ADA or Universal Design has come a long way. My entire house is UD and with the exception of extra space in a few places and some grab bars in the bathrooms you'd never know.

Very nice, thank you so much for sharing!

Omg mdln, I love love love that. Love. I don't think the designers looked outside too much as what they thought would be a 5 ft vanity would actually be a 4 ft vanity due to the jut out. I'll have to take a look outside and some measurements. Thank you for this pic! bevelyfla- we currently walk through the br to get to the closet, it's all good here. As robo said of her area, it's typical for this area as well. Thanks for the other layout idea. crl-I agree with having the shower a bit further away as to not wake up the other one. rockybird- we have to tape it out to see exactly how we will be able to move in the space. I don't want it to be tight considering it is such a large area. Thanks palimpsest! Great tweaking!

Having just sold our home and now beginning to build our next one, we have learned the following from our real estate agent and our home designer. 1) 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on the second level are ideal for families seeking a two-story home. Each bathroom does not require a tub. As long as one upstairs washroom has a tub, you can remove it from the other washrooms. Could this be a possibility to save you some space? 2) Laundry on the upstairs is ideal as that is where the vast majority of your laundry will come from. Having said that, I have 2nd-floor laundry in my current home and I constantly bringing my baskets down to the main level to fold it while I watch TV. The easier solution would be for me to add a TV to my room but I am too cheap to pay for another cable box ;) 3) For your laundry room, be sure to add a sink and ensure you have cupboards for storage and space for hanging & folding. My current laundry room has a sloped ceiling so I cannot hang anything. I am continually having to put a drying rack in the hallway. Ugh!!