First floor · open to the kitchen and the breakfast nook

The Family Room

The room measured off the builder’s plan. Nothing is changing yet.

Photos

Current furnishings.

The sectional from the fireplace corner: the long run with the console and lamps behind it, the chaise along the windows, the kitchen and the bar cabinet beyond
Toward the kitchen — the long run with the console behind it, the oak bar cabinet and the arch to the master hall beyond, the island at left.
The chaise along the window wall, the marble coffee table and the two cream boucle swivels in the foreground
Toward the windows — the chaise under the three window pairs, the coffee table, the two swivels and the marble side table.
The rolled arm of the sectional, the console with two lamps behind it, and the black steel glazing to the patio beyond
The sofa’s end — rolled arm, the console and lamps, and the black steel doors to the patio behind.

Palette

Sampled from the photos.

White wall
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White marble
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Cream bouclé
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Oat rug
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White oak
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Sectional grey
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Aged brass
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Camel leather
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Charcoal
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Pieces

What is in the room today, unmeasured.

Grey rolled-arm sectional
Seating · S1

Sectional, grey

One L · 108″ along the windows × 120″ down the west side · 38″ deep · rolled arms

The one piece in the room that predates the rest. The long arm turns its back to the breakfast nook; the short arm lies along the windows.

Cream boucle swivel barrel chair
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Seating · S2 · ×2

Swivel barrels, cream bouclé

About 30″ round · swivel base · size to measure

Face the sectional across the coffee table, with the marble side table between them.

White stone coffee table on a brass lattice base
Tables · T1

Coffee table, stone on brass

52″ × 36″ · white stone top · brass lattice base · 15″ off both arms of the sectional

The brass is the same note as the mahjong room’s and the kitchen stools’ frames.

White marble pedestal side table
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Tables · T2

Side table, marble pedestal

Round top on a tapered column · size to measure

Between the two swivels.

Console with two mirrored-base lamps behind the sofa
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Tables · T3

Console and lamps

White top · two mirrored-base lamps with linen shades · size to measure

Behind the sofa’s long run, facing the breakfast nook and the patio doors.

Ribbed oat rug under the seating group
Floor · R1

Rug, ribbed oat

9′ × 12′ · near edge 36″ off the window wall, 42″ in from the tile line

Runs from the sofa’s end past the swivels; its edge shows in the sofa-end photo.

Fit

The room from the builder’s plan, furniture approximated.

Aerial view

fireplace? built-in (optional on plan) rug 9′ × 12′ sectional 108 × 120 × 38 coffee table swivel swivel side table console Family room 19′-7″ ceiling · two storeys breakfast kitchen · stairs hall · arch patio 23′-1″ · tile line to east wall 5′-0″ 6′ bays 17′-0″ · window wall to columns 4′-11″ 4′-9″ 3′-9″ 3′-5″ Looking straight down · to scale both ways, 1″ = 3 units · walls from the builder’s plan (±3″), measured furniture solid, the rest dashed and approximate.

Window wall at the top, columns to the kitchen and stairs at the bottom, the breakfast nook open on the left. The fireplace and the built-in are on the plan; neither shows in the photos, so both are drawn dashed until confirmed.

Working notes

What the plan says, and what still has to be checked on site.

▸Read off the builder’s plansource and precision
  • Source: Kipp Flores Architects plan 4521 LF for Meritage Homes, sheet 1 of 13 (floor plan) and sheet 5 (electrical), dated 23 June 2004. The room is the Family Room on the plan too; the plan’s Living Room is the smaller front room.
  • Calibration: the scan is a reduction, not 1/4″ scale. It was calibrated on the 66′-0″ overall width and the dimension strings checked against it. Read-off precision is about ±3″: fine for furniture, not for millwork.
  • The room: 23′-1″ from the tile line to the east wall, 17′-0″ from the window wall to the column line, 19′-7″ ceiling over the whole room. Rear wall is 2×6 balloon-framed to the full height.
  • Openings: three mulled window pairs on the rear wall (five feet of glass each, in six-foot bays); a double French door in the breakfast nook; a 4′11″ arch to the hall on the east wall; three 12″ columns with arched openings to the kitchen and stairs on the south; the west side open to the breakfast nook down to the service bar.
  • Electrical: block and wire for a ceiling fan at roughly 10′5″ from the tile line and 8′7″ from the window wall; a floor plug at about 7′ × 11′; recessed bullet lights at the fireplace corner.
▸To confirm on siteas-built differences
  • Is there a fireplace? The plan has a 36″ metal firebox on a 45° wall in the north-east corner with a 24″ tile hearth. None of the photos shows it.
  • Was the built-in built? Optional on the plan, 2′ deep on the east wall below the fireplace.
  • The patio doors in the sofa-end photo are black steel, not the plan’s wood French doors. Confirm the opening size is unchanged.
  • The bar cabinet stands where the plan shows optional cabinets on the breakfast nook’s west wall. Its width and depth matter for the sightline from the sofa.
  • Floor: the plan says carpet; it is white oak.
  • Measure the furniture: sectional run and chaise, the two swivels, both tables, the console, the rug. Then the dashed outlines in Fit become solid.