Thanks for the input everyone. I'm trying to avoid having to put more money in to this than I really have to. I'd like to avoid changing the door to the closet if need be. JustJulie-The only problem with removing that wall would be it has electrical switches on it, possibly outlets too, can't remember. Wonder how easily that could be moved, but then again, where would you move it? Probably wouldn't do a pocket door to get in. Makes too much noise and I'm a light sleeper and would hear DH closing it to get ready for work at 3am. I'd probably do a door like we have now, glass panel, like a Frehch door, I guess it's called? We put a mini blind on the backside for privacy and so you can't see the vanity through the glass. I haven't worked on any type of configurations but I don't think there's a hell of a lot that can be done to change it around and I don't want to get too crazy as I'm trying to keep the costs down. LIVE WIRE-not sure we could remove other wall, that right side of the doorway is where the plumbing is, so when you look at the tub, the faucet is on the left side, not the right where I wish it would be. I can't remember if there is any wall space to the left of the tub, but I take it there has to be something there for the plumbing to be. And as I mentioned above, the right side of the wall has electrical inside. I'd definitely like to have the toilet area "privatized". I'd really like to keep it to one sink, we just don't need two and I'd much rather have a place where I can sit down and do my hair/make-up as I have now. Currently I have my vanity where the left side has a drawer and space for a chair underneath that I can sit at, a bank of drawers and then the sink with a cabinet underneath. I also think about one less sink to clean and one less pipe to unclog. Now, a linen cabinet, that would be a nice addition in there. When I saw the house last, I took some measurements. The outside vanity is 44" wide and the inside vanity is 29" wide. I think the length of the bathroom is 8'2" with the floor space between the vanity and the outside of the tub being 5'. I didn't take the measurement of the outside vanity area from where I'd put the door to the back of the wall where the vanity is. I can't believe I'm having such a hard time finding a floor plan/layout on the web that's similar. I'm going through magazines, books, websites and nothing yet. Pray that I get this house!!!

We wanted first floor master as that is what we had in our last house but when it came time to build we went with 2nd floor master and here is why. We built on a 100 ft wide lot with a neighborhood that mandates side load garages (which we like anyway). If you are building a house with large common areas, it doesn't give you much width to do a nice size master suite on the first floor. Yes - you can always build back but on smaller lots, you resist side windows, and as you build back, you have less window space per floor space (think townhouse). So after looking at spec houses in the same neighborhood, we realized that we liked what we could get only in 2nd floor master plans. The footprint stayed smaller which kept our garage entry easy and kept us away from a river running through the back yard (more like a seasonal thing but either way something you don't want near the house). Our neighbor has a 1st floor master - he has a hard time getting in his driveway. And his closets are smaller than ours. So for a "city" lot with a bigger house, 2nd floor master allows a better suite. For privacy - two walls are exterior, one is against master bath and then laundry room and the fourth is a large master closet bumped up mostly to a closet in a guest bedroom. There is a small area that goes from master closet directly into guest bedroom but otherwise we are 3 walls away from anyone. We also have 2 doors - one to the suite and one to the bedroom. And for virtual separation our suite is a foot higher so you have to walk up 2 stairs to get to it.

Thanks arielitas_mom! yes,my plan is to make a nice, big, luxurious tiled shower along the same wall that the corner shower is now. Probably about 39" w x 6 feet long (unless that's TOO long...). I do feel like this is a compromise, since a 3BR/2BA (and lts face it, most people will use it as 2BR/2BA/office) feels like it's step down, as far as the target market, from the 3BR/3BA/office we'd planned when we bought it. But it's good to hear some positive feedback from you folks about the compromise, because it really would stretch us too far to do the addition. Thank you! So what do you all think about the fact that there's no proper dining room? The DR area is really more of a dining "nook" and there's no place to put a really big dining table. ?????

I got a body pillow at Wally World today for $8.88. (I could have sworn the tag below said they were $14 or something. I think the register made a mistake. I may have to go back and get two more for bolsters for the daybed and stuff them into a casing. They come in beige, blue, brown, green, and maybe gold. It pays to shop. I tried to find material to match the blue in my comforter, but didn't find that yet. Will keep looking. I did find a chenille throw in a similar color - which in a pinch I could use to cover the body pillow. red lover, I know what you mean about trying the stuff out and being able to see it in person. I have a new policy where I have an envelope in my purse which contains all the receipts for the last month or so from shopping for decorator items. You wouldn't believe how much stuff I have returned. I also returned a bunch of molding pieces to HD and Lowes I wasn't going to use and I got a ton of money back - molding is very expensive because they sell it by the foot. Some I get credit for because I returned stuff I couldn't find the receipt for, but I knew I would be buying more stuff there anyway and the gift cards they give you if you don't have the receipt, really help out. red lover, you are so right about getting stuff in person. There are so many diffeent colors out there - greens can be shade off and they still match, but it seems like the blues can really clash. Thanks for your advice. I don't know what to tell you about the comforter you have - unless you can go to a discount fabric place and cover it with something you like? Some stuff is not very well made these days. But even if you can sew, any fabric purchased is more money than you can buy things already made for - so it's a catch 22.