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Shot 16. A winter evening in a 3-bed lodge. Two adults and three children sit eating round a long oak table, under a large linen drum pendant, with candles on the table and sheepskins over the chairs. On the left is the oak kitchen with a stone-topped island, and behind it the living room. Through the full-height glazing on the right, the deck is lit by lanterns, the hot tub is covered and the trees are thick with snow. A natural moment, with no one looking at the camera. Close to the brief.

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The 3-bed family lodge

Ten lodges on the upper track for families and groups. The most bedrooms, and the smallest living room.

The card

lodges 03 of 04

The 3-bed family lodge

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The notes

rendered

Ten of these on the upper track, for families and groups, five on each side of the track. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms fit in the same 20 × 6.8 m box as the others.

the plan

Room Size Notes
Living, kitchen and dining 7.6 × 6.8 m Table for six by the glazing. Island kitchen
Main bedroom 5.0 × 4.4 m En suite shower room
Bedroom 2 4.4 × 3.8 m Double
Bedroom 3 4.4 × 3.6 m Twin singles
Family bathroom 3.0 × 2.4 m Bath with shower over
Boot room 2.0 × 2.4 m Front door, drying cupboard
Deck 96 m² Across the living room and main bedroom

the trade-off

Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a living room for six in 136 m² means the living space here is the smallest of the three types. That's fine for a family. Six adults on a group break will find it snug in wet weather. The deck is where it gains the space back.

the boot room

Muddy kit stops here: a stone floor, a leather-topped bench, iron coat hooks and a heated drying cupboard that doubles as a place for wet dog towels. Every type has one, but it matters most in a lodge full of children and walkers.

against the renders

The family dinner render is close to the brief: two adults and three children round a long oak table, snow outside and the tub covered on the deck. It does show a linen pendant over the table, which the prompt asked for but the interiors notes rule out. The boot room render is close to the brief.

The drawings

1 sheet
Drawing 05, the 3-bed family lodge, about 1 to 100, trees at the top and the track at the bottom. At the west end are bedroom 2, 4.4 × 3.8 m, and bedroom 3, 4.4 × 3.6 m with twin beds, both glazed to the trees, with the family bathroom and a hall behind them. The middle is the 7.6 × 6.8 m living room and kitchen, with a table for six by the glazing. At the east end is the 5.0 × 4.4 m main bedroom, with the en suite and the boot room and front door behind it. The deck and hot tub run in front of the living room and main bedroom, between the planted bank and the timber arm.
01 · Drawing 05

The plates

2 · lift any one out
Shot 16. A winter evening in a 3-bed lodge. Two adults and three children sit eating round a long oak table, under a large linen drum pendant, with candles on the table and sheepskins over the chairs. On the left is the oak kitchen with a stone-topped island, and behind it the living room. Through the full-height glazing on the right, the deck is lit by lanterns, the hot tub is covered and the trees are thick with snow. A natural moment, with no one looking at the camera. Close to the brief.
01 · Shot 16
Shot 18. A boot room on a rainy autumn afternoon. Stone tiled floor with muddy paw prints, an oak bench with a leather top and a tartan blanket, muddy walking boots on a slatted rack beneath it, and waxed jackets on iron hooks. A tall oak drying cupboard stands open, lit warm inside, with more coats and boots in it. A wet springer spaniel sits on a towel looking up, and rain runs down the window behind. Close to the brief.
02 · Shot 18