January 11, 20215 yr Author 6 minutes ago, NYEagle said: LMAO....been in our house for 2 years, same set up (although basement isn't finished) but we have a bonus room on the side and I have an office. The bonus room is game room with pooltable, sofa, TV. That room opposite the dining room still empty!! We are thinking about making it a bar but still seems like a waste. The house, like yours, almost seems to have too much room (5,000 sq feet plus without the basement). Exactly. The bar, gaming and entertainment stuff is all going in the basement. The large back living room is also going to have a TV. That front room is bugging the life out of me. It was suggested to make that room the office and I have considered it, putting in some nice French doors and floor to ceiling bookshelves in to keep the looks and using the back office for a gym or something. But my wife, who works from home and lives in the office, reminded me that the existing office has a huge bay window and she can see out to the pool. Which is optimal in the summer so she can watch the kids. So that option is out lol. I think the "bonus room" you are referring to is missing in my home, which I am happy about lol. Then I would have 2 rooms with no ideas haha.
January 11, 20215 yr I love having a big house but it gets annoying....our master bedroom is so big, it took us forever to furnish. We actually have the main bed area with dressers, side tables, tv, etc that goes to the bathroom, but then in front of the bed is a fireplace coming out of the wall that goes to a sitting area....needed two sofas, carpet, table to fill that area.
January 11, 20215 yr PS....that shot above was before we bought it, we gutted the landscaping in the front, re-did the pool.....all that crap leads to having a front room that is empty and still can't figure out WTF to do with it....
January 11, 20215 yr 6 minutes ago, mr_hunt said: did you already carve out some space for your gimp dungeon? if not....that! SO 90S. It's Red Rum Room now.
January 11, 20215 yr I don't know why builders insist on doing it like the old days and having (2) living areas-in the old days that room was called the parlor. Where visitors came and sat while their presence was announced. Sometimes they would have tea in a front parlor. Now a days everyone wants open space, thus why you are stressing over this room. Especially since your 2nd living area is the finished basement. I do like the idea of adding glass doors. I would just put minimal furniture there-2 chairs, or a chair and a half thing, a nice table. Small book shelf. Some music/books and make it a quiet room. Also a time out if you have young children. You don't have to fill it up. I thought previous owners book shelfs on that back wall were a little much. Happy new house, that's exciting and good news.
January 11, 20215 yr Hade same set up in our old home, built around early 1900’s. Solid home with beautiful wood work. Prior owners used as beauty parlor business. Became son’s playroom, after that wife’s hobby room. A lot of upkeep though as walls and ceiling was plaster and lath. Always repairing cracks. Good luck.
January 11, 20215 yr I converted a basement exercise room (daughter’s gymnastics room) into a music listening room.
January 11, 20214 yr Author 5 hours ago, DiPros said: I don't know why builders insist on doing it like the old days and having (2) living areas-in the old days that room was called the parlor. Where visitors came and sat while their presence was announced. Sometimes they would have tea in a front parlor. Now a days everyone wants open space, thus why you are stressing over this room. Especially since your 2nd living area is the finished basement. I do like the idea of adding glass doors. I would just put minimal furniture there-2 chairs, or a chair and a half thing, a nice table. Small book shelf. Some music/books and make it a quiet room. Also a time out if you have young children. You don't have to fill it up. I thought previous owners book shelfs on that back wall were a little much. Happy new house, that's exciting and good news. I agree about the smaller den. Seems a waste with all the other living spaces. I am also used to a much smaller home and got accustomed to using space efficiently so just making it a room to chill in is hard for me to swallow lol.
January 11, 20214 yr Author 9 hours ago, NYEagle said: PS....that shot above was before we bought it, we gutted the landscaping in the front, re-did the pool.....all that crap leads to having a front room that is empty and still can't figure out WTF to do with it.... Great pad man!
January 11, 20214 yr Author 9 hours ago, NYEagle said: I love having a big house but it gets annoying....our master bedroom is so big, it took us forever to furnish. We actually have the main bed area with dressers, side tables, tv, etc that goes to the bathroom, but then in front of the bed is a fireplace coming out of the wall that goes to a sitting area....needed two sofas, carpet, table to fill that area. The bedroom size, thats another issue but we at least have good ideas for that space. I am happy I was able to do a major upgrade. I dont know if I could handle even filling up a home the size of yours though. I am going from a run of the mill 3 bedroom sub 2000 square house (which is crowded as F with 2 kids) to about 4200ish square including the basement and I am lost. My property and pool are also much smaller than yours but way more than I have now, which is a good combo of size and having to care for it for my wants.
January 11, 20214 yr 27 minutes ago, Boogyman said: I agree about the smaller den. Seems a waste with all the other living spaces. I am also used to a much smaller home and got accustomed to using space efficiently so just making it a room to chill in is hard for me to swallow lol. Why don't you make the office a spare bedroom... and use the den as an office?
January 12, 20214 yr Author 39 minutes ago, B3 said: Why don't you make the office a spare bedroom... and use the den as an office? We have a spare bedroom upstairs already. Also she really wants the office in the back so she can see the kids in the summer. Before she pointed that out I considered going that route.
January 12, 20214 yr All that space to just sit in one room at a time anyways. More room for more junk . Buying houses and beyotching about having to many rooms to fill with furniture... You guys have some serious 1st world problems I tell ya.
January 12, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, 20dawk4life said: I thought you live in ny. 99.9% of NY looks similar to that.
January 12, 20214 yr 21 minutes ago, 20dawk4life said: I thought you live in ny. Used to a long time ago lol...never changed the name to NJEagle or FreeholdEagle lol
January 12, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, NYEagle said: Used to a long time ago lol...never changed the name to NJEagle or FreeholdEagle lol change to this now. sounds like a wrestling move....red mat or red room, either/or.
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