How to Optimize Your Layout for Main Floor Renovations

Posted on August 09, 2024

Renovating the main floor of your home can be extremely exciting for many homeowners. It gives you the opportunity to optimize your space and improve the functionality of your home’s main floor kitchen, family room, laundry room, and more. When conducting home renovations in Hamilton, you’ll want to consider all of your options carefully before proceeding with any construction. You will want to assess your space and your needs and then decide what elements you want to incorporate into your new main floor layout. At Rose Building Group, we pride ourselves on being able to provide customized home and kitchen renovations in Hamilton to ensure that you achieve the home of your dreams.

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Assess Your Space

home renovations hamilton layout The first thing you should do before choosing your main floor layout is assess your existing space. Determine how well it serves you and your family, and decide if there's something missing or something that you do not want or need anymore. Take note of areas that need improvement and issues you’ve experienced with your current layout. This will help give you a general idea of what type of layout will suit your needs.

At this stage you should also be assessing the size of your space and deciding what you think is realistic for your main floor based on its size. Space is always limited in every home, and understanding what you do and do not have space for is important. Many people try to fit as much as possible into a small space. However, this can reduce functionality and usually does not optimize the space available. When planning your renovation, try to be realistic and reasonable. Your builders should also be able to give you a good idea as to what is realistic for your space, so have faith in their professional expertise.

Assess Your Wants and Needs

The most important part of a renovation plan is designing a space that meets your needs and desires. Every household is different and has unique priorities. Consider the size of your family, whether you have kids or not, where your family spends most of their time, and if there are any design preferences.

If you want your main floor to be ideal for hosting parties and entertaining guests, determine what elements would help make this easier, more efficient, and more fun. Having a servery, dedicated dining room or opting for an open-concept living space may help in this regard.
Some homeowners may be more concerned about maintaining their style preferences in order to achieve a particular look. In this case, being intentional and detailed when picking finishes for your home should be a main priority.
Some families conduct a lot of cooking and primarily hang out in the kitchen. For a family like this, having a kitchen concept that flows into the family room may be a great option. This can help create more space while maintaining family togetherness. A family like this may also want to prioritize the size and functionality of their kitchen when compared to other areas of the main floor.

Creating an Optimized Layout

Once you have a good understanding of your space, your wants, and your needs, you can begin to choose what elements you want to incorporate into your home renovation. Having the following can help optimize your space greatly.

Creating Space

When renovating, you may want to take the opportunity to optimize your space and reduce clutter. This is especially important when you have a smaller home. Incorporating pocket doors or sliding barn doors into your home can help create more space. Having furniture that also doubles as storage can also help optimize your space. Having seating benches that are also storage bins is very helpful and is a poplar choice in mudrooms.

Storage Solutions

Having effective storage solutions added during your renovations can help optimize your space and improve organization. If you host a lot, having a built-in wine cellar or china cabinet can be helpful. If you are an avid cook, opt for a pull-out spice rack located conveniently by your stove to improve organization and optimize cabinet space. If you have a larger family and a large amount of groceries, consider built-in organization elements in your kitchen cabinets and drawers, or even opt for pull-out shelves. Having convenient storage solutions in your home can help you optimize your space and improve functionality,

Accounting for Traffic Flow

Accounting for traffic flow when renovating can greatly help improve your home layout while optimizing your space. There is always one area in a home that is extremely congested due to the fact that people are consistently coming in and out of said area. For many families, this is often the kitchen or family room. Choosing to create extra space in these areas can improve the flow of traffic which can increase comfortability. For example, if somebody is standing at the stove cooking, ensure you have enough space behind said person so that other family members can walk by easily and comfortably.

Optimize Your Home Renovations in Hamilton

When it comes to optimizing your main floor layout, having a good understanding of your wants and needs is crucial. The whole point of renovating your home to to optimize your space and improve the layout so that it better serves your family. Assess your space to determine what improvements could be made, assess your preferences and needs, and then choose some features for your renovation to optimize the layout. If you are interested in home or kitchen renovations in Hamilton, reach out to Rose Buiding Group for a free estimate!

What Our Clients Say

Our Oakville project with Rose Group was 3+ months and the overall experience was categorially outstanding. The entire Rose team, including sub-trades are patient, communicative, responsive, and professional. While any major renovation is stressful, Team Rose seem to have a calming way about them, for which we very much appreciated. The project was on time, on budget, and Rose is flexible to make sure you receive value add along the way.

The end result of our project is beyond our expectations, and we have no doubt Rose will be engaged again.

Many thanks to Matt, Neil, Alisha, Matt, Brittany, Andrew, Adam, Chris, and the entire Rose team!!!!

Dan. Oakville, ON

Matthew and his team at Rose Building Group have completed 2 projects for us. A couple of years ago we completed a main floor renovation, which included a complete kitchen reno. Just recently we completed a master bathroom renovation. The work for both projects was impeccable. Really high quality workmanship, and incredible attention to detail.

The quality of the work is truly second to none. What impresses me the most about this company, however, is the people. They are all kind, warm, genuine, and professional. I enjoyed having them in my home, and was very comfortable. It is clear that they are committed to delivering a very high level of customer service and satisfaction through both the work they do, and they way they engage with the client. It's really impressive.

Kim. Burlington, ON

We recently completed our home renovation with Rose Building Group, which included a full renovation of both the interior and exterior of our house. We feel that we could not have picked a better company to do this extensive project. When Matt first came to our house to give us a quote we could tell instantly the professionalism and attention to detail he has when looking at a project. Throughout the entire renovation, Matt was easy to get in touch with, either by phone or email, which made it less daunting on my Wife and I whenever we had questions or wanted to add something. Matt was always upfront whenever issues arose (this was bound to happen during a full renovation of an old house) and always came prepared with possible solutions for us.

His staff always presented themselves as professionals. They were very respectful when speaking to us, and with taking care of our property by cleaning up the interior and exterior before going home every night. We even had neighbours on our street comment on how well our place looked, even during the construction. It was obvious that they are a very hardworking company, dedicated to ensuring a smooth and timely renovation. Rose building group was on schedule, and completed our project by the date discussed by Matt, prior to them beginning.

If you are looking to complete a renovation of your home, rest assured that if you choose Rose Building Group, that you will not be disappointed. You will have a professional company, that will make your home beautiful!

Paul S. Burlington, ON

We decided on Rose Building Group for our main floor renovation that started earlier this year. We have nothing but great things to say about RBG and the team.

At the beginning of the renovation we were provided with a renovation schedule so that we knew what would be happening on each day and we were most impressed at the adherence to this schedule. We were also provided a Scope of Work at the beginning of the project and any changes made along the way were clearly outlined.

Their communication during the renovation process was top notch and someone always got back to us very quickly.

Matthew, Settle and entire team were so professional and Alisha, the selections coordinator, was especially helpful and went out of her way to help with some of the finishing choices.

Other than a few things that were delayed beyond their control, this renovation was completed in a very timely manner and is absolutely beautiful. They made our vision come to fruition and we hope to use them again when we are ready to renovate our main bathroom. They made the process of doing a major renovation relatively low stress and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to do a major renovation.

Great job RBG- you were all awesome!

Katie & Mike

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Katie. Burlington, ON

Matthew and his team were amazing to work with. They recently completed a full basement renovation for my personal home. I work for Baudit Interior design and have worked with several contractors and was very impressed with their professionalism, correspondence, organization and can do attitude. The whole crew worked efficiently and diligently. They were kind, respectful of us and our home and kept a very tidy work space. The quality of the workmanship and attention to detail was impressive. I would and have recommended them for any future projects.

Sylvia. Oakville, ON

Matt has a great company with a team of highly skilled craftsmen. We originally contemplated a bathroom renovation project and expanded the scope to include new staircase, hardwood flooring, crown moulding, recessed led lighting throughout and painting top to bottom. Matt’s experience was extremely helpful in that he was able to guide us in making the right choices upfront to help modernize the look of our home. His detailed approach and project management thru his team ensured we got the results we were looking for and the highest quality or workmanship and finish. We are extremely happy with the results and feel like we are in a brand new home but better. Definitely a company to talk to about renovations.

Additionally, Matt and his team adhered to all COVID protocols at all times which was very reassuring given the scope of the project with most of the work over eight weeks occurring during the third wave while we continued to live and work from our home.

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Paul. Burlington, ON

Our kitchen renovation is nearing completion and we are so happy with the work completed by Rose Building. Matt and his team were 100% engaged and had ideas to share right from our initial meeting. Everyone has been a pleasure to deal with - they are friendly, clean and their attention to detail and quality is top notch! I highly recommend Rose Building Group and we will have them back for future renovations.

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Julie. Burlington, ON

Rose Building Group completed a living room renovation for me. Matthew and his team were a pleasure to work with and very professional.

Matthews team were patient with any questions or concerns I had and took the time to explain what was happening during the project and addressed any concerns. They are very professional and CLEAN.

I really enjoyed working with Matt and his team and I am very pleased with the workmanship from the trades they used.

Matts team also took the time to do some repair work for me that had some damage.

I will use Rose Building Group for my next home renovation

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