Take into consideration all of your existing fixed elements like cabinets, trim, etc. I’d steer you away from those grey floors regardless of the size of your house if you have any natural wood stained trim or cabinets.

Congrats on your new home! There's a lot of potential to give the exterior some needed charm, not sure what your budget is. I think changing the windows to a sliding door would be odd on the front view of the home, but maybe you can consider hanging some pretty sheers in the window so it doesn't look so frumpy from the outside view. I can imagine a ground level paved area in front of windows to have some seating there, with some added landscaping to give it some privacy somewhat while you enjoy sitting out there. That whole area left of garage could be landscaped so mowing the lawn would be just on the front end of garage area. Not sure how you feel about the deck walkway, I would get rid of it, kind of doesn't fit really. Create a nicer walkway with large tiles leading from driveway to front door. What does the backyard look like? Would you be able to move all the doo-dads and yard stuff from the front to the back and enjoy them there? Or consider removing all the yard stuff until you finish updating what you decide to change. I think it could look quite charming when you spruce up what is there and fix up the landscaping. It may take some time but is a doable fun project!

Pretty mockup Sena! I finally got a change to revisit this thread. I kept on thinking about how to get the freezer column out of the laundry and actually within the kitchen space. Especially, since it looks like you might be planning for an all fridge column to pair with it? If you were doing a normal 36” french door fridge, and the column was just for additional freezer space, that would not bother me. But, I would not like to walk that far to my only freezer. One example, if I need to grab frozen fruit to make my daily smoothie. I feel like you should be able to find space for it somewhere because the kitchen and pantry combined should be enough space. I learned here from Buehl, a freezer or fridge in the pantry is not a great idea because of the heat it produces, but I wonder if it might be okay as long as you kept the pocket door or narrow double swing doors open most of the time? I would want to leave the door open anyways since it has the nice window view straight across from the door. Here is one idea I had. The pantry layout could go several ways, depends on whether you are ok having a counter across the low window. i would want to keep the long run of counter myself. You could even add a small prep sink if you wanted. So…. if you cannot tell, I am in love with your backyard view! I keep wanting to make that whole wall endless windows! 🥰 I also thought the laundry and powder room needed to shrink so the dining table had some breathing room around it. I made the table a 36” wide by 6’ long. It could have a leaf that you could remove so it is a smaller table for 4 most times. The one table that you drew just looked so narrow to me, but I wasn’t quite sure what you had in mind. I moved your bigger window over more to the right, added a window to where the existing door to the deck was, and then matched that window size on the other side. I wasn’t positive if a couple saddle style stools would fit, but I also really wanted some seats at the peninsula! For the low window in the pantry, if you don’t want to raise the window up above the counter, this was sort of what I had in mind. I don’t think it would look bad from the outside at all. Of course, you would have it in your own style. Here was an idea if you wanted to add a small prep sink in front of the window. Below is a kitchen and pantry remodel from the blog Chris loves Julia where they put the freezer column in the pantry and fridge column in the kitchen proper. I was imagining your peninsula on the left side of the doorway and then instead seeing the freezer and shelves, you would see the low window with countertop going across. Freezer more to the left. But if you prefer to leave the window with nothing blocking it, that would look very pretty too. Maybe like this? Sorry, I am definitely not sure the best way to lay it out with the window free and clear. Anyways, just thought I would throw this one out for kicks!

We had a similar office in a prior home and we outfitted it with a large credenza/hutch on the top wall, a lateral file cabinet in the bottom right corner, and the desk perpendicular to the left wall. My husband preferred to sit on the bottom side of the desk facing the credenza, but facing the window is also an option…would just need to move the desk further down the wall to have more space between the desk/credenza. The second option gives easier access to credenza, if that’s a priority. Bottom line is…there is plenty of room to set up a generous office with lots of storage.