Conceptual Design Phase I

Straight up. That was the idea. We knew we wanted to add additional bedrooms and enlarge the master bedroom but we didn't want to affect the yard. Turning the house into a storey and a half looked to be a logical solutions so we quickly sketched up a viable option.



The idea was to turn Sarah and Joshua's bedrooms into part of the Master Bedroom with our existing bedroom turning into the ensuite/closet/dressing area. The stairs to the second floor would be accessed just off of the Dining Room and the Laundry facilities would move to the remaining space there. The Kitchen would be opened up to the dining room and while the foot print wouldn't increase the overall feeling between the two spaces would give the illusion of a bigger kitchen.

With the roof pitches and setbacks, the second storey would have shorter walls along the perimeter but full height walls in the center. The upstairs would have space for Sarah and Joshua's bedrooms , the Office, a Washroom and a Guest Room. With the height requirements for the stairs we would have a center area that would be perfect for a second storey Craft Room

From Conceptual to Design drawings a set of Preliminary drawings were created and submitted to a Structural Engineer. The design was doable - we would need to add additional support throughout the center points of our house. This proved to be problematic as the previous summer we had just finished the basement. I didn't really want to re-do all of the finishing that we had just completed. There had to be a better way.