Coltrane wrote:

B K wrote:I view the plan 1 again and did not have it for visual reference. There is a niche wall at the nook intended for the TV. The drywall frame is to hide the TV mounting bracket and wires from view as one walk pass the "nook".

Shapell is much more clever than I thought.

Do you mean the inset on the wall shared between the nook and bedroom 3/den? How does one use that TV placement from the sitting area in the Great Room?

Or do you mean the corner of the Great Room where a tiny wall juts out between the Great Room and the nook?

The nook with the TV niche is for the flex plan only: Formal dining next to the master BR, formal seating anchored by the fireplace and casual seating in the nook with a TV in the niche wall (BR 3 wall). No TV in the great room.

Shapell thought about it unlike the Montecito plans where there is no other options for the TV except over the fireplace.

^Got it. Thx.

Oh wow, that yard has HUGE potential. It's not bad at all in its current state, but with a little dressing here and there that pathway leading to pool and gazebo could be so awesome. The perimiter is already framed with privacy trees. Not perfect, but it helps a lot. With a tad bit more creativity it could be outstanding! Seriously, the palette is just perfect. Immediately I had 5 distinct visions about what you could do, each very different. It's rare, extremely rare, for a yard to offer up that kind blue print to go so many different directions.

B K wrote:

Coltrane wrote:

B K wrote:I view the plan 1 again and did not have it for visual reference. There is a niche wall at the nook intended for the TV. The drywall frame is to hide the TV mounting bracket and wires from view as one walk pass the "nook".

Shapell is much more clever than I thought.

Do you mean the inset on the wall shared between the nook and bedroom 3/den? How does one use that TV placement from the sitting area in the Great Room?

Or do you mean the corner of the Great Room where a tiny wall juts out between the Great Room and the nook?

The nook with the TV niche is for the flex plan only: Formal dining next to the master BR, formal seating anchored by the fireplace and casual seating in the nook with a TV in the niche wall (BR 3 wall). No TV in the great room.

Shapell thought about it unlike the Montecito plans where there is no other options for the TV except over the fireplace.

Great discussion. I will definitely take pictures and post them up, to show how this was ultimately executed in the model homes. The way BK describes how the great room/nook could be laid out, I'm liking this plan more and more. If not for those secondary bedrooms in the front. Ugh.

Patrick Star wrote:Great discussion. I will definitely take pictures and post them up, to show how this was ultimately executed in the model homes. The way BK describes how the great room/nook could be laid out, I'm liking this plan more and more. If not for those secondary bedrooms in the front. Ugh.

I'd be interested in seeing how intrusive the kitchen is from the entry way. Do you feel as though you walk into the house and immediately find yourself standing in the kitchen? BK seems impressed with this plan, so I'm sure they've addressed that -- although I wonder if they address it through clever furnishing and staging of the model home, as opposed to structurally.

B K wrote:The nook with the TV niche is for the flex plan only: Formal dining next to the master BR, formal seating anchored by the fireplace and casual seating in the nook with a TV in the niche wall (BR 3 wall). No TV in the great room.

OMG, I was trying to visualize the TV in the nook setup and ... I just realized that you described my grandparents' old house! Granted, it wasn't as big as this one. But the kitchen was adjacent to a nook which had two La-Z-Boys and the TV. In the front room was formal dining and formal seating -- no TV. Master bed was in the rear. Two secondary bedrooms in the front with a shared hall bath.

Of course, this was all in less than 1500 sq ft. Oh, and in the dregs of the IE. By a crack house. With gangbangers. And guns. I remember the time we drove to a Thanksgiving dinner at their house and passed some banger on the sidewalk waving a pistol. Good times, good times. Sooo glad we moved grandma out of IE.

I am no way impressed with this plan but do give credit to Shapell for alternative TV locations and flex spaces. I don't like walking by the kitchen before heading to other spaces and especially the Master BR. I hate the smell of shrimp paste in the bedroom.

Most single level plan the Master BR door is too exposed just like Coronado in Woodbury.