I prefer master on the left....with a few changes. If it were me, I'd have L-shaped hanging areas with shallow shelves behind the doors. Also, I would reverse the swing of the master suite door. You want to walk in, towards the bedroom, not towards the closet.

I'm not sure what you like about the other plan, exactly....maybe the bathroom layout? The master is right at the top of the stairs, the narrow walkway between closets to bathroom (huge traffic jam) and no privacy from kids. If you prefer having the office closer to master...just think about double doors from master to office, in the other plan.

I'll vote. :D Although I really liked the office entry being so close to the master in the master on the right, I am going to cast my vote for master on the LEFT.

Right:
The bathroom looks more cramped. There isn't a lot of room between the one sink and the tub or so it looks. Second, I like the master being away from the stairs a bit - I was surprised how much noise carries straight up the stairs in our house and it is less private with it on the right.

Left:
I like the door change LL made - Lavendar where'd the flowers go??? ;) I am going to put my closet plug in. I hate corners in closets so I prefer the middle to be the 'dressing aisle'. I'd do hooks straight ahead from the door - or a full length mirror or shelves for shoes and double hanging on one side with drawers on the other and maybe a section for single rod if you need a space for longer items. You have a lot of space so I think you wouldn't miss the corners and perhaps it would feel more spacious that way?

Another vote for Left. Also agree with LL about door swinging other way. As for closet, when you're ready for that, get a good closet designer in and then we all can help you with that. LOL.

In the meantime, my closet is 7' x 10.5" in FL and I did what LL was suggesting. Here is a photo of our closet. On the left side is a double hamper, shoe storage and lots of shelves including narrow shelves behind the door that hold my handbags.

Master Closet

Oh, btw: on the left behind the bank of shelves we have a space wide enough for hooks so it's not a corner on that side. We do have a corner on the right side so DH has enough hanging room. I was nice and gave him the back of the closet. ;)

OK I'm convinced, Somehow it didn’t occur to me just
how loud it may be at the top of the stairs and how little privacy the right
hand master would get. Thank you for pointing that out.

Lavender_lass, The closet redesign looks pretty good. I definitely need to get to a California closets and see what they have. I’m
used to bar and a top shelf so I'm sure I will be amazed. The double doors to the office is intriguing as well. And btw
thanks again for furnishing my home. I love your designs.

Autumn4 ..thanks again, like I said I’m way behind on closet
design so thank you for another good idea.

Cpartist, I love a
consensus. Great closet design. I think you said that was California Closets? Looks like you have everything in there. Also
you have a beautiful condo... I couldn’t help myself:)

Good luck Mary!

If you go with the "dressing aisle" closets, another possibility you might think about is the IKEA Pax system. We had the finish carpenters build in the boxes for us, and we bought and installed the drawers, shelves, rods, shoe racks, etc. after we moved in. We save quite a bit over Elfa and the IKEA drawers are nice -- good slides and clear-front options.

Thank you Mary. We had bought it five years ago and gutted it. I had redesigned the layout of the bathroom and the kitchen. The kitchen was originally closed off from the dining room and in the bathroom I switched the bath with the shower. I also enclosed the toilet and originally the vanity went to in front of the toilet so you could sit and brush your teeth. Yes I lost vanity space, but I prefer having my toothbrushes not be so close to a toilet.

Oh and for those who dislike enclosed toilets, that is another reason to have them enclosed.

And yes, we used California Closets. They wound up being the least expensive for the same thing and did a wonderful job.

Thanks Oaktown, I will have a look at Ikea as well. I also like the aisle closet.

CPartist, thanks again, I too vote for the WC. lol:)

I did one other tweak to the Master Bath and was wondering if it works better than the first. I am going for a spa like minimalist look so the vanity will be floating and I plan to use muted earth tones.

Let me know if you like this one better and most importantly anything else I need to do to get my spa feel more spa like

thanks, Mary

Just for Autumn :)

Mary...I believe you've mentioned feng shui several times. I seem to recall that putting the head of the bead on the same wall as the door is 'bad' feng shui. So, I made some changes to the girls' rooms. Added some windows, so the head of the bed in bedroom 3 could go against that side wall.

Then, there was no place for any chair or window seat with the front window layout...anyway, ended up adding WIC to each girl's room. That should help make up for not getting their own bathroom :)

Bedroom 2 would have room for window seat and shelves or another dresser with chair in the corner. Just a few ideas....

Thanks LL, you make a good point. My one worry is that I would have to put the plumbing on the outside wall to make the shower all glass. I am in Massachusetts so that is never a good thing but I think its doable with the right insulation.

Agree with LL. Might you consider putting up a pretty tiled short wall between tub and shower so you can then put plumbing on the inside between the two?

Years ago, on This Old House (also in MA) Norm was saying that if you double insulate the outside wall, it makes it much safer to have plumbing there. I remember, because we have very cold winters...and I've kept that in mind for my future farmhouse remodel :)

mary-you have really niced sized closets, you will be amazed at what they can do. After we did ours in the new house it made me wonder why we hadn't gutted our old closet as there was so much wasted space and it was busting at the seams. Anyhow, sky is the limit as far as design just make sure you keep an account of what you have and they can offer suggestions on design to accommodate your closets needs. We live in MI so much colder than MA and our kitchen and bathroom sink plumbing was always on an outside wall with never an issue. I am not sure if showers are different? Our garage spigot did freeze on occasion but never anything inside the house. I think it's doable.

Like #1 yet, this one the water closet door is in the way and I don't think it's as private there as it's original position on the right.

When you walk into your bathroom your eye will be drawn to that awesome tub and your windows, pan to the left and you'd have your shower which can be glass and tile like the pic that LL posted. I like the window lavendar put in by the sink run also. You will have 2 points of natural light and I think it will be a very nice airy space - spa-like for sure.

If I ever get to remodel my farmhouse...I know my budget-buster will be windows! LOL I love natural light...and even if there's no view, it's still light :)

The quality of the light is just so much better, if you're lucky enough to have two outside walls in a room. That's why I added the windows in the master bath...and the girls' rooms. More light and more excuse to have cute window treatments!

lavender_lass, I love the changes you made in the previous post. (Somehow I missed them) My only worry is that by having so many windows on the right side wall it will look strange from the outside. I wonder if I just put in one window on the far side of each bed (toward the corner of the house) it may look a little better from the outside and still allow the wall to be used for the bedroom. I swear by Norm as well:)
thanks CPartist if the Norm solution doesn't work that's a good back-up

Autumn4, great points. I don't know why its so much easier visualizing others floor-plans than my own. Thank God for you ladies and GW

Do you have any elevations, for the sides of the house? I think it would look great, especially if you have windows on the first floor! The bedroom windows would all be the same size...and the bathroom window would be smaller. It could be really pretty...same thing with the other side, for master bedroom and bath.

Even if you decide on just one window, if will still be nice to have the extra light!

I know a lot of people are concerned about how the outside will look, but after helping friends decorate their spaces....I often wonder why builders aren't more concerned about how the INSIDE will look :)

One friends has a cute bay window in her front room, but it's so oddly placed...it's almost useless. They ended up putting the big-screen TV there. If it was moved over a few feet, it would be a lovely room!

It's so much easier to look at other peoples spaces - it's not stressful because you aren't invested the same way, you aren't overwhelmed by staring at the same space for hours on end combined with the whole rest of the house for that matter and the eyes are always 'fresh'.

I remembered this tub from the build forum that for some reason I envision for your space with floating sinks and a spa feeling. CZscrap:
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Zoe52 -oh the hex tiles............this just feels spa-ish to me:

Thanks Lavender_lass, I completely agree about the windows. Thinking about window treatments seems soooo long away but I'm sure Ill enjoy it if I ever get there:)
As for the elevations, DH and I have decided to ditch the basement garage so we have to do some major redesigns. Stay tuned.

Autumn.4, I love those bathrooms. The hex tiles are great as is the stand alone tub. The hanging glass lighting globe right above the tub however is a little scary. Especially with 6'4" dh. ouch