Adult children are quietly moving aging parents back in, and the thing derailing most of those plans is a floor plan with nowhere to put them that feels like a home rather than a compromise. The Rosemary Retreat is built around exactly that problem: a walkout basement with its own entrance gives in-laws their own morning, a single-story main level keeps everyone else connected, and ranch-style flow lets two households share a roof without sharing every meal.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 2,173
- Bedrooms: 1-3
- Bathrooms: 1.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
The main floor puts the master suite — with walk-in closet and private bath — at the back of the plan, while the open great room and kitchen with cathedral ceilings run through the center. A foyer, mudroom with lockers, pantry, dining area, and two-car garage round out the level.
Floor Plan – Second Floor
The upper level is essentially one big bonus room: sloped ceilings, staircase access, and a footprint that measures out to 15’8″ x 32’9″.
Style Math: Bonus rooms over garages trade a little headroom for a lot of square footage at low cost per foot. At nearly 513 square feet, this one is large enough for a media room, a home office, or — yes — another sleeping option if the basement fills up. Sloped ceilings keep it casual, which honestly works in its favor.
Floor Plan – Basement
Down in the walkout basement, two bedrooms and a hobby room flank a full family room and kitchen, with a vault and lounge tucked near the dual staircases. The covered patio opens generously off the family room — plenty of space to pretend the two households aren’t sharing a foundation.
Timber, Stone, and a Deck That Makes the Backyard Feel Like a Bonus Room
Exposed wood trusses anchor the covered upper deck while stacked stone columns carry the load down to the walkout level below. Cable railing keeps the sightlines clean. Getting two distinct outdoor living zones to stack this vertically without looking awkward is harder than it sounds, and this plan pulls it off.
The Psychology Behind This: Families navigating multigenerational living tend to underestimate how much a separate entrance matters — to everyone. That lower-level walkout door quietly signals that the in-law suite is its own domain, not an afterthought carved out of someone else’s house. A private entry reduces friction before any of it has a chance to start.
Gold Chandelier, White Fireplace Mantel, and Zero Apologies for the Drama
Dark brick cladding makes the white mantel read sharper by contrast, and gold sconces flanking the TV mount keep the metallic thread alive. Olive branches in ceramic vases do the work of keeping a room this polished from feeling untouchable.
Why the Fireplace Surround Works as Hard as the Chandelier
A crisp painted surround against dark textured brick creates enough contrast that your eye lands on the fireplace before it finds the TV mounted above — which is exactly the priority order most designers are after in a hearth-anchored living room. Low-cost move. Outsized payoff.
Copper Pendants and Dark Wood Base Turn a White Kitchen Into Something Worth Talking About
Two dome pendants in brushed copper do a lot of organizational work here — they pull focus without overwhelming a kitchen that’s already got a lot going on. White glass-front cabinets run nearly to the ceiling, and the walnut-toned island base below is what saves all that white from reading as clinical. Brass hardware and a gold faucet echo the pendants. It’s material repetition used correctly.
Style Tip: Mixing metal finishes works best with a clear hierarchy. Pick one dominant finish — brass, copper, whatever you’re committing to — and let it appear in at least three places before you bring in a second. Scattered metals read as indecision. Repeated metals read as a decision.
Gold Pendants and a Kitchen Island That Earns Its Real Estate
Brass dome pendants anchor the kitchen side of the open plan while boucle barstools soften the hard edge of the white stone island. Natural wood furniture grounds it before the whole thing drifts too precious.
Boucle barstools soften the hard edge of a white stone island.
Warm Wood Nightstands Doing Heavy Lifting in an Otherwise All-White Bedroom
Honey-toned oak nightstands stop the room from dissolving into an all-white blur. The mismatched pendant styles above read as intentional once your eye settles — or at least that’s the story and it’s a good one.
Gold-Framed Mirrors and Matte Black Faucets Sharing a Wall Without Fighting About It
Near-black vertical subway tile anchors the vanity wall, and rolled towels stacked below pull it back from feeling like a showroom. Two finishes on one wall that shouldn’t work together — and mostly do.
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The exterior rendering shows board-and-batten siding, a metal roof, and a covered front porch framed by wood posts — a clean modern farmhouse without overselling it. Below the elevation, the floor plan lays out the single-story main level with master suite, cathedral-ceiling great room, kitchen, mudroom, two-car garage, and rear deck access.
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