Just some random thoughts as I flip through my photos of The Knolls...
- Goodbye, dining table chandeliers. Each plan was missing one. As the common areas of the home get more & more crunched together into one single small space, ubiquitous items like this are disappearing altogether.
- Buh-bye dining table. Period. You really won't need to worry about dining table lighting when you don't have a table to begin with. At the Plan 1, the only area provided to actually sit down and eat is counter-height dining courtesy of the kitchen island. That's IT! What's next? Put the island in the middle of the "Great Room" and cook / eat/ in front of the TV? This layout may work in a larger home but not something of this size.
- Sometimes I feel like if home designers' brains were dynamite, they wouldn't have enough to blow their nose. Plan 2's powder room, which rivals an airline lavatory in size, has an awkward door which can not open more than half-way without hitting the toilet. They have "remedied" this with a door stopper slash padded bumper installed at the upper inside corner of the door. Awkward. Why they couldn't have let the door swing outward instead is beyond me. That's how it is in my home with a restroom of similar style and size.
- "Pass the salt, please." It seems as if at every turn, a neighbor's window is directly facing you. When you're getting out of the shower. The living quarters. Your daughter's bedroom. Nothing is sacred anymore. Privacy is so pass?.
