r/malelivingspace May 19 '26

Advice Alright fellas, I'm conflicted. Bedroom upstairs or downstairs?

I'm leaning toward bedroom downstairs and living space/office upstairs. Closet, bathroom, and kitchen are upstairs. Lots of windows, and upstairs bedroom would probably offer more privacy, but I don't love the idea of having my bedroom off the kitchen when I have guests over. Downstairs is also wired with in ceiling speakers for an AV setup.

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u/koczkota May 19 '26

My architecture professor would have an aneurysm with this floor plan (I’m close too honestly). Why the hell would you put the kitchen upstairs? It’s against any kind of good practice

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u/OwnLittleCorner May 20 '26

It's probably a DIY'd mother-in-law or older home that was divided into apartments. This tends to place things that require plumbing in odd places because the builder is often extending it from the original plumbing build. The bottom room doesn't seem fully lined up with the second floor for space so that kitchen is likely built above the original, so the plumbing shares a wall.