Pre-Fab Home v2023

For a much larger great room to be able to entertain better and have space for all the exercise stuff~

v3. a more grandiose stairwell from the entry and also better landing for the 2nd floor

slightly narrower building to account for a wider tandem driveway

Piano faces the couch for more social musical events?

v2 of the 2nd floor:

The views are North & South, so this design aligns better with optimizing the views.

The atrium alignment is kooky though :-/

1st floor 3D renders:

I would put mirrors on these sliding doors to the utility room under the stairs.

The mirrors would be useful for the aerial silks :-)

Floor planner unfortunately can't handle atriums but where the round carpet is.

The round carpet marks where we'd set up aerial silks within the 2 story atrium~

2nd floor 3D renders:

earlier iterations:

v1. different stair direction

earlier 2nd floor iteration where the entries to the master are all aligned

1st Floor Remodel

The hubs grew up with 2 other siblings. It inspired me to redesign his childhood home to better fit their large family & guests.

Original / current floor plan

Simple remodel • breaking down the walls with 2 fridges & dishwasher for the lazy family:

I'm not quite sure if there are parts of the wall that are structural though, and assumed there is a structural column by the new kitchen island ...

Our current lifestyle "requires" a desk in the LDK. But yikes! The "great" room, even without the walls, is too small!

So, here's the whole first floor:

Re-imagined with a larger island, floor seating dining, and a separate living/family room:

+ a proper full bath, bedroom, and a sun room to the large backyard

I was also sketching out an accessible ramp to get onto the front porch ...

An alternate version where the washer dryer isn't enclosed which perhaps gives more space in the working area:

What do you think of this design? Leave a comment to provide your thoughts!

57' Semi trailer

Having experienced living in a fifth wheel trailer for almost a year now, unfortunately I'm finding the 42' length to not be long enough.

The hubs has found another solution -- 57' semi trailers! 😅

Bigger office, bathroom, and kitchen space:

Inspired by SpaceCraft MFG

Length comparison to our current 42' fifth wheel

We can probably make it shorter if we can remove the wardrobe at the end of the master bedroom and the dining/bar area can be a foot or 2 shorter too, hopefully it doesn't compromise with structural strength of the trailer. So we can probably get it down to 54'.

Check out this beautiful modern build from SpaceCraft

The semi trailer have also appealed to us as a possibility since the semi truck / sleeper semi can be a roomier mini rv with toilet, sink, and bed to use when exploring a city; roomier than a converted regular truck.

2019 Freightliner Cascadia 126

Layout inspired by Powerhouse Coach, Inc

Initially I considered to increase storage instead of a shower.

But alas, their wisdom is true. A shower would make the sleeper trailer more versatile. A pole can always be added to the shower booth to hang / store more clothes.

Slight alteration, change the back of the sleeper into a wet bath to enable easier clean of the back. (I think we'd prefer a compost toilet over an incinerating toilet.)

Could we get 2 seat belts in the dinette and another 2 in the bed above :D !

And pictures from Powerhouse Coach, Inc

Looks like the back seat cushion can be used to extend the bench to better seat 2 at the dinette. Brilliant.

Folding ladder to bunk above

Ultimately, this exercise may be more of an iteration of what is the minimum livable size for our/my lifestyle. This is close, though in a non mobile situation, another half bath may be most ideal, which in the trailer situation, the trailer has the extra back up bath.