I like the open living /dining room concept, and the ceiling emphasizes the difference in the two rooms. The windows prevent the rooms from feeling small. I don't mind the "wasted space" between the living /dining /kitchen because with the three major living areas coming together, it's going to be used heavily. Your picture shows this house on the water. This definitely has a beach house or lake house vibe -- it's all those huge windows! Do note that your window treatments will cost a fortune. What I don't like: - I agree that the entrance (walk in, look straight into a bathroom) isn't very inviting. Ideally the entrance would have you looking straight into the living room at that focal window wall. - Where would you place a TV in the living room? And I'd want a fireplace; that could go in the center of the window focal wall. Still, the living room is small. - Little storage in the kitchen and no space for a pantry. If you enlarge the utility room a little, you could have a whole wall of pantry storage. - I love a U-shaped kitchen, but I see that this floor plan is cleverly hiding a U's biggest negative: Where's the dishwasher? This plan places the sink in the typical, most useful place -- the middle of the U -- and obviously you want your dishwasher to be beside it . . . but you don't have space . . . and if you cram it in, it'll be a dreaded corner dishwasher, which means that when you open the dishwasher, the door blocks your entrance to the cabinets . . . so you can't put away dishes. If you put the dishwasher onto one of the "legs" of the U, you'll be dripping dirty dishes across the floor as you reach things towards the dishwasher. You can move the sink /dishwasher to the penninsula leg, but that's not ideal either. - Neither bathroom has enough sink space /no storage; this could be fixed in the secondary bath, but the master bath needs more square footage. - All the bedrooms are small. I don't see dimensions, but I think you'd be pushing maximum density in the master even with a queen-sized bed, and the two secondary bedrooms probably couldn't comfortably handle anything more than the twin beds that're shown. However, it'd be easy to add just a few feet in both directions to fix this -- just an extra 2' or so would make these rooms much more liveable.

Nice place. You've got a great blank slate...stick with it and it will come. I agree about the kitchen backsplash, but I don't think I'd start there. There are a number of things I would think about, but first it's important for you to make the space work for you and your lifestyle. Do you need more storage? Do you entertain a lot and need more dining space? Do you cook a lot and need more surface area to work? Do you need more seating in the living area for parties and such? Or is the seating you have now adequate. So, for example, I would think about adding an island to the kitchen which people could sit at with their backs to the long wall. It would add storage below and work surface above and not block off the light from the living area. If possible, think about adding pendant lighting over the island. I would move the dining area so it is closer to the long wall. I would help define that area by using an area rug underneath. In the living room, you could use another area rug to highlight the space. The drapes look skimpy, especially with the knot in them, and the color isn't helping to bring in the strong colors from the tile floor. I would think about getting a bookcase style entertainment unit to add more storage and mass, and I would put that on the long wall...put the seating area more into the corner to make it feel cozier. If you're open to new furniture, a sectional sofa might be nice there. A lot of it will come with more wall decor as well. Right now there's only a few pieces and they are small in scale relative to the size of the walls. But you've got a good start.

So hard to please everyone. My husband asked me not to put the wooden table in the garage because there is no place to put it upstairs. He says the wooden table is an expensive one. why throw it in the garage. I bought a glass table for the lounge. what am I going to do now! He tells me to make two living parts and use both of the coffee tables :)) Goodness me ! :) Now I have two coffee tables. What am I going to do now ?

Thanks, all of you! Really appreciate the input. Will get dimensions of the room but we don't have (permanent) furniture yet so we can really choose what is ideal for the room. We are moving from a small apartment and have a few random pieces but no keepers. Undecided on TV in the room really. There is a nice family room downstairs with wired in sound where we would have a TV so leaning against. Love the idea of a TV free zone and a 3-seater and 4 chairs would be a nice amount of seating. However with 4 kids, we might end up wanting one there.