A surprisingly effectively way to re-plan a house that is fun and effective!

[@beltrangarrote1982]

As a Spaniard you had me rolling pronouncing the rooms’ names. And I got your book months ago and did a few changes because I don’t want to get assassinated while sleeping or watching TV. Love your vibe.

[@adrielathome]

Same here

[@KemiZaki]

Got me rolling too 😂

[@David_Franco]

"cocina" 😂

[@mariemann5252]

What are you eating??? 😀 About French now? 😉 I 'll seek for your book and audible also, thanks Cliff

[@aaron-gz]

The cochina 🐖

[@DearModern]

This is an actual clients house in Chile! Of course there are alot more details such as sun direction (remember southern hemisphere) as well as the slope of the land and the neighbours, basically the top is the better side to face and the bottom is where the driveway should be:)

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

I'm hoping the house isn't built yet, otherwise he's going to need a lot of sledge hammers and scaffolding to go with your designs :D ps Congrats on the book

[@KemiZaki]

I was wondering why you kept saying the words in Spanish 😂 it made everything so much better. I'm from Chile btw

[@LittleLion_90]

You extended the house 'towards' the driveway, and I was wondering if their plot of land allowed for that? As you might be aware, since I think you've got some experience in the Netherlands, plot sizes and streets can pose some restrictions and my brain thought the ' driveway' was a passing street you couldn't jus extend your house in :p

[@jlt131]

@@LittleLion_90property setbacks and allowances would definitely have to be checked. this also appears to have magically added a bit more floor space, meaning also higher building costs. in my part of north america, the average house is around $300/sq ft (or more) to build so adding even a little more can get expensive!

[@erwin757]

I don’t know how you are going to do this in real life? The house cannot be changed form like that. What about foundation? This is really an architect view without consulting construction and builders

[@claytonharting9899]

And as a bonus, the house is no longer a boring box! It has a shape! I love houses that don’t have a boring flat front

[@JaniceHarrell]

I was thinking that central round hallway thing would be a fabulous spot for at least a sun tube or skylight of some sort. Turn it into an interior courtyard.

[@martaleszkiewicz5115]

Now it has space for a welcoming little driveway!

[@minxthedog2769]

My parents did similar when remodeling their kitchen. They made a scale drawing of the floor plan, cut out appliances to same scale and spent a month moving the pieces around. Most functional kitchen i have had the pleasure of using in 50 years

[@katelindrum3022]

This is so cool!! May I ask, was it 1:1 scale, like life size, (which I know some folks suggest for making sure new furniture fits) or was it in miniature like the one in this video?

[@mandyderuiter6780]

Not the same person, but I did the same thing with my kitchen, in about the same scale as Cliff uses. It worked out great! @@katelindrum3022

[@Tidbitful]

For decades I've created scale drawings of all my rooms, cut out pieces of paper to scale for my furniture, and planned from there. I keep them all in an envelope so I can play with floorplans whenever I want.

[@minxthedog2769]

@@katelindrum3022 it wasnt lifesize. It was about half the size of the small dining table. Made using graph paper

[@FelineFurKin]

I’m on the verge of measuring all our furniture for house-hunting, might stop short of recreating in The Sims

[@VictorMainaKinuthia]

marketing his book AND his sponsor at the same time. genius ❤

[@emikotagahushi941]

I was bummed out the audible book is not in Cliff’s voice. 😂 But for real, this video and book came at the perfect time for me because I’ve been contemplating about building a house and have been drawing floor plans although I have no idea how lol. Thanks, Cliff!

[@pingteo6104]

Alas! I was hoping he would be narrating it.

[@yarntoast]

I bet that’s why the audio is only 3 stars. It’s frustrating when it could be a familiar voice but instead someone decides it’s best to hire a sleep story voice artist.

[@geekygirlspeaks]

I just downloaded it and I was hoping it would be in Cliff's voice as well :(

[@isojosi]

I've been passively watching your videos for enjoyment and believed my home was already set up well and couldn't be changed even if it needed to be. However, just this morning I realized I should move my bed and night stand sideways a few inches and suddenly everything felt different and better (now the entry to the bedroom is not in line woth the bed). It was so satisfying, I've been thinking about it all day and couldn't wait to get home. What a difference a few inches makes 😁

[@mossymindful]

My boyfriend and I are moving into the house his sister used to live in. It was hard to imagine what WE would do with the different spaces because I had in my mind what SHE did with those spaces. She has 2 kids, we don't, so the way we will use the same house is so different! It took getting out my notebook and planning it from a strictly feng shui perspective. Once I went back to the "rule book" instead of being clouded by what used to be there, I found the optimal setup for us! Your videos prepared me for a year for this task lol!

[@DCaseyTucker]

Stacking the bedrooms right on top of each other is a great way to make sure inhabitants can hear people in the other bedrooms getting weird through the walls. I think a lot of residential homes I see try to avoid this by placing bathrooms between them or spacing them out to opposite sides of the house.

[@SwirlingSoul]

Sound insulation mostly lies in no gaps at the doors/windows.

[@reginaworthey1401]

Good point.

[@cheyennes7681]

I just saw a video where they alternate studs so the sound doesn't vertebrate through the wall

[@annak804]

It's a problem in homes with poor insulation I agree but it's not hard to fix if it is a problem

[@flatflo]

Don't forget about central air vents & returns - I can hear everything from the basement bathroom in our main bath thanks to vents branching off the same trunk, and you can see light from the next bedroom from our primary bedroom as the air return runs up the common wall. :/

[@ilisan]

Been watching this channel for years and never knew there was a book! Ordered a physical copy and after reading, I'll place it in the office between all the €€€ design books, where it will stand out as the best (and annoy the seniors because it says tik tok on the cover^^)

[@andieluke1366]

Hahahahha this is had me spitting my coffee laughing 😂

[@vanessapierson4913]

have to replumb the whole house, but fine, do it. Tan said so

[@inviz_957]

"So...now you know!!!"😊

[@logseman5959]

I take it this is for a house that is not built or wired yet.

[@lpc9929]

Who are tan?

[@logseman5959]

@@lpc9929 the guy in the video, whose name is Cliff Tan.

[@sfowler1017]

This plumbing is more efficient, I was more thinking of the completely different foundation 😂

[@a24-45]

I love houses designed to priotise the view. Such a house like this so mysterious when you arrive/drive up and stop. What you see in front of you is mostly wall, for a garage and toilet/ bathroom etc with only a few small high-functional windows, so plain and modest. But once you walk in, it's all WoW! I had no idea, those wraparound views! the surprise factor when you enter the interior never fails to delight.

[@oldandnewpieces]

Just bought your book on Audible! I know nothing about feng shui and honestly thought it sounded a bit silly, but your shorts show you have amazing RESULTS, so I can't wait to find out more of the reasoning. Keep posting, you are always informative and very funny!

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

If the footprint needs to be the same, simply flip the plan so the bedrooms are on the view wall and the bathrooms and utility rooms are facing the driveway. :) Although I'd be sad to lose that view while cooking!

[@IAmTechnoMaestro]

Yeah this is what puzzled me - to achieve the design you have to make significant edits to the exterior, which seems a bit excessive.

[@lcollins4144]

@@IAmTechnoMaestroI think this is more meant as a design change before the house is built. You’re right, changing all this in an existing house might not be worth the work 😅

[@chrstiania]

@@lcollins4144 but even if the house doesn't exist yet - you probaby need to find a new plot of land to build your house on.

[@mandarabbit7444]

This really made me rethink the designs of houses and uses of space. Thanks for this example. Congrats on the new book!!

[@kareyreuben3869]

I like a kitchen that has a view of the driveway so you can see who's coming, especially if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen.

[@totally_not_a_bot]

Growing up, I could see the street from my bedroom. I eventually realized I should close the blinds while "servicing" myself haha I appreciate that you put all of the rooms facing away from the driveway/street to maintain privacy!

[@parseccentric]

Wow! I didn’t think you could have everything facing the view. Amazing.

[@mEbackward23]

I love it! The winking and the content. I want you to do this to my house! I really want to change the bedrooms around and move the laundry room to another place. I feel like the square footage could've been better arranged than it originally was!

[@geniej2378]

As long as it’s actually a view and not a busy road at ground level! Putting the bedrooms at the back of the house could be for privacy and quiet in that scenario.

[@haikubarbie]

🎉 Wahoo! Congratulations on your new book! I can't wait to get more of your functional advice!

[@dianascarletthenry]

Dude, now I need to replan my whole life 😢 love your channel ✨️

[@leonsvideos]

put your book on the christmas wish list, love your lessons!

[@sunlight8299]

Congratulations on the release of your new book! I'm looking forward to you taking bigger steps on a larger scale to revolutionise the way modern buildings are organized/arranged 😅

[@doggomon8362]

Im An Arch student and have been loving watching these for understanding interiors. Im starting to love making them xD. Would love to get the book but not much money atm

[@normaalvarado7540]

The pasillo can be a cooling design to ventilate the house if there are exterior openings on either end.

[@8Fizzy8Jelly8]

I started to follow your social media after I read your book but until now I didn't realize it was yours. I really appreciate your insight: it's no surprise how popular your work is! It's been about a year since I read it now I want to read it again!

[@Terrascape_]

I bought this book recently, I absolutely loved it. Its like having a manual for designing

[@user-qx4bp5rf3n]

Cliff, you are a wizard.

[@NancyJ238]

I didn't realize how depressed I am until I saw how happy you are!

[@SouthpawElbowJabber]

Wow, you are amazing! The thought process 🤩 and the final placement for everything was a million times better! 🎉

[@jonathancauley5345]

Wow! This looks amazing and the way you did was superb!

[@stephr1705]

It's so satisfying and calming watching your videos. I really want to redo my house or at least reorganize.

[@jesyheller199]

I love that your content is actually in your sponsorship, best ad on YT. Happy for you!!!!!

[@donnasmith9579]

I enjoy your videos. I find that I’m already using your Feng Shui placements in my home. I’m not an expert. I do what makes sense and feels comfortable.

[@tinak.3022]

Look at you becoming famous and writing books! 📚 🎉 Congratulations to you! 😊 It’s wonderful to see such an incredible person achieving their dreams.

[@killiansirishbeer]

I bought your book months ago. It is very interesting and informative. It really helped me plan my bedroom when we moved houses recently 👍

[@Aveirah]

the three bedrooms stuck together is kinda an ooofff noise- and privacy-wise.

[@WaldoCampos1]

congrats on your new book!

[@tarny6845]

Ooh book gimme….. got it …happy now 😊

[@aroe3714]

Going to buy you book now… Love your channel! My hubby’s and my response to everything: “Now you know!”

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Wow. Love how you did the designing. I'm designing two 400 sq ft Tiny homes. Just got your book. Thank you.

[@BbsnNbs]

This happens in sooo many modern buildings. They somehow always manage to put the bedrooms on the busy and noisy side and so many thing being done wrong with modern buiding. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@BuddhaFang]

Looks great. Will you please do one that keeps the same footprint of the structure?

[@zarahsgarden2097]

Agreed. Would be nice not to have to demo your whole house to get some Feng shui in there lol

[@jabbygurl]

@@zarahsgarden2097he mentioned in the comments this is for an actual client in Chile. I think their home hasn’t been built yet

[@alohatigers1199]

Maybe plan first before starting construction?

[@jonathanravenhilllloyd2070]

GUUUUUUUUURL! Me encanta que hablas castellano también. 🎉 You jolly polyglot, you!

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

CONGRATS on the new book!!

[@kcass8037]

your such a great guy 🙂 i just ordered that book, it will help me a lot for sure🤩 thank you

[@samsmom1491]

I'm new to your channel and a new subscriber. I love the way you think and your sense of humor. I did this with a floorplan for our future retirement home of less than 800 square feet in Belize. Everything was perfectly laid out in the open living/dining/kitchen, but the bedroom/bathroom was all wrong. I cut out all the individual parts and rearranged it to fit what I needed and now it's perfect! I'm going to build a 1/12th scale model of it out of cardboard or even MDF to see if I need to make additional changes.

[@debloui]

Congratulations on your book!!! Best sponsorship ad ever ❤

[@kaizen_5091]

Much more practical and thoughtful, the redesign. Congrats on the book, on my list to buy 😊

[@malizee2264]

Beautiful! I love your videos! Could you do one like this on the best layout for a tiny house? I’m currently trying to design one…in miniatures 😁🙏🏽💚

[@edi9892]

Great video as always. Could you please make a series on how to make a place the least inviting? Maybe starting with the entrance, but only in terms of architecture and conventional decor (so no such things as nailing a rotting, gutted, human corpse next to the entrance)

[@laurahardgrove955]

Looks like you don't want the mother in law visiting twice...

[@edi9892]

@@laurahardgrove955 LOL. No. I was thinking more in terms of security... The funniest thing I've seen was a doormat with the inscription: Dear burglar, my neighbor is far richer than me... The best real-life example I've seen was a garage door in an industrial area that opened up to a pealed-out storage building, which now had a home wrapped around the walls with a central garden (no outside facing windows, the only light stems from the garden and it's basically an engawa and not traditional walls with windows). As long as the door remains closed, no one would even think that someone was living there, let alone on such a nice plot of land...

[@starbunny7301]

This is very good to think about before you start building your house!

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

OMG! 😍Congratulations on the book, Cliff! ❤😘 Love the re-design. 🤩

[@sophierobinson2738]

The kitchen should always be next to the driveway, for ease of carrying groceries in.

[@lyndaster46]

Congratulations on your book!! and you are SO fun and amazing. :)

[@dy97]

I am so so happy that I got my copy of your book!!! It's such a nice book it will be my winter reading!

[@cc6861]

You are so funny! And informative! Congratulations on the New Book!!

[@ProfWereW]

Got your book last week, because I have difficulties furnishing my living room

[@Bananna2990]

I love your videos and personality

[@istilldancing]

Congratulations on your book! I love your channel! You funneee 😆👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Floruisse]

Congratulations on the book 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 cheering for you, I’m your big fan!

[@FifalianaFilms]

Just bought the book, excited to listen to it!!!

[@jenniferplanitzod6890]

Congratulations on your book release! 🎉

[@midae9041]

¿Mis oídos escucharon bien? Hablaste español ❤ alegraste mi corazón por eso.

[@Patrihow]

I wish I could afford to hire you to create my dream home now I know you speak some Spanish! Loving your accent man you're so cool! ❤❤❤

[@JakeMiller2020]

Really enjoyed your excitement about your book's presence on Audible 😂

[@WhisperingEarthMom]

Despensa = pantry 👍🏻

[@danielhawkins3392]

I love your work so much cliff. Definitely looking forward to your book under my Christmas tree

[@tigsik3128]

Thank you. Now i just need a house 🏠

[@tareginda]

Congratulations on your book release!

[@MarkisaxX]

Seeing the crack in Mr. Tan's wall makes me feel like I have to buy the book now. haha

[@Jules_Pew]

Thank you for acknowledging that shopping needs the shortest distance to be dumped off.

[@SuzanneL]

Congratulations, going to buy your book 😎💕

[@davido.p.9850]

Excellent!

[@pn4960]

Congratulations on your book !

[@odasoto7419]

I will buy your book, ask my husband for Christmas lol

[@Jen39x]

Congratulations on your book

[@coleenbutlerrodriguez2682]

Love your channel!

[@armymatty5362]

I'm glad I'm subscribed to you

[@Ibian666]

It's an interesting idea. Worth remembering.

[@diunasiek]

I guess there was a reason why the house had a ratio as before. Your new design crosses the previous boundaries . The question is, will your new design fit within the ground's limits? It would be helpful if you made a video on such topic. :)

[@inuhundchien6041]

Congrats on your book!

[@MelissaDNunes]

As a residential architectural and interior designer, I'm cringing just a little. I'm on board with taking advantage of the views and sheltering the private spaces from the driveway and public view. However, I would imagine there has to be some feng shui standards about bedroom doors opening directly into public areas. There's no privacy, nor protection from sound. Sound and light are often overlooked in home design, yet they make the biggest impact. I would suggest extending the hallway and adding a turn. This would block the view from the living area and entry into the bedrooms as well as break the path of sound so it doesn't amplify down the hall *right* into the primary bedroom! Right now that hallway is going to act like a sound tunnel and we all know how much sound echoes in tunnels!

[@lindaraterink6451]

lol at first I thought why is Cliff putting the hallway (vestibulo) in the middle of the house? Now there is no point to enter! I am glad you corected it.

[@JodieMiners]

Audible book purchased!

[@epicnamepwns1242]

Huh, I thought feng shui prefers the front door to be visible from the street (except perhaps a chaotic street) near the center of the front, and not L shaped with a "missing" corner. Personally I would always try to put the laundry as close as possible to a door accessing an appropriate part of the yard for an outdoor clothesline. Sun-dried laundry is not only green but the most luxurious for bedding.

[@marlaadamson1633]

Just bought your book! Thank you ❤

[@jahzlovesouljah]

I love it!!❤ I love your content and your whole vibe!

[@ThetaBand]

Very good!

[@murdermittensnyc]

Brilliant!❤❤

[@lynn858]

So... what you can do to plan better when you have a conveniently large piece of land, and aren't affected by zoning setbacks, or other restrictions of the exterior built form. .. such as increasing the cost by increasing the wall area and complexity of the shape... but yet want to build bedrooms that barely fit the (presumably to scale) bed. Makes perfect sense.

[@EJHRB]

I would add some sort of separation between the foyer and the dining room that the two bedrooms open up to for more privacy (wooden slats or shelves or bookcase. Doesn't have to be a wall). Imagine having guests and someone is in one of the bedrooms and wants to come out/or in without being seen. That big foyer also seems to be alot of wasted space.

[@50gramsof]

Only buying this audiobook if it’s read by the author ❤

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

When he plugged his own book, I cackled😂. I should've seen that coming

[@mrnnhnz]

Looks good, though if I were doing it I'd try to a) have the new home fitting exactly onto the old foundation, so I don't have to create a new bit of foundation (which will potentially settle over time at a different rate than the existing foundation, leaving the house with unevennesses in the floors.) And b) I'd try and do it in such a way that I won't have to move too many water and sewerage pipes around. As per this design, it seems to me (and I'm not an expert, so perhaps my concerns are unfounded,) that to get your new plan going, you more or less have to demolish the existing home and start again, practically from scratch. I don't want to take anything away from your design though. Layout-wise, the new home seems a lot nicer and more usable.

[@PaintingandExercise]

This is very nice but I think that most homes should be built with closets or bathrooms between bedrooms for noise buffering and more privacy. I like that you eliminate the wasteful long hallways. They only work if you can put console tables, narrow furniture, or built in cabinets in them. I may have tried putting the "kids" bedrooms more towards the front of the house and the entire master suite along the rear of the house. I really love the work that you do.

[@craigmerkey8518]

I come here for the personality! Sometimes I forget to absorb what you are saying!

[@ladyofthemasque]

If it were me (not a feng shui expert by any means, but I do think about how we live & move in a given space), I'd turn that M/E room's entrance a quarter turn to the right (toward the opened hall area), and put a bench seat along the wall facing the front door. This would prevent all the incoming energy from ramming into that mechanical/electrical room, or being constantly confronted by an always closed door that people might mistake for a closet, but it isn't. (It just feels like you're being blocked in your life when you come home only to see as the very first thing a constantly shut door right there in your face.) Instead, you will have that nice bench to sit on, where you can take off your outdoor shoes and put on your indoor shoes, making it very disabled/elderly/tired after a long day friendly. (Just make it wide enough for 2 people, or for a person and a bag or purse or briefcase, so they don't feel cramped or crowded when doing what needs to be done.) I would also add a corner table on the side next to the passageway to the rest of the house if there's room. Give it a rounded or at least angled front to prevent clumsy people from banging their leg against the sharp corner, and you have a convenient place to put items, whether it's a plant, a lamp, a basket for incoming or outgoing mail, keys, or so forth. It will help channel the flow of movement without feeling like you're being confronted by sharp toothy corners on both sides. I was taught that inner corners of rooms (angles poking into the room), much like beams crossing above furniture, feel like it's psychologically "poking" or "cutting" into a person. The last thing you need when you come home after a long day of work is to have to face choppers or snippers ready to pinch and pierce you mentally, just to get into your own safe space. So it's either put a curved or angled table against that corner to blunt its sharpness (a cheap solution), or (if you have the funds & the room), build a bit of diagonal wall off of each of the two corners and turn it into an angled archway. (This of course depends on how much room you have to build an archway that you can still get furniture through, of course.) Having the bench visually there each time you come home pre-prepares your brain to *think* about resting as soon as you come in. Softening those two corners as you pass through them to the rest of the house helps you to relax the need to constantly keep up your guard. It's a great little psychological trick to make sure your home is restful and comforting!

[@BrookeDoesScience]

How would you set it up so the primary bedroom isn’t sharing a wall with the other bedrooms? I’m not a fan of kids or guests being on the other side of my bedroom wall

[@nr7701]

That was my thought too. I don't necessarily want to share a wall with a kid's bedroom if I can help it. I guess it makes most sense to put the master closet, maybe a bathroom or dining room, inbetween the master bedroom and other bedrooms without knowing more details (direction of sunlight, plumbing setup, specific wants of the client, etc.) (The kitchen and living room are also options that'll want a nice view, but might get too loud if someone is asleep in the next room.)

[@BrookeDoesScience]

@@nr7701 right … I personally would have swapped the kid rooms with the living room and kitchen area … still views, yeah? I want the kids far away from me 🤣 that’s not the kind of energy I need by my room

[@alorastewart7091]

Facts lol I don't like sharing a wall with my kids my house plans basically have my room on one external wall and them on the opposite one with bathrooms and stairs in-between well be on an upper floor though and in the middle of nowhwre so views aren't really an issue either

[@BrookeDoesScience]

@@alorastewart7091 all of our bedrooms are upstairs, but our closet touches the closet of the one kids room and then the bedroom that shares a wall with us is my office since I work from home. Even that feels too close. I wanted a different floorplan that had my closet touching the kid’s bathroom wall instead, but the builder said our lot wasn’t the right size for that plan. I couldn’t compromise on my lot though. It’s gorgeous