I am so sorry, I posted my post before I saw Angela and Memo's follow up! Angela and Memo, thank you SO much for such a detailed answers. Angela, I am definitely going to make the fridge even with the counter, I can easily lose that space in the pantry, that is the best idea in the world and I never in a million years would have thought to do that on my own. Right now I have a 30" wide fridge, which is next to new (stainless, freezer bottom) but it is not as wide as many I see as my current 45 year old house couldn't accommodate any bigger. I am wondering, I guess I should plan for a 36" deep space because in the future, I will want a bigger fridge, I do know that. I will have to make my fridge area extra large and have a smaller fridge for the moment (but this fridge could last 15 years!!). I'll try and figure that out. Re: stacking washer dryers - I am actually making 2 laundry areas - one in the garage for business (see previous post) and the other on the second level (see below my second level floor plans - original and changed). I will think about the stacking though at either location. But having a laundry and utility sink in the garage kind of solves memo's thoughts about muddy kids. In a pinch I could have them strip down there and keep some extra clothes in that room. Memo, my region is really not a farming area at all. There are no farms around for at least 30 min away, and even then only a couple of high end "heirloom variety and herb" crop farms. We are in the mountains, no room for farms! There may be hobby farms, but the community is not really a farming community. It's more of a tourist village, it's a skiing community in the winter. In the summer, there are lakes all around. Not saying kids won't find messes in the country, oh they will! But my garage laundry and sink should take care of that in a pinch. I am still debating your garage mud room though! Angela, I will def. think about a pocket door for the mud area, but I don't think company (except my kid's friends) will come through the back (garage) way. And that's why I want the bathroom out of the mud room, to keep people out as much as possible! Angela, I really like your idea about reducing the pantry size to accommodate a closet or storage area of some sort on the north wall of the pantry. Thank you for that. I had a feeling the pantry was a bit spacious, but I just thought it's be a great place to put things like a vaccuum, brooms etc in the middle. But that does make getting to the pantry items more difficult. I think your plan is more efficient. Re: Garage space. I reduced it to 2 bay partially because of the laundry room, but also I NEED to have an exterior pedestrian door enter on the same east side as the garage doors. They left NO room in the plan for an exterior door on that side! I can't put an exterior door facing the front house side, looks bad and confuses people as to which door to enter (hate that). I can't do it on the south (backyard) wall either as that is just too far to walk to the back and then walk back across the whole garage again to enter the house, crazy. Plus snow may be there in the winter. So hence, 2 bays + a pedestrian 3 ft entrance door. I know they sell garage doors with a entry door in them, and I may look at that option for the single 3rd bay, but since I am "ruining" the 3 car garage anyway with laundry and workshop/storage, I just thought I'd eliminate the garage door as well. Our ATV can scoot in there from the the 2 door garage. Plus, a 3 bay is not common in my area, just 2 bays or even one bay. The development where we are moving to (42 homes) is pretty diverse and we all have our own builders, people have different styles - no cookie cutter homes here. RE: Double pocket doors with glass for the office. I have a single pocket door with glass that is SUPER HEAVY to push open and closed. I struggle to open it, and it was a new high quality track. I think it is the sheer weight of the pine door and the glass. I don't know if that is typical, but I just wanted to avoid all of that by having regular swing doors. If I can be reassured that there is a way to do this without that heavy pull, I would be into it. I know they sell frosted fake glass (I have that too) that is lighter, but the look is very fake and light doesn't seem to come through it normally. I am open to suggestions. I was also "thinking" of installing glass on either side of the french doors for an even more open look, and I couldn't do that with a pocket door. I am going to work through that idea about using that space by the stairs where the window is to add to the bathroom, great idea again, I will draw it out. I hate loosing that window though, I like windows everywhere! I don't think I want to add a door on the sunroom side though, I personally don't like jack and jill bathrooms and I really plan the sunroom to be a very occasional use bedroom if at all on the main level as I already will have a guest bedroom upstairs. It's really just more to have a full bath on the main level. Love the idea of the ??? as a linen nook!! Problem solved! Or I tuck linens in the foyer closet in a tupperware bin and make a nice niche out of the ???. I really want this to be an occasional use "emergency" full bathroom... But time will tell, you never know about things until you really live in a house. Here is my second floor plan and the original. I will try and darken it in the next day or so.

olychick, thank you for taking a look. :) I'm relieved to hear you think a white shower pan is best. I am heading out now to find porcelain marble look tiles for the shower walls to pick up the gray as you suggested. I want a shiny finish to the walls. Tell me if you think that's a misstep. I am avoiding marble as I have a marble topped vanity now that is pock marked with etchings. As far as seeing myself in the vanity, yes, I think I will be able to do so. I was planning on a black framed mirror spanning the vanity. My current vanity is 32 1/4" high (as will be the new vanity) and when seated on my vanity stool my reflection is seen up to my chest. The only issue currently is that my knees are pressed against drawers. I failed to mention that I was thinking of using absolute black granite for the vanity top for two reasons: one being cost and the other being to avoid etching. Will doing so deviate too much from my inspiration? Lastly, I had the idea of applying pieces of beveled mirror framed by black molding floor to ceiling along the back wall and continuing behind the toilet (similar to this only floor to ceiling with the exception of base molding & crown): [Traditional Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2107) by Northbrook Architects & Building Designers Michael A. Menn Thoughts? Suggestions? Thank you for reading this far. :)

I've seen those two way mirror bathrooms on TV-I think I'd give it a shot, I'm not at all modest! I appreciate that others are, however. The door I originally wanted was similar to that carinatex posted-a large panel of frosted glass, but I found a vintage exterior door with four glass panels at the top-the entire thing is quite heavy, so I'm sure sound isn't going to be an issue. That's odd that it's mentioned, because the current door is just hollow core and it's cut shorter than the threshold by about an inch-you can hear EVERYTHING from that door. The bathroom entrance was originally facing to the hall way-which would have give you view of the toilet & tub, but in the 70's the PO's added an addtion to the house, made the 3rd bedroom a sort of pass-through room (we call it our library because we've lined it with bookshelves) and the door now enters into that room. With the change, it allowed the sink to be visible from the door now, so it's more private. We don't get many guests-and those that do come over are family and friends who I don't think would be too uncomfortable. I can always mention the ensuite if someone really wanted more privacy. I don't mind if someone goes in to the master-I only let people I know very well into the most private parts of our home.

To be effective, storage should be functional. Sounds silly...but if it's planned out, any space can be effective. Stand at the sink. Where do you want your toothbrush? Floss? Toothpaste? Left-handed? Right-handed? You can make it happen so everything is logically located, or you can take five steps over here to get this, three steps in the opposite direction to get that. You can get it simply by opening this drawer...or by having to bend over, open the cabinet, look, reach, pull out this box to get to that one, etc, etc. You may have the perfect cabinet location for your electric toothbrush...only to find that your toothbrush is 1/2" too tall for the space when on the recharging stand. My original cabinet plan for our master bathroom included a sitting area for my wife to do her hair and makeup. Except she prefers to stand. So to give her what she wanted, we designed and built a taller cabinet that separates the sink from the toilet. A "pony cabinet" so to speak. On top of that cabinet is a round makeup mirror she uses, and her "equipment", including electrics, is stored within that cabinet. She loves it. Someone else may hate that idea. Storage requirements can be generic, they can be specific. You can design something to make it work for you, or you can go generic and conform to it. Either may work. For the most part, I find pull outs like drawers and shelves to be much more effective than a black hole cabinet. "U" sink drawers, they can work quite well, but effective "U" storage can be dependent on the size and shape of the sink bowl. Sometimes "U" drawers can work, other times, not so much. Just try to keep things sensible. When you have a 2" wide section of drawer that is 4" deep and you can never quite fit your hand in there to remove the tweezers? Either change the drawer structure, or put the tweezers somewhere else. When planning storage, consider it an opportunity to self-edit. How many lotions and potions do you really need? Me, I have one bottle of shampoo. My wife, she must have a couple dozen bottles of "stuff" in the shower. But she looks a helluva lot nicer than I do! But that's why I have a really large two-shelf niche in the shower. It was designed to hold all of her bottles. Gimmicks can result in wasted space and wasted dollars. Thoughtful and functional design can be priceless.