Your plan is remarkably similar to ours on the first floor and I really like the way our house "flows". The one point I would be in agreement with the others on is that I think, if possible, you would really be happy if you added a coat closet, some cubbies and cabinetry in the laundry area. It doesn't have to be huge. Ours is rather small, but I don't know where all this stuff would land without it. Here are the cubbies in our laundry room with the coat closet to the left. I'm not exactly sure how you would do it, other than possibly pushing the garage forward a bit to gain a few feet or stealing some space from the master closet. The other thing that we did was put a pass thru (just a small framed opening) between our master closet and laundry room. I LOVE it. The laundry drops into a cabinet in the laundry room and so it isn't cluttering up our closet or the laundry room. I would also agree with mojua about the natural light. In our house, we don't have the wall between the kitchen and great room. Instead, we have a large island separating the area. You may really like the divided area, but this may also be something to consider. Here is our floorplan. Although it is rotated from your floorplan, the great room is in the same place, on the other side of the island (or wall) in your plan. And here is a picture from the great room looking into the kitchen/nook area. How big is your family? This may affect your house "needs" somewhat. Good luck with your project! I'd love to see an elevation of the house if you get a chance.

I feel the pale yellow in the entryway is only one step up from the white. It is a warm color as is the SW surprise amber. Since you have high ceilings you may feel as if you are living in the inside of a pumpkin when you are finished. Lots of this reflects what type of feel you are trying to achieve for your room. Some of those other shades are pretty dark and intense. I would lighten up by two shades so it will not be too overpowering. If you are painting the entry way I guess the same color will also follow the stairway up. I am so glad they sell small bottles now because one room I did looks like a dreamcicle and now I have to re-do it. It looked like a pale terra cotta on the sample....never a dull moment in decorating...

I agree, the tin doesn't work well with those colors. Part of the reason is that everything but the tin is a warm color (gold/green/yellow undertones), and the tin is a cool (grey). Another reason is that there isn't enough contrast in terms of busy-ness. The cabinets are a little busy because of the glaze; the floor tiles have some movement in them; the counter is a bit busy because of the flecks of such a wide range of colors; and then the tin is very busy because of the pattern. If you're going to have something busy, the other elements need to either (1) frame it instead of competing with it, or (2) be equally strong (but this will give you a really bold look). And another reason is that it's two different periods (modern traditional vs. Victorian/early 20th century). Put all that together and your kitchen is pushing you, the viewer, in two completely different directions: (1) warm casual elegance, and (2) kooky retro semi-industrial cool. In other words, they clash. It could work if you painted the tin so it flowed into the other elements, like so: https://www.houzz.com/photos/eclectic-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-phoenix-phvw-vp~64850-World-Custom-Home-eclectic-kitchen-phoenix Or it could work if the kitchen were a totally different design. The link below ("Tin ceiling that works") looks great to my eye, for several reasons: - All the colors are the same family (cool) and very clear, as opposed to muddy. - The colors are light/bright and the blue draws the eye up, which compensates for the closed-in feeling that dark ceilings can give - All the colors are pure (no movement): blue, white, black; there's very little movement in the stained floor, and the only remotely "busy" surfaces (black and white bench and floor mat) coordinate with the rest of the room, are not right next to the tin, and coordinate with the tin (black and white always coordinates well with a medium grey). And here's an example of other busy elements being equally strong and giving you a bold, perhaps over-the-top look: https://www.houzz.com/photos/venetian-eclectic-dining-room-mediterranean-dining-room-phoenix-phvw-vp~127330-Eclectic-Dining-Room-eclectic-dining-room-phoenix It's not for everyone, but at least it looks like a LOOK, a distinct style, as opposed to a mish-mash of elements that don't connect. Here is a link that might be useful: [Tin ceiling that works[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/arts-and-crafts-hallway-traditional-hall-boston-phvw-vp~44846)

Thanks for the drawing--it has calmed my fears after reading other posts by you about your dream kitchen. I can imagine working in here. Has anyone mentioned the need for wood storage indoors? Although the woodpile is the main wood storage, there needs to be a direct route from woodpile to a plunk spot for the wood indoors. We have a wood stove in living room, in part to burn up wood from our yard. We use an old large copper cauldron for our wood holder--it's huge and I retire it to the garage in summer so that I can recover some space in the room. Also, the area below a stove needs to fit code. Talk to your building inspectors before making a plan. Otherwise you may end up with a deep lip of brick or tile that intrudes in places you didn't anticipate and you may need a railing on one side if it's adjacent to a walk space. Also, the area in vicinity of a wood stove needs to be sweepable, even if it's outside the code-mandated nonburnable floor. Wood debris is unavoidable. You may want to look at images of second homes, lake places, etc. for your practical inspirations. These places have to deal with such issues and they often have a 'country' feel (ignore the kitschy ones). As for the island/table, I urge a movable large cart. You can remove it and put in a table at times if you need to and you can pull it to your work area for a secondary surface or put it out for buffet serving. For most days, you already have a table very near on porch that will be more useful for enjoying that cup of coffee and a book or newspaper and you can decorate that space as gleefully as you like. I've thought a lot about the table in your inspiration picture and all it says to me is 'I'm not ready to go to work.' That's not a message I want in my kitchen. I need an inviting blank work surface that I can mess up with my cooking activity, then clean off and leave ready for next time. I hate it when I have debris in my work space from the last project or stuff plunked there that is off-topic for my current mania. I'm putting a nook/resource center into the corner of my kitchen but I won't share photos yet, except this early one. We'll have a full floor to near-ceiling 6 foot wide bookcase, perhaps small antique drop leaf table and chairs, and some funky lighting. No wood stove, but hope it will have ambiance and kooky inviting feel. But it will NOT intrude in my work, it will NOT prevent dinner being served in dining room, and it will allow some softening pieces to cut the modern feel of the rest of the room. It also gives me a non-stool work space if needed (handicap access concept). This antiques and books and art nook is out of the line of fire of the kitchen activities as yours is, but I don't foresee spending much time in it. Better places elsewhere in house for lounging and recreation. Here is a link that might be useful: roughed in table nook ambiance corner