How do you expect us to tell you if it's large enough if there are no measurements anywhere on the drawing?

I thought I had both photos in the post, I added a second with the dimensions but it didn’t post it.

I will tell you that your kitchen could use work because it will not be very pleasant to cook in as designed.

Also I would not want my pantry where my laundry is. Pantries need a dry area and a laundry by nature is not a dry area.

Additionally if that is the door in from the garage right by the pantry, the hallway space is not nearly wide enough.

And I hope you realize that your kitchen will be dark because no natural light will get to it.

Make sure all photos are jpgs

I'd want my kitchen on the front wall so it can have some windows. It's really a waste to have the laundry there. Can that be moved to the left corner?

Why design a piece of a house at a time? Show the entire floor plan with furniture.

robbin- I really don’t need windows, I’m working with limited space and since the kitchen is open to the dining and living room which has windows, I don’t mind my kitchen not having it.

res - the rest of the house is fine and I already have it planned out, I just wanted some advice on the size of the living/ dining room

how far is the kitchen from the windows? If more than 7’ i can promise you thekitchen will be dark unless the windows are over 12’ high. Ask me how I know

Also a dining room doesn’t need windows but a kitchen does

How many bedrooms does the house have? Do you entertain a lot? Do you have existing furniture you plan to accommodate in the house? Will you host family gatherings at your house? Get rid of the tray ceilings. Do you like your in-laws? Do you throw birthday parties? Will you have a dedicated chair in the living room to hold coats? How many times a week do you eat outside of the house? What . . . is your name? What . . . is your quest? . . .

Well...without dimensions it isn't possible to say whether the spaces are too large, too small or just right...unless you draw in all the furnishings to scale which you plan to use.

Post one or the other, or there's no point in discussing.

No tray ceilings.

Do not have egress to outside in the middle of the living room wall. Make the door a single french door and move the door to the space between the dining and living rooms. Make the current french doors a window and move the windows more to center of each room and have the door in between them. You do not want to have to walk thru a room to get outside.

I won't advise you to remove the tray ceilings. They were very popular for a long time...now they're not. At some point in the future they will be the hot new design trend. If you like the way they look, feel free to do them.

The amount of glazing in this space seems insufficient, especially in height. The plans call for 6'-8" doors and a pair of small windows. With an 8'-8" ceiling, that leaves 2'-0" of dark space above the windows. The effect will be worse because of the lanai. If you can go to a 9'-0" or taller ceiling and 8'-0" doors the space will feel much more generous and light.

The size of the rooms concerns me less than the layout and circulation. What will your furniture arrangement be? Will you have a t.v? Where will it go? Putting a realistic furniture arrangement in this plan will help you make sure the room works. Hint... you won't regret a little more space than you think you need.

if you want to keep the tray ceilings at least make sure windows line up nicely with them and I would want a lot more windows on that exterior wall.

Usually I agree with cpartist, but on the subject of windows in the dining I completely disagree. People sit down for a longer period of time when eating and actually have time to sit and look out windows when dining. Windows there would be a must to me. It’s something that makes sitting down more enjoyable. No windows is just not the same ( I’ve had a house with that and ended up adding some openings in a wall for some natural light, but still nothing interesting to look at As outside changes vs. inside walls tend to be static.

A kitchen often needs task lighting to work anyway so as long as a kitchen is well lit and has a good layout where one can see out windows from it I think it is less important overall. Because when working in the kitchen most people work and don’t gaze out the windlows for extended periods of time. Windows are nice for natural light, but less important since good task lighting is essential anyways.

That said if one can design a house to take advantage of windows on two sides of a house in an open plan it is more ideal and it seems like you could accomplish this with some rework of the design. Ideally windows should be in every room IMO.

People sit down for a longer period of time when eating and actually have time to sit and look out windows when dining. Windows there would be a must to me.

When in a dining room, what time of day are you dining? What's the light like outside? Most people wind up using the island seating during the day and eat at the dining table at night. i know we do. And for well over 7 months of the year, it's dark by the time you sit down to dinner, so what are you looking out at?

Additionally, eating the food and conversing are normally the more important activities.

Ideally windows should be in both places but when you consider one spends more time in the kitchen, I think if one is limited to one or the other, the kitchen should get priority.

That said if one can design a house to take advantage of windows on two sides of a house in an open plan it is more ideal and it seems like you could accomplish this with some rework of the design. Ideally windows should be in every room IMO.

Agree 100%.

We only have a single dining area and counter seating and our eating is mainly done during day light hours as at 5:30- 6pm it is only dark a few months out of the year in TX. Best place to have breakfast and watch the birds and the cats sunning themselves in the morning. Further most of our entertaining is weekend late lunch as that works for people traveling to our place. We also use the dining table to play games and lay puzzles etc. Windows make it an enjoyable space. No windows is doable, but never doing that again. It was not a space we liked to really spend time in. The counter in our house is in the middle between the kitchen and dining area and it is much darker and not as pleasant, but we can still see out. We eat at the counter when in a hurry, and generally take longer when at the dining table.

I'm not advocating a totally dark room, but I'd rather have the kitchen on the outer walls and the dining on the inner walls. You still have windows and light.

Bottom line is the ideal is to have windows in both and to not have a house that is more than 2 rooms deep. It's never pleasant in my book.

Bottom line is the ideal is to have windows in both and to not have a house that is more than 2 rooms deep. It's never pleasant in my book.

I agree on this 100%.

However, logic to me is that if you have to turn on lights during the day, I'd rather do that in the kitchen where it will be beneficial to have really good lighting as you work vs. having to turn it on just to sit down and eat. Plus an interior dining table means you won't see out any windows except the top panes because furniture and other things generally blocks the line of sight when you sit down unless you have open space in between which to me seems wasteful. Sitting at a counter is then better as at least you'll see over most of the furniture.

Lyfia, and that's why when designing a custom house we each do what works best for us. All we who are in the peanut gallery can do is offer our suggestions partly based on good design and partly based on our own likes and dislikes. :)

Luckily I don't have the issue in my house since I have windows in my kitchen and a slider to the backyard in my dining area. :)

So true cpartist and I just wanted to offer my views on it so a poster can decide which works for them just like you offered yours so anybody reading can decide what they agree with.

So true cpartist and I just wanted to offer my views on it so a poster can decide which works for them just like you offered yours so anybody reading can decide what they agree with.

If everyone hadn't offered their views on my house, I wouldn't have the wonderful home I live in today!