Reverse living floor planning: what is it and is it right for you?

Traditional architecture found throughout the home building industry typically provides two-story homes with the main living space on the first floor and bedrooms on the second floor. However, a popular alternative to this floor plan has evolved which is known as reverse living. Read on as I explain reverse living and help you decide when a reverse floor plan may be right for you.

In traditional two-story homes, the active living space found in rooms such as the living room, kitchen, dining room, study, and family room are located on the first floor. This arrangement makes it easy to move in and out of the home during the normal course of the day, when homeowners and their families tend to make multiple and frequent trips to and from their home and, in the process, want the comfort of a self-relationship. floor between your indoor and outdoor living space. The more passive sleep activity, which typically occurs in bedrooms, is relegated to the second floor, the least convenient level of the traditional two-story home.

The simplest form of a reverse floor plan is the reverse of the living space and sleeping space within a two-story home. This relationship of indoor living to the outdoor environment changes due to view corridors or outdoor amenities, so a client seeks to maximize exposure during their lifetime. This type of floor plan is most common for homes positioned to take advantage of panoramic views created by mountains, hilltops, wetlands, wildlife sanctuaries, rivers, streams, bodies of water, and urban skylines. By placing the living space on the highest level within the home, views are more easily captured or perhaps made visible when they might be partially or totally blocked at lower levels.

Within a reverse floor plan, bedrooms are relegated to the more inactive areas of the home. In some inverted floor plans, the master bedroom can be included on the top level of the home, if the homeowner wishes to appreciate the views in the privacy and serenity of their bedroom.

Now, is a reverse floor plan right for you? It may be if your building lot is located on or near beautiful landscapes or view corridors, whether man-made or natural, and you want to enjoy those views to the fullest!