On first glance, I think it looks very nice. Where in the country will this be? I like the plan a lot and think I will save it to my files! Thanks for sharing.

I would make the master such that I could put the bed on the opposite wall shown. Put two windows wide enough apart to fit a king bed between windows. Pretty house for sure. Do you not need a garage?

Also, what is that space behind the utility room? I can’t read it, but does it say something yard?

How does it relate to your site?

I question the two unresolved "attic" spaces with windows facing the front.

It's one of the more workable and attractive of the Internet plans, but I agree the second floor is really unresolved.

I think the utility room and ancillary spaces would be better if the entry was from the rear of the house, where a free standing garage would be more likely, and not the entry from the front of the house as shown.

Many of the interior spaces are very minimal, so that careful planning and analysis is warranted.

How many people will live in this house? Which direction is North?

I like to have a mirror over the vanity - this plan has a window (in the master bath). And the mast tub looks squished into the corner.

Do the upstairs bedrooms each have to have their own bath?

The closets for bedrooms 2 and 3 are not really sized as walk-ins - you can't really hang clothes on two sides of a corner.

What do you anticipate as use for the loft area? Do you need more attic storage space than living space? I would extend the loft area in at least one direction, to make a nice sitting area, or a kids' TV/game room.

This home is an excellent example why we design the whole home at once, not just the floor plan. Those attractive dormers on the front... have attic space behind them? Other than that, it's a nice house.

I'd be inclined to flip the kitchen and the DR. Then, one would enter the kitchen more easily from the garage, and no one would be carrying groceries etc through a corner of the DR.

The rooms in this house are quite small. Be very sure you have furniture that fits.

@kelleg69 In West TN about an hour east of Memphis.

@Annette Holbrook. No we are planning a carport with a storage room and an additional barn. And great suggestion re: Master bedroom windows. And the space behind utility is for your heat/AC units.

@Mark Bischak. Going to take a stab at the meaning of "relate to your site"... It will be positioned in the middle of a 50 acre farm with a long winding driveway. Barn and large pond to the right of the home. Is that what you are asking?

The spot where we want the home to go is where an old farmhouse burned down several years ago. There is still a small old brick walkway that led to the front of the home which we intend to reuse. There is a concrete cistern/well from the 1930's still standing but it is a huge attraction for snakes and gives me the creeps so we plan to fill it in. We plan to reuse the pulley and the heavy metal hatch that covers the top of the well somewhere in the new house and/or barn. Under the concrete pad around the well, there is another layer of old beautiful brick which we plan to reuse.

This home will truly be in the middle of a farm with pasture for a couple of horses on one side with the pond and barn and row crops (cotton, corn, wheat, or soybeans) to the other side. The back will overlook more row crop and land that is bordered by some woods and a creek.

Very slight slope to the rear of the homesite.

It is attached to my family's farm and so we plan for it to be our "forever" home.

If I may put words in Mark's mouth, I believe he means how will this design interact with the site? Does your lot slope? What are the sun patterns at various times of year? What are the opportunities of your site? Do you have nice views, trees, solitude? What are the challenges of your site? Do you have harsh weather patterns, excessive heat, insects, road noise or views you'd like to block? How does this design resolve those challenges and take advantage of the opportunities? Your home and your site should both work together.

@Summit Studio Architect @Virgil Carter Fine Art @AnnKH... we have thought the same re: the "fake dormers".

I think it is possible to flip the Bedroom 3 with the attached bath and extend the bedroom all the way to the dormer. If we flip the bathroom for bedroom 3 and move it to where the closet is, we could possibly make it a Jack and Jill bath for the 2 bedrooms to share a toilet and tub.

We could also extend the loft area to include the left sided dormer to make it a more useful, larger area for teens to hangout. This would make all 3 dormers more useful.

4 people in the house. North would be at the end of the Master Bedroom/Bath. Front porch facing West with three trees to give a bit of shade as the sunsets. Screened porch facing East.

Also, thanks for the insight re: closets for Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3. You are right.

Summit is correct.

I said that because I once designed the most beautiful ranch house on 25 acres. Halfway through construction they started a super ugly barn in the worst possible spot on the property. I think someone at a lumberyard somewhere "designed" it.

I would rethink your house orientation. Please read up on passive solar heating and cooling to see why I say so.

One other thought. Do you need three eating areas inside? Both the dining room and eating area in the kitchen are small. Wouldn't you be better off with just one dining space that is larger?

Will the utility room be a pantry? Do you need a pantry?

Do you need three separate eating areas?

I would definitely put the bed in the master BR on the opposite wall to avoid noise from the living room.

The pantry is in the mudroom. good idea on the master bedroom wall change!