Thank you for asking for more clarifications: This is an existing master bedroom, not an addition. The outside shape of the home on the "top" and "bottom" of the drawing page can't be changed due to property setbacks. The "right" side of the drawing currently has two patio doors that open to a 4ft wide catwalk that is around 4-5ft above ground - the house is a split entry so there are windows for the downstairs bedroom and office under that catwalk. Due to the roof design and cost to change it, we don't really want to consider pushing out the wall on the right that has the patio doors. To the "left" of the drawing on the other side of the wall of the existing bathroom is the kitchen. To the other side of the wall of closets in the bedroom and "below" the area noted as 5ft hallways in the bedroom is the opening for the split entry steps. Not shown in the drawing to the left of the kitchen and steps is the living room/great room.

Thank you, all, so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it. Bpathome: phenomenal ideas about reworking that right side of the main floor. I love your idea of the friends/family entrance and adjusting some of those spaces to make it more kid-friendly. Your comment about your boys getting distracted while walking in to get a water bottle totally cracked me up! Been there myself a thousand times and would never have thought of adjusting that space to make it more user-friendly for them, but ultimately, me! :-) Thank you for the ideas! Let me answer a couple questions that you all had. 1. The whole house actually has been designed together, not piecemeal. The reason I didn't include the lower level, bonus space over the garage, and the outside elevations is because those are currently being reworked by the architect and he's making so many changes that it seemed pointless to even show those at this time. 2. I should've clarified that the views are beautiful out both the back and the front of the house, but the front is especially gorgeous, with the added bonus of being a spot where my boys will likely be playing and riding bikes, so I like the idea of placing the kitchen with those views so I can keep an eye on them most of the time. But the back yard views are lovely, too. 3. We will have neighbors behind us, but probably won't see their house much because we have a deep back yard and a buffer of woods between us. 4. The office is small because we will have an office in the basement if anyone ever needs to work from home, which neither my husband nor I, do. (Yet I know it's important for resale, so we will have one). What we really need on the main floor is a "home management center" instead...a place to have a couple of filing cabinets, a printer, charging center for phones, and a place to drop and deal with mail. We don't have a desk top computer (both my husband and I use laptops). Thus the small size of the main floor "office". 5. The garage is angled because the contour of the land on the right side of the house is very low. It's going to require a lot of fill to get it to a manageable slope and to bring a driveway in over there would be difficult. So that pretty much eliminates a side entry garage. And other than a front facing garage, we're basically left with the angled option. As for the master closet/bathroom area, it occurred to me to square off that area, too, but even in doing that, I'm not actually gaining a ton of usable shelf/hanging space. I gain a little, I suppose, but moving around in it is still tight because of its narrow nature. I suspect that entire closet/bathroom area needs to be reworked (i.e., remove the walls as they're drawn in those two rooms and start from scratch with the existing footprint to reallocate space). My brain just doesn't work this way and I'm TERRIBLE to "seeing" the potential on paper, which is why I was hoping that someone here would have some ideas about how to fix it.

Our property is some what pie shaped, with the widest part towards the east end. It is also wooded with most of the trees on the south side. So the best views will be to the east. We plan to place the house running from the northeast to the southwest to let more light in. The garage will be about 20' from the north property line. We've actually worked with a architect in the past, but they have since closed up shop. It was a struggle as they couldn't get what we were after; an front entry that doesn't open into the living room (i.e privacy) , a not so open floor plan and finally a plan that doesn't looks like every other house. I'm curious what are the other problems you see?

No wood-look tile! Whatever you do, please do NOT put down fake wood against real wood. It cheapens BOTH products and makes things look awkward. Can you continue the shower tile onto the floor? Is it rated for flooring? If so, then it is possible to use a decorative tile at the base of the tub (I would match the colour to the cabinet) and then start the flooring with the 'shower tile'. I can't see the shower tile, but I'm assuming it is close to the original floor tile. If you absolutely cannot find something that is a decent COLOUR/texture match, then I would sacrifice the cabinet (or paint it...) and put down a darker floor that is the match to the diamond accents in the tub surround. In fact it might be possible to 'invert' the colour scheme (dark main tile with lighter 'diamond' accent). If you do that, you do NOT want a dark cabinet on a dark floor. Sacrificing the cabinet (possibly the counter top as well...but that's another concern) is the cheapest way to get this done. Just keep it in mind - a different (lighter) cabinet colour will offer you more options for your flooring. It could save your sanity.