Independent homes

Entry Floor Plan for Independent homes

Draw three layers on the measured plan: fixed points, activities and movement. Move the activities around before moving any walls.

Explore the ideas
Entry corridor leading toward a dining area beside a glass-front cabinet
Entry inspiration: a clear approach and shallow landing storage.

Plan in this order

  1. Start with columns, windows, door swings and service points on a single measured drawing.
  2. Place the highest-frequency activity first. Put the equipment or storage it uses within the same zone.
  3. Trace the longest everyday trip and any crossing routes. Show both with furniture and doors in use.
Worked example

A narrow entry serves as both the front door and the only route to a shared living room; shoes, parcels, and visitors gather in the same strip.

Keep the door swing and a straight passage clear on the plan. Move shoe storage to the side wall and give parcels a shallow landing shelf outside the passage.

How to test it

Ask someone unfamiliar with the plan to walk through a normal visit and point out where they would hesitate.

Apply it to this space
Layout
Set a landing and storage wall beside the door; screen direct views into bedrooms.
Detail
Use a hard-wearing floor at the threshold and a bench with enclosed shoe storage.
Trade-off
A deeper foyer improves organization but uses area that could serve another room.
  • Check sightline from open front door
  • Test delivery and shoe storage capacity
Wood display partition between an entry-side passage and living room
Entry inspiration: a permeable divider that softens direct sightlines.

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Details worth a closer look

Photographs for design inspiration
Living area with a glass partition beside a television wall
Entry inspiration: glazed separation that preserves borrowed light.
Living room seating group with a clear approach from the front of the room
Arrival inspiration: keep the first route into the room open.

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