The Final Schematic Drawings Are Back!

Ok all, bear with me here.  Between the ice, clearing out the garage, the lack of school, preparing a LOT of stuff for consignment sales, and a tummy bug, it's been crazy town over here.  In the midst of all that, we did have a meeting with the designers.  They took all the ideas we talked about and combined them into one final drawing for this plan.  Warning:  there are a lot of drawings and this post will be long.

Just to catch you up, Scott and I settled on Option 3 after seeing our choices.  We then sat down with some trace paper and changed it up to reflect what we thought would be ideal for our family.

At the start of the meeting, we were handed a stack of drawings.  The first shows our new floor plan.

This is what the first floor will look like.  You can see that our 'front door' off the alley will be on the far right of the building.  There's room for an official entry way and mudroom.  They actually said this will feel like a nice sized space.  The rest of the bump out will include the kitchen.  There will be the fridge, stove and some cabinets.  We will have an L-shaped kitchen and they were also able to give me an island for extra space.  What will be unique about this island, is that a table will pop out from the back.  In discussing whether the table should be counter height or not, I mentioned that I wanted counter height for big baking projects or cookie exchanges, table height for everyday life, and little kid height so our daughter could have a table her size for art projects and the like.  They're going  to figure out how to make that happen.  But, we're going to have an island! And seating for four! The main space will also have a sofa and that's a tv on the left wall between the bedroom and the bathroom outlined in red.
From the back doors, as you immediately enter on your right will be the laundry room.  We already have stackables, there will also be room for a roll-out cart that will be able to accommodate a laundry basked while we're washing, and store all our cleaning supplies.  The back of the door will have shelving added onto it for additional storage. Just beyond that will be the bathroom, which is pretty self explanatory.  Because we're going to have multiple people sharing one bathroom, we asked for the toilet to be in its own area so the occupant can have some privacy.  (That's one thing we've learned from being in this apartment:) The master bedroom will be large enough to accommodate a king size bed, have a small built in shelf behind to also act as a headboard, and have room for a dresser.
Let's talk about the built-in storage in the bathroom/bedroom/tv area.  Essentially, the television will be on the wall on a pivoting arm.  That's fine for us as we rarely watch television anyway.  Below the television will be some built in shelving for our A/V equipment and other storage.  That shelving will be inset into the wall.  Now, put on your tetris hat.  Above that shelving for the living room, will be a linen closet for the bathroom and extra storage in the bedroom.  The main space will have open ceilings, but the bathroom and bedroom will have 7 ft ceilings as that's what codes requires.
If you follow the plan around, you'll see 2 ft allowed for floor-to-ceiling shelving, and a staircase, with our main closet underneath the stairs. (I promise this will become clearer in future photos).  The circle in the closet represents the hot water heater.  The sofa will rest in front of that wall with another built-in storage/surface area behind it.

The upstairs floor plan is much simpler.

Most of the space will be open to give the illusion of more space.  You can see a storage area at the top left of the space, with our daughter's bedroom adjoining it.  The stairway will lead to a landing straight into her room.  She'll have a double closet and space in her room for a trundle bed.

The designers next gave us cross sections so we could get a better idea of what was happening at each vantage point.  Section A cuts through the double doors and gives you a view looking towards the kitchen.

You can see the side of the kitchen cabinets on the wall facing the yard and the rest of the kitchen.  After the refrigerator will be the entryway and then you can get an idea of the closet with the stairs and built-ins above.  There will be a row of windows added above the kitchen to give us added light.

Section B cuts through the kitchen window above the sink and looks towards the bathroom/bedroom, etc.

You can see the storage, the stairs (complete with storage inside the actual steps) the side of the couch, and the doors.  There are two large rectangles above the bathroom/laundry room which would represent a way to access the storage we're going to have above that space.  You can also see my idea to have a pulley clothesline inside because Scott wants the drying racks gone and I need to get my clothes dry in the wintertime.

Section C is cut through the bathroom and shows the view towards the yard.

Here you can see where the designers proposed that the storage doors would swing out and where we axed that idea.  You see the sink , the doors and a better look at the proposed windows.

Section D was taken in front of the sofa and faces the couch and alley side of the building.

This is where you get the best understanding of what's happening with the wall of built-ins.  Running along-side the staircase will be a 2 ft deep wall of shelving.  Depending on how in-depth/expensive we want to get we can add cupboard doors, make the shelving all adjustable, have a place to display pretties, etc.  You can see how the couch will rest in front of the staircase with a door to the closet below the stairs.  There's the master bedroom downstairs with our daughter's room above.

They gave us some exterior elevations, but I'm not going to get into that here.  They finally left us with some 3D images of the space.  Mad that I waited until the end to help you visualize the space better?  Hey, they made us work for it- I'm just passing along the favor.

Thoughts, comments and opinions are always appreciated.  The more input we get, the better the space becomes.