r/houseplans

I've been working on this cabin as a personal project and posted an earlier layout here. A few of you pointed out that having the bed upstairs and the only bathroom downstairs would get old pretty quickly. Fair point.

So I'm trying two single-story layouts:

A: An open sleeping area with a low wall behind the bed and a small shelf. No bedroom door, more of a studio.

B: An enclosed bedroom on the right, with a built-in closet and a rounded corner facing the kitchen. More privacy, but it divides up the space.

The last two images show the exterior from the water and from above. Those are earlier renders for context; the interiors visible through the glass haven't been updated yet.

I'm attached to the curved shape, but I want the layout to work too. Which would you rather stay in, A or B? Anything still feeling awkward?

I wanted to draw the plan of an apartment to scale and print it. The options were a CAD program with a 1990s command line, or a subscription. So I started building the tool I wanted.

OpenCalque is a 2D editor for floor plans and layouts with a Figma-style interface. "Calque" is French for tracing paper. Try it right now, nothing to install: https://opencalque.com

What it does today:

• Walls that behave like walls. They join at any angle, stay joined when you drag one, and doors and windows snap in and cut the opening.
• Rooms find themselves. Click inside closed walls and you get a named room with its area, which follows the walls when they move.
• Trace an existing plan. Drop a PDF or a photo, click two points you know the distance between, draw over it.
• DXF in and out, plus SVG.
• A component library (furniture, kitchen, bathroom, electrical symbols) and extensions that are data, not code, so installing one can't run anything.
• Optional AI assistant that edits the drawing from a description, with Claude, a local model through Ollama, or any OpenAI-compatible API. Nothing goes online unless you use it.
• English, French, Spanish, German.

The part I care most about: a drawing is plain JSON with a published schema, and every edit is a small JSON operation. The editor, the CLI and the assistant all use the same operations, so you can generate or modify a plan from a script.

No account, no telemetry, MIT licence.

• Repo and screenshots: https://github.com/laurent512/opencalque
• Downloads: https://github.com/laurent512/opencalque/releases/latest

I'd love feedback from people who draw plans for real: what would stop you from using this, and what's the first thing you'd miss?

We bought a unfinished build that already some plumbing and electrical already installed (appliances/finishes indicate where in drawings). We starting by just using what was there to make the house livable and not spend extra on plumbers/electricians, but now we have some more money to play with and I am wondering if we can make give this house a better layout.

It is a 2 level home with no real basement, one bedroom on each floor (I am currently pregnant with our first so I don’t love that), one awkward 3 piece bathroom (would like to add a second one/make it a 4 piece) and a kitchen right off the bathroom and “master bedroom” which feels weird. On the second level, the green lines represent where the ceiling is vaulted, patio doors for a soon to be deck and the L-shaped wall attached to the stairs is a half wall. I think I would like to swap the kitchen and dining room but not sure if that is the best option.

I am completely lost at this point trying to figure out something that will work for our small family. Can anyone recommend some better options? The first level is still completely unfinished and we can move/add walls to either level.

Thank you in advance for any input!!

Hi there, I am in the process of building a new house and wanted to get feedback and ideas on my housing plans. I am trying to find ways to optimize room placements and potentially increase room size. I uploaded the first floor and 2nd floor. I am open to asking my contractor for more length to the plan even if it costs more for a cleaner layout.

I am planning on renovating my house by having a double story extension with a garage conversion.

What are your thoughts on the changes? Would love feedback!

Additionally, in order to save money, do you think there is much of a benefit of changing the 1st floor? If we do not extend it, what would be your ideal layout?

Changes I am thinking;

- Removing side access

- Making ensuite bigger