That's essentially what I designed for myself, to reduce budget while (IMO) still looking pretty and historic. It's a 30x38 foot box. I've wrote a bit about it:

That's essentially what I designed for myself, to reduce budget while (IMO) still looking pretty and historic. It's a 30x38 foot box. I've wrote a bit about it: https://map.simonsarris.com/p/designing-a-new-old-home-beginnings https://map.simonsarris.com/p/designing-a-new-old-home-begin... But what you decide for the interior plan, to be ideal for you, is very much up to how you plan to use your house.