Marti, why am I thinking this photo will interest you? Were we talking about it? Anyway, let's see if it works. From Houzz. [contemporary bedroom design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bedroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_715~s_2103) by san francisco interior designer Susan M. Davis Ah, now I remember. Storing your quilts. And I suggested hanging them. And this shows how I meant it to be hung on your high cathedral ceilings. Not as a window cover, due to light. But anyway, this is one way to make use of your lovely quilts. Just sew a sleeve top and bottom, thread the rod through the top one, and put a dowel through the bottom one to hold that edge straight, and then attach each corner of the dowel to a cup hook, or a tack in the baseboard.

As far as being right handed and placement of dishwasher. I'm right handed, and had dishwashers on either side in different homes, and you just get to used to whatever side pretty quickly. It will be natural, trust me. Unless there is another reason for it to be on the right, I would go with what Funkycamper suggested and move it to the left. Disclaimer: I'm one who had strong reasons to go against GW experts here, based on my cooking flow pattern, so I understand. But before I made my decisions, I extensively thought about it, imagined all the dishes we make in our family, and how we use the trash in relation to the DW and food prep, mapped out the traffic flow for breakfast and dinner. I mean, I went all scientific OCD, and dissected how we cook, bake, prep, clean, and where things will be put away - number of items, size, when and where it is used in the prep timeline, things that need to go near the fridge... No joke. So, I said all that to drive home the point that, unless you have stronger reasons for keeping it on the right, I would move it to the left. :) And don't forget to thank our GW dishwasher-placement-expert Funkycamper.

Am I seeing correctly that the half bath opens directly onto the living/dining area? Agree. This is a complete no-no. I also don't understand why you'd have two half-baths. The master shower looks tiny. 3x3? You are not going to enjoy it. Agree. 3x3 is do-able, but it's a bit summer-campy. I'd give up quite a few other things in order to have a more comfortable shower. The kitchen does look "off". The kitchen is "off" because it's broken up into fragments, meaning you'd have to walk from section to section to cook a meal. The space is here ... but the kitchen needs a complete re-do. Nice pantry though. You want the southern exposure for your bedroom, right? I'd rather have the prized southern exposure for my great room -- the room where I spend most of my waking hours. In the laundry room, well, just put the machines along the outside wall and the sink on the inside wall. No, don't vent into the garage, you will have encrusted lint and moisture all over the cars, and everything else. Trust me. Experience. You could easily run a long dryer vent along the length of the garage ... but why bother /why make it more difficult to clean your dryer vent, when you could easily move the washer/dryer to the other side? General thoughts on the plan: - I like this style of house very much, but I do agree with the poster who says that proportion is key. - Imagine yourself bringing large furniture into the master bedroom. How are you going to make the turn from that small hallway? - The master bath could be so much better. It's a large room, but everything's kind of "strung out" with a bunch of empty space in the middle of the room. - If the great room were JUST a living room -- not a living plus dining room -- it'd be a nice size. But it isn't nearly big enough to house both. - I love that you have a broom closet. One of the things I anticipate with the most joy for our new house is a cleaning closet ... where I can keep all my cleaning goods in one place. Don't neglect to include an outlet in this room ... you're likely to want to keep a hand-held vac and/or a stick vac plugged in here. - You've included three eating areas ... all within a few feet of one another. Does this fit with your lifestyle? How often will you use the big dining room table? Where would your family of four eat dinner most evenings? - The whole mudroom /half-bath area seems over-done /overly complicated. So many doors inside -- more than are needed for a mudroom, and they're going to be in the way ... I also don't care for two entrance doors on the front of the house. - I do not care for the idea of a full bath near the mudroom (note that I grew up on a farm and own a working farm today -- I have never once wanted to come in and take a shower by the back door). Think it through: it's more trouble than it's worth: It's another shower to keep stocked with towels and toiletries ... and after you've showered, you're across the whole house from your closet /clean clothes. Two better options: 1) Put a foot bath outside the entry so you can take off your muddy shoes /come in with clean feet and walk to the bathroom in your bedroom. 2) Place the master bedroom near an entryway so you can go straight into your own bathroom, where you have all your stuff at the ready. Design the master suite so that you don't have to walk through the bedroom and the closet area to reach the shower.

I have LVP in my living/kitchen/dining areas and love it! I debated on the stairs too because I really like the look of stairs with no carpet, but after a lot of consideration we decided on carpet and it was a great choice! I have an L shaped stairs with a landing at bend in the L and at the top where the bedrooms are. My kids love the stairs and they often sit together on the landing or at the top and talk. My boys also find "creative" ways to go up and down the stairs. Haha. It cuts down on noise too if they are going up and down to their rooms. It is more of a pain to vacuum stairs then sweep. I enjoy vacuuming more than sweeping though so I got a vacuum that you can use on hard floors as well as carpet. I honestly vacuum our floors more than I sweep!