I hadn't thought about putting the girl's room along the back. Hmmmm. I'll work on that and see what it does. As for the entire house plan, I have a picture that I've been working off of. I don't have the entire plan in my computer. I have obviously made some changes but you can get a good idea of layout from this pic. Changes I have made to this plan that are not noted: -moved dining wall over to get more space in master -lined up school room with dining making the option available to extend the table a bit if needed. -Cut kitchen down and moved exterior back door over -kitchen layout is a bit different. I'm actually pleased with the kitchen layout. Now I'm just working on finishes and I might check in about cabinet/drawer sizes later. -the "pantry" in the mudroom hall is now a music room entering from the living room. -I did keep a few feet in the mud hall out of the music room for an extra fridge and a small closet for the music room. -the mudroom is not a laundry. The laundry is in the master. I wanted that laundry as a laundry closet in a little hall going from the master bath to the master closet, but I think it's going to be in the closet as we had to cute some square footage. So the mudroom is just a big space to put the many coats, gloves, hats, boots, shoes, snowsuits and any large kitchen items I rarely use. -the stairs are one foot closer to the front door. This allowed more space upstairs for a wider hallway. I also made the stairs 1 foot wider taking space from the master as well as a bit from the foyer. -The closets in the bottom right corner of the master are all one room entering from the master. It's for little children we don't want sleeping upstairs just yet. I figure later I can use it as an office, library or big closet. -I talked to the builder about the size of the master shower. Hopefully the space I made by cutting the kitchen and dining will help with that. Otherwise I might nix the large bathtub. -Ignore the drawing I made in the upper right. I was just thinking about school room furniture. :) That's all the changes I can think of.

Hire a good local designer, who knows the Building codes and who has a contractor that will pull the correct permits for this.

Please post a floorplan of the area, with measurements.

Hey Katie, crazy question here, but would you be willing to sacrifice the den to get all of the other things that you want like a larger master closet, and the two luxury bathrooms that you desire? In my opinion, you have a large enough living room, dining room, and family gathering area by the island, so who really needs it? If it sounds good to you, then you have some great options. Let me know if this is the road that you might consider and I could send you a quick drawing :-) Ds