I like it! For purposes of discussion, I'm calling the top of the plan North. I'd make a few minor changes. In the bedrooms upstairs, I'd use reach-in instead of walk-in closets. L-shaped hanging is pretty inefficient - you honestly can't do anything with the corners. I would put the closet for BR2 along the north wall, to offer a buffer between the two bedrooms. In BR 3, I'd move a door a bit to the left, and put the closet on the east wall. That lets you put another window in that room - necessary, since the screen porch forces the north window so far to the side. I guess a closet on that side would cut that window size even more - but not a problem if you put one on the west wall. In the bonus room, I'd put the closet door in the middle, and rods down both sides (however wide the closet needs to be for that to happen). Master suite: I'm not crazy about the layout here. I don't think the closet windows serve any purpose other than to fade your clothes, but I can see where you would want symmetry from the front. Maybe you can put the closet in the middle, and bath on the south side. The laundry room is cramped - you don't have any lace to put laundry baskets, hang or fold clothes. And the garage is really small (mine is 22'x22', and it's a squeeze - I have to park at an angle to open the door). I would bring the garage forward a couple of feet, and move the laundry and mudroom walls south by the same 2 feet. A pocket door between the laundry and mud rooms would help a lot too. That allows you to put a coat closet in the mud room - I assume family will come in and out through the garage more than the front door. In the garage, I would build shelve to the right of the door to the mudroom - 2'-deep shelves can hold a LOT in the garage!

Here are a few links to alternate plans to check out and think about. As you look at plans, think about how you could modify what's there to meet your needs. Not wild about the bedroom sizes, but nice layout: - http://www.mascord.com/plan_details.asp?PlanID=1149B&PlanGraphicID=4985&np=true Option for a basement, open floorplan, decent sized bedrooms: - http://www.garrellassociates.com/floorplans/high-country-cottage-08141 Don't like the garage being so far from the kitchen, but otherwise a nice plan: - http://www.garrellassociates.com/floorplans/high-country-cottage-08141 A little unique, but nice: - http://www.garrellassociates.com/floorplans/diamond-creek-cottage-07440 Probably the one I like the best on this site, but I would make the island completely parallel to the angled wall with the range on it: - http://www.garrellassociates.com/floorplans/crested-butte-08070 If you could swing ~2000sq ft, this one might work--you could push the dining room back flush with the front door, then close off the doorways from the foyer and family rooms and make that a large laundry room. You could then make the current laundry room a nice large walk-in pantry. One of our neighbors built this one as shown in the plan and it was beautiful and seemed to flow well. - http://www.frankbetz.com/homeplans/plan_info.html?pn=3896 Here's another you could modify-make the dining room a den/office/potential 3rd bedroom on main floor & leave upstairs unfinished: - http://southernlivinghouseplans.com/plans/SL1746 Hope these help!

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Ahhh lavender_lass I completely missed your reply. These are definitely not out. The other plan I posted about the dining room was really just an example, but not one I'm strongly considering. Highland Place is my #2 pick right now, but meeting with a designer tomorrow and hoping for inspiration. My #1 is actually the Frank Betz Summerlake (not posted here), but it's pushing my budget with complicated roof and bumpouts. Highland Place may also be a budget pusher, but I have only gotten one ballpark so need to check in with a few more builders. Or expand my budget eek. It took me a moment to see what you did with the porch there lol. I like it! It makes it much more like the Summerlake actually. One of the issues I have with the Highland is I don't love the exterior, but I spoke with a designer at Frank Betz and sounds like we could change that for a reasonable fee. I do love a good front porch. We'll spend a lot of time there with our coffee watching kiddos play. I also agree the porch with access coming from two (or 3) directions and a mudroom makes a lot of sense for our lifestyle. I keep trying to find a builder in our area that has built it so I can see in person, but no dice yet. I'll keep working on that! :) Thanks for playing! You guys are so good. It's fun to see what you come up with.