I would definitely do the change of #1. But have the bedroom door where the current closet door is now. You wouldn't have the closet space as a hallway, it would be part of the bedroom. Add a standard size bedroom door (can't tell if the closet door is smaller?) where the closet door is now, then make the opening in the wall into the bedroom, you would have a vestibule entrance into the bedroom, oh, and you would need to change the swing of the door there to the other side, swinging in. I don't think you need to have the new bath entrance with the expense of moving plumbing (and whatever else might be in that wall) for guests, though I can see why you thought of that.

I would put a door at the top of the landing. It looks like you have enough room. Either a swing or barn. At least this is closer to control.

chickadee- that is a good suggestion.

flopycat1-there is a closet in the bedroom. The closet I would be losing, is a hall closet.

STUDIO MB-i thought of that, but, i like the light that comes into the hall way from the other open doors and would not want to block out the entire hall.

IMO it depends on how often you have guests . Why not arrange the guest room so that what you see when looking at it from the LR is something liks a chaise or a chair and lamp . I never shut my bedroom door and you can see the room at the end of the hall all you see is a corbuier chaise and a chandelier no problem.

TBH this kind of seems like a non-issue issue. I just don't think any of these changes are really worth it. I get it sucks to have to close the door so people won't see a mess, but unless you have guests saying 24/7 I would just live with it.

Logistically, it would cause problems. Multiple entrances into a bathroom can cause privacy issues there.

Your complaint of no privacy with the door open is a bit silly in my opinion.

Not sure you can be happy with either scenario.

All you are doing with your idea is making a separate hallway to the bathroom from the guest room.

If you want the guest room to look nicer with the door open, then make the room look nicer? Different paint and pictures?

flopsycat1- we are going with your suggestion of switching the guest room and study. The current study has a door to the outside patio so that will be nice for guests if they want to slip outside without walking through the house, It also has a nice view of backyard and wildlife. I just assumed my husband was stuck on having that as his study. The current guest room (soon to be study) is much larger, more closet space and sunnier and brighter. (reason I did not want to keep the door shut) We are going to put in a sofa corner unit or sofa and chair in the area that can be viewed from the main area of house and desk will go next to windows and he will have a view of our butterfly garden. So it basically will be another small living area/study combo and someone can sleep on the sofa in a pinch, if we have a full house, as we sometimes do. Thank you so much everyone for ideas, it really got me thinking about possibilities. Big thanks to you flopsycat1!!