Multigenerational homes
Entry Furniture Planning for Multigenerational homes
Specify the occupied size, operating clearance and route into the building before choosing furniture by catalogue dimensions.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Use templates at the size of the actual furniture. Include seated users, open drawers and reclined positions where relevant.
- Compare
- Decide which items need to move independently and which benefit from built-in anchoring.
- Before buying
- Confirm that the largest pieces can turn at the entrance, lift lobby and corridor, or specify assembly in place.
Worked example
A family wants a console and bench in a foyer, but the lift lobby door opens close to the apartment entrance.
Use a narrow console with rounded corners and a bench that tucks fully beneath it. Measure the entry door at full swing and test carrying a bulky delivery past the furniture.
How to test it
Overlay the furniture in its stored and in-use positions, then check both against the measured plan.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Assign each household member a defined hook or basket while protecting the central passage.
- Detail
- Use a sturdy seat, washable floor and a visible key landing point.
- Trade-off
- Individual stations aid order but need wall length and routine upkeep.
- Simulate everyone arriving together
- Check access with stored shoes and bags
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