Where To Put A Bedroom Addition To A Ranch

Where To Put A Bedroom Addition To A Ranch

Hi all, we are in the process of designing our home addition with an architectural firm. The house is a 1975 ranch coming in just under 1200 ft^2. We have 3 beds, 1.5 baths, living room, dining room, and kitchen currently. We want to expand the kitchen as well as reconfigure the entire main floor and main bathroom to include a soaker bath and separate shower. A front-porch entry area is also in the plans as we plan to use the front entry as our main entry after the addition.

This is the latest revision of our plan but we are having a really hard time visualizing the space. We had always planned to have kitchen with dining room in front, and living room in front of that, in a line. The dining room to the side utilizes the space well but we aren't sure if it will still feel too small. However, moving it inline leaves us with a somewhat odd "center" of the house and some less than ideal front porch space. At the same time, we are trying to keep the added square footage to a reasonable amount to stay within a budget.

Does anyone have a similar layout (kitchen with living room in front and dining area off to the side) that can share some photos? Given the dimensions, do you think the dining room will feel cramped? It is just my wife and I but we hope to have 1-2 kids someday.

We also feel like we need more closet space for things like towels, sheets, etc.

Proposed in the following layout:

Kitchen: 18'6" x 10'

Living Room: 16' x 17'6"

Dining Room (includes walk space to bedrooms: 14' x 11'6"

Thanks! (By the way, the red line represents our current house foundation area, and the furniture is not to scale.)

Where To Put A Bedroom Addition To A Ranch

Source: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5010288/ranch-addition-proposed-layout

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