Planning House Traffic

Planning floor traffic through your home can greatly increase convenience. You will have to take into account how your house is situated, the view, terrain, size etc. The traffic flow will never be perfect, but try to follow as many of the floorplans guidelines below as you can. Shown is a very simple one story floor plans layout with floor traffic flow arrows. Your floorplans layout may not be this simple but you'll get the idea.
1 - The distance from the garage to the kitchen of the house is direct and short.
2 - The foyer is centrally located and convenient to all parts of the house.
3 - All bedrooms are close to a bath.
4 - Few rooms of a house have floor traffic planned through them.
5 - Pay attention to space relationships. (Dining room in relation to kitchen).
6 - Try to separate the living room from the kitchen of the house if there is a family room.
7 - It is usually advisable to locate the laundry near the kitchen of the house so you can do laundry while working or relaxing in the kitchen.
8 - In recent years it has become quite common to locate the laundry on the second floor of the house, near the bedrooms of the house.
9 - There should be a closet near all entry doors of the house.