion.

I like the idea of heated tile floors.

If I were designing a house from scratch I would make sure it incorporated universal design that would allow for aging in place and any kind of mobility issues.

I would like to have a large walk-in pantry, a mud room, plenty of garage space but not sticking out beyond the front of the house, a safe room, and a secret passage somewhere.
 
I tend to apartments (maybe a condo in the distant future)- have never owned a home.

- Under cabinet lighting. In general good lighting for low vision people.
- of course a set up conducive to deaf people- open spaces and appropriate warning/alert systems.
- heated tile floors-- yes please!
- Maybe a jacuzzi...
- bathroom shower and/or bath with doors/walls that are easy to clean (no curtains or glass- thinking of Jiro's accident).

If a house- I'd rather have a 1 level house-- or the less stairs the better but don't mind stairs- good exercise lol.

I'll have to think more on that...:hmm:
 
Reba, would love the secret passage too. By any chance, are you Nancy Drew? ;)
 
AlleyCat said:
Me too! I still have some of them! The original yellow hard-covered ones.
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We have those too. And the old blue cover Hardy Boys books. We also have the even older editions of Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins (not the yellow or lavender spine colors). They're hidden somewhere now ever since I moved back and took back my bookcase lol.

Back to the thread! :wave:
 
DeafDucky said:
Derailing for a little bit--

We have those too. And the old blue cover Hardy Boys books. We also have the even older editions of Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins (not the yellow or lavender spine colors). They're hidden somewhere now ever since I moved back and took back my bookcase lol.

Back to the thread! :wave:
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I had all the Bobbsey Twins books, too. I still have a few of them. Totally not PC for today's kids. :giggle:
 
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