Absolutely #1. Why would you want to give up prime corner space with windows on two sides to a bathroom?

One other thought? Do you do a lot of entertaining? I ask because if you don't could your dining room be better used for something else and maybe rearrange the public space a bit?

Or if you do entertain a lot, it seems a long walk from the kitchen to the dining room. Remember you'll be carrying hot food, liquids etc. I know it's right now popular to put the dining room in the front a distance from the kitchen, but I have the feeling this will be one of those ideas that sounded better than they worked.

#1 is best. Do you want an alternate entrance to the closet from the bathroom? Do you want such a large closet? Think again about a hot tub with access via your master suite.

We spend a lot of time in our kitchen and 'breakfast room' (all meals room). Yours could be larger.

Where will your children play/have friends in to play? Basement?

There's a lot of space devoted to the Foyer here. (I *like* a large foyer, but... Just asking.)

chisue that's the layout I have for my bathroom and closet in my FL home and personally I prefer it to walking into the bathroom to get to the closet or visa versa. And interestingly, most of the homes we've walked through don't have the two attached either.

As for where the kids will play, it's labeled playroom/den

# 1, would want windows on 2 sides of bedroom

I like the inside layout better for #1. I like the outside access better in #2. Maybe you need a #3 ?

(why is there a tub in the garage entrance bathroom? I don't see a room that would benefit from it (no close guest room, for example).

You will have a closet separating you from the kid's bedroom

You questioned how much shower noise would be heard in the great room? How often are you showering that there's someone in the great room? Just thinking of the timing, and I imagine it would be rare.

just be sure you have a place to grab a towel when you step out of the shower.

And the kids' bathroom would be better served with just one sink and more drawers and counterspace.

I also prefer #1. In that one I much prefer the windows on both sides and the closet and bathroom next to one another.

I would suggest taking about six inches or so from the master closet and adding it to the hallway. I doubt you would miss six inches in the closet since you have a huge open space in the middle. It would give the hall much needed elbow room, especially if a closet door was open. Skinny halls make me feel claustrophobic. It would also give you room to place something beautiful at the end of the hall and make the middle bedroom door less of a focal point.

I much prefer #1. Have you considered switching the kids bath with a bedroom so that it shares the wall with the master bedroom? Or move the laundry room to in between the master and kid's room.

Thanks for all your help and ideas. kirkhall - we had the space so decided to put in a tub/shower in that bathroom near the garage for times when kids/husband come in dirty from the yard they can come in through garage right into the shower. Based on Star Jeep suggestion I have moved the kids bath to share a wall with master bedroom to see how that would work. That would give the master suite more privacy. Initially we had set it up as a jack-n-jill bath so we placed it between kids bedrooms. So which do you prefer now and why?

#1 - kids bath between kids bedrooms - like that its easier access for kids, master suite will not have noise from kids bathroom.

#2 Move kids bath next to master suite - Like that master suite seems more private now and the middle bedroom has a continuous 3 walls with no doors/closets - more options for bedroom layout.

I prefer the first one because now anytime a kid gets up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom you're more likely to hear them than you would have with the closet between you and the kid's bedroom. Closets with their clothes, etc act as good buffers between rooms.

Leave it alone with the closet in the BR as buffer. (*Nothing* will muffle a teen's music! We moved our DS to the other side of the house.) Would you like a door to the 'playroom' from the kids' BR hallway? (You could move your future Teen to the playroom.)

I love having my own sink in our MBA. I think having two in the children's bathroom would prevent some fights over whose turn it is to clean a single sink.

I'm always happy to see a toilet and sink near the family entrance. The one in our back hall is the most used bathroom in the house. Do you need a tub there? Shower only? Neither one?

Our back hall is also home to the laundry (at one end), including a laundry/slop sink. One of my rules has been: No dog too large to fit into the laundry tub. You may not have a dog, but you will be using water to mop, etc. Do you need some access to your yard from your 'back hall'?

chisue....I like your idea of the playroom eventually becoming a kids bedroom. We setup the closets in that hallway that way in order to convert that room into a bedroom if needed in the future.

The bathroom near the garage will most likely have just a shower, no tub.

I like your rule of a dog must fit in the laundry sink. We do not yet have a dog but get asked regularly for one. There is a regular door into the garage that kids can use to get to bathroom. I toyed with the idea of adding an exterior door in the laundry room for easy access to bath but decided against it.