About two years ago Chuck and I began exploring options for the house that would eventually end up on our property. We looked at log cabin builders, a couple of build on your land builders, and even considered a modular home. (A home built off site, but to the standards of stick and brick homes.)
It was the modular home that really caught our eye because of its unique floor plan. Who am I kidding, it was the giant pantry that caught my eye. That and an oversized walk in closet in one of the extra bedrooms.
Although, we weren’t completely sold on the modular home it did get us to thinking about our floor plan. We knew we wanted something between 1,800 and 2,000 square feet.
We had kicked around the idea of a much smaller home, not exactly a tiny home, but at least 500 square feet less. Although, it looks really cute and trendy on TV, we came to the conclusion that we would probably regret building too small of a house.
When we showed the builder the floor plan he went to work on tweaking it to our liking. To be honest, it turned out so much nicer than the original floor plan. Chuck and I want to make a trip back to Tyler to check out the house that was the inspiration for this one, to see the differences.
Our floor plan is 2,040 square feet with three bedrooms, and two baths. It has a large combination laundry room/pantry. The bedrooms are split between both sides of house. The kitchen, living area, and dining room are open concept.
I’ll make a point to go into more detail as I focus on different areas of the house, but we have been very pleased with the flow and the living space of this plan. Along with vaulted ceilings it gives a very spacious feel to the home.
Our last home was right at 2,000 square feet, but so much of that square footage was in the long foyer that pretty much took up most of the house. It’s a pretty trendy design these days, and looked really nice, but I always thought it wasted an awful lot of usable space.
So although the two houses are technically about the same size this one feels so much bigger.
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