General Discussion & Chat: Permanent residence in a log cabin???, 1 by Wingnut

Wingnut wrote:
One more thing ~ I noticed when playing with the floorplan that there are two halls leading to the first level bedrooms. The 2'x6' closets are alongside those halls. Those are about 4'x6' ~ 48 square feet total for both. When you're talking about only 720 square feet on the bottom floor, that's a good little bit of space that could be used in a much better way if the house were designed differently. It looks to be designed as a weekend cabin and for that it works. But in 48 square feet you could fit a lot of everyday living ~ that's the same size as the bathroom. Maybe you might want to either move the bathroom so the two bedroom doors come directly off the living room wall and those hallways are eliminated or go with another company's floorplan?

Here's another idea I've used in one of my drawings of a rental cabin (pic attached). By rotating the bathroom like that and moving the closets, you now have 5 more square feet in each bedroom and 27 square feet of closet space for each one instead of only 12.

Yes, the bedrooms are only 6 1/2 feet wide now, but they're 17'6" long ~ if you put the beds on the end like in the pic I've attached, there'll be about 11 1/2' by 6 1/2' left open at the end of the room ~ plenty of room against one wall for a chest of drawers and a desk for studying after you leave the walkway open. There will only be about 2 1/2 feet in front of the closets, but that won't be too bad. With the original floorplan, you'd only have 3 1/2 feet around the bed ~ not really enough room for any other furniture except a bedside table.

Just a few ideas I had. I wish you luck! I'll bet it would be great!