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sleepie76
enjoying every minute
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What are things you LOVE about your house ?
I have to meet with an architect to start making plans for building my house and my head is soo not in this.
Wondering what should be on my must have list.
Anyone with advise on building a house...it's greatly appreciated.
What type of Wood floors ?
Tiles ?
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Posted 9/19/12 11:15 AM  |
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ElizaRags35
My 2 Girls
Member since 2/09 20494 total posts
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Me
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What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Wood floors throughout
Granite countertops
Deck
Lots of closets!
I would love a separate laundry room w/ a sink & shelves
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| Posted 9/19/12 11:22 AM |
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laurabora
LIF Adult
Member since 4/07 2712 total posts
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Laura
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Love my:
Front Porch
Oak Floors
Soapstone Counters
Transom windows
Big shower with built in bench
If you have any specific questions FM me...while we didn't build a house from scratch we totally gutted and did an extension on ours.
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| Posted 9/19/12 11:26 AM |
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MrsPJB2007
MBA at your service!
Member since 7/06 12020 total posts
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MJ
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What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Our finished basement (with A/C unit)
Wood floors
Trex Deck
Whirlpool tub
Laundry Room
Are the things I love the most in our place.
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| Posted 9/19/12 11:54 AM |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
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Shawn
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
If you're working with an architect, you should be focusing on house structure, not flooring materials at this stage.
Do you want all the bedrooms together? We have all our bedrooms on the 2nd floor. The master suite is physically separated from DC's bedrooms by a toyroom and the stairs. We have a library/study room in a corner of the house, so it's as quiet and bright as possible. How many bathrooms do you want? You need at least one per floor. Is the kitchen the focal point, or the living/family room? I think flow between the rooms is important. We have a couple of big events at our house, so there are two paths from the dining room/kitchen to the living room, so there won't be bottlenecks.
I had double doors installed in the front of the house so it's easy to bring furniture or other large things in or out of the house.
I also tried to think of the future. Our office has an exterior door, so if one of our DC lives with us as an adult, they can have their own mini-apartment.
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| Posted 9/19/12 12:00 PM |
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Paramount
Sweet!
Member since 7/12 4287 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Having the closet in the master was awesome. I could get ready for work and not bother my husband.
MUST have double sink in master.
Laundry room next to master ROCKS!!!!!
Mud room.
ETA: walk in shower (stall) that has 3 heads on wall, and a rain head on the ceiling.
Message edited 9/19/2012 1:55:44 PM.
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| Posted 9/19/12 1:54 PM |
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cityandbeachmom
Vineyard hopping time
Member since 6/10 1821 total posts
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Suffer the pain of discipline,
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Very high ceilings, very large windows. Lots of windows
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| Posted 9/19/12 2:10 PM |
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
I like having both a formal living room and a den;
2 car garage;
Finished basement;
Fireplace in den;
Large eat-in kitchen and separate formal dining room;
Master bath (though I wish it was bigger!);
Lots of closet space (I feel like you can never have enough);
Deck off of the kitchen, patio off of the den;
Half bath off of common areas for guests to use (instead of having to go up by the bedrooms.
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| Posted 9/19/12 2:19 PM |
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Faithx2
All good things in 2016!!
Member since 8/05 20181 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Love my two story front entrance
Custom kitchen cabinets
Granite
Wood floors
Crown molding throughout
Fireplace in den
Inground pool and patio in pavers
BM historical paint colors throughout
2 car garage(if I was building of go 3 car garage)
Oil rubbed bronze handles, faucets etc
6 panel doors
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| Posted 9/19/12 3:53 PM |
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Jenhos
Maeve
Member since 6/05 3273 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Eat-in Kitchen great room with a firplace
office
master bath (although wish it was bigger)
wood floors
crown moulding
big baseboard moulding
formal living room with fireplace
formal dining room
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| Posted 9/19/12 4:37 PM |
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chilltocam
LIF Adult
Member since 11/11 9141 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
We made a completely separate dressing room for me - with BIG closets a vanity and a wall of shelves just for shoes. The room connects to our MB, but has a door that can be shut to keep it totally separate. I even have a TV in there. In a house full of boys this room (that I had painted pink!) is all mine and all girly! 
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| Posted 9/19/12 5:22 PM |
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Sweetlax22
LIF Adult
Member since 5/10 1904 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Main floor laundry, fireplace ( would love to convert it to gas) , closets closets closets....
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| Posted 9/19/12 9:20 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Member since 5/05 10311 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
*Our french doors. Every room the faces the backyard has them: Dining room, Family Room (2 sets) and Master Bedroom - great for entertaining/traffic flow
*radiant floor heating, especially in bathrooms.
*Outdoor wise, our travertine patio. Doesn't retain heat (no burning feet!) and it's not abrasive like pavers/bricks (reduces scrapes if you have little ones), nor is it slippery like bluestone.
*open/easily accessible pantry off the kitchen
*fireplaces. Ours is in the family room and raised, which gives everyone a nice view. I also love large/wide openings. If I was building a home, I'd have them put in the dining room and kitchen.
*indoor and outdoor speakers (you'll want to wire them before the walls & ceilings are closed up.  )
*various lighting options: sconces, high hats, etc..
Message edited 9/20/2012 11:07:35 AM.
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| Posted 9/20/12 11:07 AM |
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NK926
LIF Adult
Member since 6/05 1140 total posts
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Natalie
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
I think #1 on my list is my upstairs laundry room. No need to carry laundry up and down.
Next is our playroom/library for the kids on the main level. We have a seperate den that is kept neat (no toys!) that my DH and I sit in at night.
And last, the basement! Huge, open space for entertaining,playdates and storage.
Now, can we list what we wish we could change??
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| Posted 9/20/12 12:29 PM |
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lbride
Lovin' my mini man!
Member since 3/07 2475 total posts
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Lisa
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
i went on a playdate in a newly built home. They had a play room with a huge walk in storage closet right off the den with pocket doors. It was so convenient and kept toys hidden and out of the den
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| Posted 9/20/12 9:11 PM |
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tigger923
LIF Infant
Member since 1/12 70 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
They just about listed everything but when dh and I built we did geo thermo heat and he put radiant heat in the family room / basement floor totally love both and I love my big windows, high cielings,
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| Posted 9/20/12 10:00 PM |
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sunnyplus3
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Member since 11/05 8749 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Radiant Heating in Bathrooms
Separate Shower with two showerheads/handheld & bench in master bath
large tub with air not jets and handheld in master bath
two vanities in master
Clear white oak wide plank quarter sawn flooring in 90% of the house
separate craft room/office
Large custom door, window, crown & base moulding in all rooms
guest room with en suite bath
great room open to kitchen
large deck and patio with a great flow for entertaining from the house
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| Posted 9/20/12 10:07 PM |
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TheDivineMrsM
2 girls 4 me!
Member since 8/08 7878 total posts
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Mama mama mama....
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Bedrooms are close together. Great for a mom w a toddler and baby on the way
tons of kitchen storage. You can never have too many cabinets.
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| Posted 9/22/12 10:51 PM |
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
We just closed a little less than 2 weeks ago so still getting used to all this.
so far I absolutely love:
-laundry shoot (we have laundry on another floor so the shoot is so great)
-large window sills
-beautiful molding around the windows and floor boards and crown molding
-trex deck
-lots of windows
what I wish we had:
-more kitchen cabinets and drawers
A PANTRY!!! (this was on my must list and unfortunately we didn't find a house we loved with one)
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| Posted 9/23/12 12:10 AM |
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Mrs213
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Member since 2/09 18986 total posts
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What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Wood floors everywhere
Beautiful wood moldings
Nice fireplace with original built-ins (all wood)
Big finished basement
Big backyard
Nice trex deck
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| Posted 9/23/12 10:52 AM |
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allIwant
Love my crazy life!
Member since 1/10 9170 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Our living room...vaulted ceilings with sky lights so bright
other things
-our finished basement which we are slowly making our own
-our master suite upstairs
-wood floors
-kitchen that looks into backyard
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| Posted 9/23/12 12:41 PM |
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Cheeks24
Living a dream
Member since 1/08 8589 total posts
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Cheeks
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What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Oak wood floors throughout
Fireplace
High ceilings in basement
Large bedrooms - all upstairs away from the common areas
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| Posted 9/24/12 8:29 AM |
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8ternity
<3
Member since 11/08 10586 total posts
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Formally NYPD-Wife
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
Open floor plan
Large Bedrooms
Everything was practically brand new when we bought the house
Nice size yard
Huge driveway
Fireplace
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| Posted 9/24/12 10:21 AM |
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AKD
LIF Adult
Member since 1/12 2637 total posts
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Re: What are things you LOVE about your house ?
We're in the process of purchasing it -- but some of the things that stand out:
- Porch
- Garage w/ extra space for shed
- Dedicated laundry room
- All bedrooms on upstairs floor
- Closet space
- Hard wood floors
- Comfortable and roomy kitchen w/ granite
- Half bath on first floor
- Open layout on first floor
- Closet next to entrance for coats, etc.
And a bunch more I can't think of now.
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| Posted 9/24/12 11:10 AM |
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