I spent a loooong time thinking about the staircase, sitting it this way and that, fiddling with walls etc. I decided in the end to go with what I really want to see, which is the stairs with a doorway next to them on the right, because if I don't it won't be exactly what I want and I'll regret it. This means a really steep, narrow staircase just inside the front door, but you won't be able to see much of it once the house is completed, so I think I'll be able to construct it using my very basic skills.
The stairs are steep! The doorway will be trimmed to take the original railing off. I may add a door under the stairs. |
The next decision I have to make about the layout is whether to keep the "bathroom" wall or not. I was never going to put a bathroom in the house, just because they are boring to look at as far as I am concerned, so I was going to leave that wall off and make that area a large sitting area at the top of the stairs, with lots of books, maybe a suit of armor and probably the spiral staircase to the attic.
Now I can't decide if I should close it off to make a more atmospheric "potion" store room with the secret staircase at the back of it.
Or should I turn the library into a big potion room and make this area an open area library? Take out this section of the attic floor and build double height bookshelves? With a gallery area?
Or, since I don't have an actual basement, close the room off and make it a panic room with devil's trap and lead lining? A cot bed and manacles. No window.
Wall in, separate room |
Wall out, open room |
Wall added in the attic, and floor would be removed on rhs |
Wall in attic. Floor above open area removed, spiral staircase leading to doorway in attic. |
Although this wall is very easy to add or remove, whatever I decide on, it will affect whether or not there will still be a French Door in this area onto the balcony, not to mention lighting. I also need to make a decision about which windows to use - the Gothic or Victorian? Hmn.
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