Families with teenagers are quietly rewriting what square footage is supposed to do, and the real demand isn’t more space — it’s separation: a bonus room that belongs to no one’s schedule but theirs, a staircase that keeps the drumming upstairs, dinner ready while someone’s still grinding through hour three of homework in the loft. The Upham is built around exactly that tension, with a dedicated bonus room, a two-story layout that puts teen life on its own level, and main-floor living that actually stays quiet after nine.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 2,338
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 2..5
Floor Plan
The main floor tucks the master bedroom, walk-in closet, and laundry into a private rear wing, well away from the front-of-house traffic. Living and dining open together at the front, the kitchen connects out to a patio, and a powder room near the entry means guests never have to cut through anything they shouldn’t. Two-car garage, sensible circulation, nothing wasted.
Floor Plan
Upstairs, three bedrooms cluster around a shared bath while the bonus room sits separately at the rear — removed enough from the sleeping area that it actually functions as a retreat rather than just an overflow bedroom with a different name.
Did You Know: Bonus rooms positioned away from the main bedroom cluster have become a staple of family-oriented plans because they hand teenagers something close to a private wing without the cost of a full suite. Builders often frame them with lower ceiling heights — the 8-foot ceiling shown here is typical — which keeps construction costs down while still delivering genuinely usable square footage. And once kids are gone, the same room converts easily to a media room or home office without any structural changes.
Reclaimed Wood Entry Console Sets the Tone Before You’re Even Inside
Worn wood grain on that entry console does a lot of work fast — pulling warmth into a space that could easily read cold between the white walls and light LVP flooring. Glass bud vases keep the surface spare. Past the dividing wall, the open-plan dining area flows straight into the kitchen with nothing in the way.
- Entry consoles with lower shelves handle dropped bags and shoes without adding clutter to sight lines.
- A mirror positioned near the front door reflects natural light from adjacent windows, brightening the entry without added fixtures.
- Keeping decor to three objects max on a console prevents the surface from competing with the room beyond it.
Sunlit Gray and Rust Living Room Built Around a Linear Fireplace
Gray upholstered seating anchors the room, with coral-red throw pillows carrying most of the color load. The linear fireplace sits low on the wall, its wide horizontal glass opening giving the whole surround a modern, unhurried profile under the wall-mounted TV. Three large windows pour afternoon sun across the floor, which is why the light rug reads almost white in photos — it’s doing less than the light is.
In The Details: Linear fireplaces burn cleaner and require less clearance than traditional masonry designs, which is part of why builders are pairing them with simple drywalled surrounds instead of tile or stone. The flat mantel shelf here is barely deeper than a picture ledge. That restraint matters — a deeper shelf would pull the whole wall forward and make the room feel smaller than it is.
Open-Plan Dining and Kitchen Built to Handle a Full House
The natural wood tabletop and upholstered gray chairs pull the dining area into conversation with the kitchen’s white shaker cabinets without forcing a match between them. Pendants hang low over the island — low enough to keep the scale human rather than institutional. Light hardwood runs uninterrupted from dining through kitchen, and that continuous floor is what makes the two zones feel like one room instead of two spaces that happen to be adjacent.
Ask Yourself: Rugs under dining tables often get skipped in open-plan spaces because people worry about chair legs catching the edge. A low-pile or flatweave option is more practical than the shag shown here, but either choice does the same job: visually anchoring the table so it doesn’t float untethered in the middle of the room.
Pendants, Quartz, and Brown Leather Make This Kitchen Feel Finished
Clear-glass pendant lights hang over a white quartz island with seating for four, and the brown leather counter stools are doing the heavy lifting on warmth — without them, the stainless appliances and subway tile backsplash would read a lot colder than they do. It’s a kitchen that clearly gets used, which is exactly what it should be.
Why That Island Overhang Matters More Than You’d Think
Counter stools only work when there’s enough overhang for knees to clear the island base. Here the overhang looks to be at least twelve inches, which is around the minimum most designers consider comfortable. Go shorter and people end up perched at an angle — an awkward outcome in any kitchen, but especially one where teenagers are eating at odd hours and nobody’s sitting still for long.
Upholstered Headboard and Striped Bedding Keep This Primary Suite Calm
Blue and white striped bedding, a low upholstered platform bed, matching gray nightstands — the room earns its calm without trying particularly hard. Hardwood floors and recessed lighting leave well enough alone.
Worth Knowing: Platform beds sit lower than traditional frames, which tends to make a room feel more open rather than top-heavy with furniture. With ceilings as tall as this room has, that lower profile is actually an asset — it lets the height read as generous rather than just empty.
Matte Black Hardware Pulls This Double-Vanity Bathroom Into Focus
Light gray shaker cabinets run nearly the full wall, with enough drawer space that two people sharing this bathroom won’t be negotiating over storage every morning. Matte black hardware ties together the faucets, towel rings, and pulls in one consistent move. One mirror is rectangular, one is arched. It works — and honestly, the mismatched mirrors are the most interesting decision in the room.
Pin It
The exterior photo shows a modern-style home with wide overhanging eaves, large windows, and a two-car garage with a modern panel door. Below it, the main floor plan lays out the master bedroom suite, open living and dining area, kitchen, laundry, powder room, patio, and a 21×22 garage.
🔥 Would you like to save this?
We'll email this post to you, so you can come back to it later!
