As already posted, I'd skip the garage and convert the space in more comfortable living, and make some other changes. Move the wall about 3' between the salon and the salle á dener so that more than six could eat at the same table. There will be occasions when you will want more than the immediate family. (Consider when the kids start bringing friends to dinner.) Use the shortened salon for office. Form a hall by putting a wall between doors in [ex]garage, just deep enough to permit shallow cubbies and storage shelves. If you put a sun-bay where the G doors are, the dimensions will remain close to 16x21, a nice size living area. Remove W/D and make shallow for coat closet. Remove foyer closet and change into wide arched entry into living area. Upstairs: Plead with BevAngel or one of the other great folks to re-design the bains so that W/D could fit in. I personally would not want that pair of steps at the top of the landing. It appears that would make the door to chambre 2 literally at the top of the long flight and lower than the doors to the other rooms. YMMV. And that landing looks rather small... be sure you can move long bureaus and box springs around. MB: If one took away that odd wall forming the walkin closet, instead using reach-in closets as placed, the MB will appear much larger while permitting space for personal sitting area. Be sure reach-in closets don't have wasted space -- these look quite deep. Be sure all the doors are wide enough. It looks as though the doors to the bains are each 30", much too narrow.

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Thanks so much, hags00, for the information and another great pic of your floor. It is so lovely. It seems to be a medium brown, too, which is just what I am looking for. If only I can get confident about using a laminate in the kitchen, I'd really consider just going with exactly your pick! You have the same conditions we have. Cold climate, cement slab, etc - we don't have a dog currently, losing a much beloved one before renovation mode struck. However, we want to get another in the future, and so that's on our list of criteria, too. Your dogs sound like bundles of playful energy - which is just what we miss and want to bring back into the home someday. Do you know if any brands of laminate - including the one you chose - come with the option of adding trim? We pulled out our floor trim and I am considering options that include baseboard. I'd love to skip having to paint them white and keep them up... It really comes down to the dilemma of the kitchen... I'll do some more research about that issue. I really am invested in the same floors throughout the public space. My partner is more and more sold on vinyl plank because of that, but he rules 99% of them out because of a strange, plasticy sheen they show in light. To my chagrin and his glee, that tends to leave only lighter colored floors (which he prefers and I don't). I told to him yesterday that I am considered about water, but I also don't want to spend money and hate the floor from day one... I'm off to research Quick Step!