Personally I dont like closets that have to be accessed through a bathroom, so I would make the entry from the bedroom. I would move the angled counter? in between kitchen and dining. I think the bathrooms work really well for the 2nd and 3rd bedroom, like that whole area actually.

Combine the mudroom with the utility area for more flexibility. Your laundry will be difficult to vent where it's located, so I'd actually want it on the exterior wall where you show the door. Then the exit door from the garage could be moved back into the utility/mud room and that would save a lot of dirt and flotsam from getting into the home. People come in the door and drop things. They don't like to come in the door and turn to go into a room to drop things.

Whatever that strangely angled counter is in the kitchen, it needs to go. Far away. If you want some type of seating in the kitchen, you need a G shape with a peninsula, which limits entry and exit to the kitchen. I think it's fine without any seating in the kitchen since the eating area is right there next to the kitchen.

Are you in a sunny climate where the South facing facade is always hot and needs shade? If so, then you need to extend that porch all the way across the front to keep cooling costs down. And the rear, north side will be nice and cool for your patio and porches. If you're not, and you really want a lot of light into the rooms, especially in winter, you should re-orient the home so that the most used space like the family room faces south. And then don't have any covered porches off of the family space. Do them off of the little used bedroom or utility areas where you won't be sacrificing natural light.

I think your entry is long and narrow, and will be uncomfortable to use if you're welcoming more than one or two people, especially if you live in a place where people tend to remove their shoes when they enter a house. I'd be tempted to try to find a different location for the powder room so you could open the foyer up a little.

Do you have 5 children living at home? Or just the 17 year old and 6 year old? If it's just two kids, I'm not sure I'd put lockers in the mudroom, because you'll be down to just one so soon. If it's 5, will there be more bedrooms upstairs?

We only have two at home right now. In the kitchen there is an island in front of the sink and a bar in front of it.

I have that bathroom there bc I have a disabled sister that stays with us at times and I thought it would be easier for her to access, esp. at night. Thoughts?

I also needed to keep the sq. foot around 1900 sq. ft.

I appreciate all of the input so far...

I don't care for the entry, I like more openness when I step in. I LOVE the bedroom/bath combo on the right.

Here Kathi, I've cropped your image in and darkened it for you so folks can see it better.

I think the design wastes space in the masterbath. If the masterbath were redesigned, I think you could wind up with a larger masterbedroom, a window over the tub, and possibly a larger shower. Whether you like having the closet open off of the bath or bedroom is a personal taste matter.

The kitchen definitely needs reworking. After enlarging and enhancing your image, it is clear that there is something (a small island?) in the MIDDLE of the kitchen between the sink and that odd shaped island. You should consider taking the kitchen to the "kitchens forum" and asking them for their advice. But do tell us what that thing in the middle is first! And also what that is in the front corner next to the study.

I don't like how tiny the closets for the secondary bedrooms are. I think the J&J bath wastes space that would be better used for larger bedroom closets. Have to run right now but will try to sketch some quick revision suggestions later this evening.

I don't think the staggered facade that creates a diagonal from left to right is a strong design element. If you reworked that you may be able to turn the study and gain a wider entry.

You seem to be focusing on small functional issues as if solving enough of them would create an interesting house. You need to focus on the main spaces and try to create attractive rather than functional relationships between them. A good example is the front entry foyer that is designed as if it were the back door. A foyer should welcome people to your home with a bit more space than absolutely necessary and some furniture especially a place to sit.

The secondary bedrooms seem really cramped, size-wise, but I appreciate the need to control square footage.

I wouldn't want guests to have access to my study via that powder bathroom, so I would definitely want a lock on that door between powder and study. Even though I'm not a fan of having my office in my bedroom, I would be tempted to do so vs. leaving passwords, bank info etc. in a room just off the room than any passing person would have access to if they borrowed my powder room. It would be annoying to feel like I had to keep that info continually locked up.

The living room....I'm not feeling a good furniture arrangement based on the location of door openings. Maybe four awesome club chairs around a round coffee table? Or am I imagining that those windows to the porch are sliding glass doors?

I don't mind the size of the master bathroom at all, and don't see any need to make the master bedroom bigger. Bigger is not always more beautiful. Sometimes it is just awkward, full of space that must be filled.

I love closets accessed through the bathroom - all my clothing and laundry mess is confined to the area where I dress, undress, bathe, etc. I do not have any clothing storage in my bedroom at all, and I like it that way. I have shelves with baskets for pre-sorting our laundry right as it comes off of us. Great time-saver.

Consider flipping the master bathroom closet area and shower/bath area - and add clerestory windows with opaque glass to get some natural light into the bathroom that way, including another source of air to keep the shower dried out.

If you also flip the stairs, you can have a door to dump dirty laundry right into the laundry room from the master bath, a huge work-saver. Especially if you can find a way to also send clean baskets of laundry back through an opening. Sweet.

Whether you move the stairs or not, a door to access the under-stair area from the garage would be an extremely practical idea if you don't need climate controlled storage.

If you flip your master closet, you can simply open up that whole under-stair area directly to the master closet for additional and more secure semi-hidden storage, possibly put a safe in that area, etc.

I don't see hanging space for clothing in the laundry area. I can't do without that, as hanging to dry saves electricity and wear-and-tear on clothing.

Create a way to put family member's clean clothing as well as backpacks, etc. in the "locker" area. might even be able to use the space for "hang drying." My mom used plastic dishpans set on shelves to sort our clothing so we could put it away ourselves.

Add a closet to the study NOW and you can use it (and resell) the house as a 4 bedroom. And hide ugly file cabinets and office supply storage at the same time. We live in a digital age, and we often do not need as much space as we think for our office needs.

Steal a little more space and add a shower to that powder bath, given the number of people you have living at home. And/or fix the J&J bathroom to allow access from the hall.
Doing this also keeps guests from having to go through other people's bedrooms when the powder room is busy. I'm living with that challenge right now. People living in the bedrooms do NOT appreciate the through-traffic.

There are two other potties in the house should an emergency arise during someone's shower. Also, I despise seeing a sink from the inside of a bedroom with these J&J set ups. So unsightly.

Love that you only have one dining area. If it isn't big enough in real life, consider making the LR into a glorious DR-cum-fireplace, and making the area off the kitchen into a cozy lounge somehow. People can visit with you without helping you in the kitchen, and then everyone can retreat to a gloriously big dining area without any dirty dishes in view. Just a thought.

Instead of two kitchen islands, how about one rectangular one that invites flow through the kitchen? The end can have space to sit and put your knees under for those who want to eat in the kitchen. Then you can extend the counter or pantry space all the way to the end of the wall where you currently have an empty spot.

Expensive mistake:
Front entry looks unpleasantly narrow. This is a big "first impressions" error that could cost you tons of potential buyers in the future. An extra foot or two will make a huge difference here. Seriously. So would a niche with an electrical outlet for a little chest, lamp etc. to create a welcoming feel to the space without impinging on a 4-5 foot wide walk space. Use the bump out creatively in the bedroom behind it by tucking in shelves, a little work-station and/or or a shallow closet in the resulting extra niche in that room.

Neither the back nor front porches seem big enough to me. Remember, you can multiply your usable space by extending your outdoor surfaces. It is worth it to invest up front in the hard scape that carries you and all wheelbarrows and wheelchairs and whatnot gracefully and easily around all outdoor spaces and entries and exits.

Your house seems to be one of those in which the garage is the main entry, because the front door is so darn far away from the driveway. It is important to make that front door entrance wide, generous, inviting. This costs quite a bit, and I'd hate to see that skimped and then ignored for a decade until you could afford to fix it up right.

I really like the extra depth you have along-side the car parking area. Bravo.

Read Myron Ferguson's Build It Right if you want great tips on avoiding all sorts of user-hostile home building mistakes. I also highly recommend anything by Sarah Susanka. I may not be spelling that right, but she wrote all the "Not so big house" books.

Hope this helps!

First, I would like to say thank you for all of your help so far.

There is a small prepping island in the kitchen. I know I want a bar/island in the kitchen for seating.

I agree with the critique of the master bath, but not sure how to rearrange it.

I do not want a Jack and Jill bath, so we will be changing this up.

What is a facade, and how can it be reworked?

Any more suggestions are welcomed...

Thank You

I will echo what others have said about your entry and add my own experience.

When h/o are working on floorplans, a lot of us fall in love with pocket doors. What a space saver not to have to deal with that pesky door sweep!
Here's the problem. No one ever closes doors. Except Moms. Everyone else leaves them open.

When you have a swinging door, you just make sure that a door left open blocks the view of the toilet. With a pocket, it doesn't block anything.

So you have the prospect that, upon entering your home, most of the time people will walk by a view into your toilet.

I know this because at our side entrance (thank goodness we have two other entrances that are far more likely to be used by guests), we have a PR with a pocket door. And it is always open. Drives me crazy. Our architect never mentioned this, and I have only built one home and now I know to warn people to think about pocket doors in BA very carefully!

Add this issue to the narrowness of the entry, and I think people's first impressions will not do justice to your lovely home.