I really like the plan Lavender_lass posted. Seems to have much better flow and traffic control. There are so many things we like about our current house but I wish I'd listened to fellow GW'ers about through traffic in my kitchen. It makes it more hectic with people in and out, standing in my cooking zone and not safe when there are small children. I like it enough that I'm going to play with it and see if I could adapt it for 'us' as a 1 story.

I bought this lovely Hoya inconspicua as a cutting from Denise last fall. This plant is quickly becoming a favorite, it rooted fast and grows even faster. I have mine in a West window where it gets a lot of light, and it has a peduncle of buds getting ready to open. I am so excited to see these little pink flowers open up! This is a great Hoya, I have to say. Definitely one of the easy ones, and makes waiting for flowers on some much easier.

chicagoans - Fortunately, we took pictures of everything, when the walls were still open. No wiring where I'm thinking about the broom closet. It would be lovely to do a 4' deep pullout over the broom closet but no-one makes glides that big:) Incorporating the broom closet to the left changes the dimensions of the cabinet and I think I've decided on them. Here's a lovely example of the broom closet on the left; my concern is that the size of my drawers diminishes significantly. The glides are not inexpensive, so there's more bang to the buck with larger drawers. smm5525, Lowers will be drawers with inner pullouts. I can just hear hollysprings advising against 'open door, pull out'.... which I get entirely. My current food planning/inventory/selection process is to walk over and scan. Now, I'll need to 'kick' - to open the lower drawer' and then tap to open the inner drawer. There will be two upper, inner pullouts, like this, in each lower drawer, though positioned differently; each 21" wide x 22" deep. So while I won't have doors with slide outs, I will have a drawer with slide-outs, which is similar. Not optimal but hopefully excellent storage.

Still confused. What's on the house now, and does it all match? The middle picture in your OP clearly shows that it has been altered, B&B on the dormers and shakes on the front. Why do you want to reside the front and why mention the wall above the sunroom -- is it somehow different the the rest of the house? Is the problem simply you need additional siding for the garage addition and what is available now does not match what is on the existing house?