A 4 x 6 shower is pretty big, which IMO is a priority. With this plan as is, I hope you really like to take baths! That is a lot of room for a big tub! Given the option of having a linen closet with it's very own private door or a toilet with it's very own private door ... there would be only one choice for me. Most of your storage, (other than linen closet), is presumably in your sink vanity, which may be more than enough. But again, what if you were to shove the tub into either corner, (end up with a smaller but perfectly acceptable corner tub), move the shower over a little and then wrap the sink vanity around the other corner? You would end up with more counter space and more storage space. But I'm from the "I don't use tubs but I understand that you need to have one" school of thought. :)

I thought you might like to see the end result. While the bathroom is finished, I'm still working on styling it. This first picture is the entrance from the master bedroom. I have tried to take pictures from the same angles as the originals. This view above is from the vanity looking back to the bedroom door on the right and the closet door in the back. I may put a free standing make up table to the right of the closet door. I am in the process of hunting for a simple one that has a top that opens to a mirror and everything can be tucked inside the vanity except for a few pretty items. The switch to the right of the closet door has a timer for the exhaust fan and a switch for the heater in the ceiling. There is outlet further to the right which is also controlled on the same switch box. I did this so I can control a lighted make up mirror and/or lamp from a flip of the switch. Here is the new Toto toilet. The space is 48" wide. It is located to the right of the shower. My carpenter did a great job with the wainscoting and the crown molding. Yep, I need art or something over the toilet. We intentionally do not have a separate water closet. You can not see the toilet as you enter the bedroom. This illustrates the view from the closet looking back to the vanity. Master vanity/I used 12 x 24 porcelain tile in the shower that is the same on the floor. The niche has matching tile, but I used a large piece of tile to have no grout lines in the back of the niche and in the box parts of the niche. I was really lucky to find the grab bars that don't look institutional. I did not carry the crown molding into the shower. With ten-foot ceilings, I am afraid it would be too hard for me to keep clean. The shower is about 40" wide. The shower water is simple. I can have the shower head or the handheld shower spray on or both can run at the same time. This view shows the shower side from the entrance of the bath room. In the ceiling you can get a peek of an exhaust fan that also contains a heater. Since I live in the south, I selected a heater at the shower entrance to throw off any chill instead of heating the floors. The wall color is white with a touch of gray with the trim color is BM Simply White. My husband and I are enjoying our new bathroom. I just need to find the finishing touches to complete it. I appreciate receiving your input and your listening to my questions and concerns as I embark on this adventure. It helps to have others give opinions and thoughts because it is too hard to think of everything.

Our property is some what pie shaped, with the widest part towards the east end. It is also wooded with most of the trees on the south side. So the best views will be to the east. We plan to place the house running from the northeast to the southwest to let more light in. The garage will be about 20' from the north property line. We've actually worked with a architect in the past, but they have since closed up shop. It was a struggle as they couldn't get what we were after; an front entry that doesn't open into the living room (i.e privacy) , a not so open floor plan and finally a plan that doesn't looks like every other house. I'm curious what are the other problems you see?

I've attempted a markup to try and illustrate the inefficiencies with the layout. You are presumably trying to keep under 1900sf for cost, so efficiency is the game. First, all the jogs are pushing your budget. The stair has just been tacked on like an afterthought. The jogs have not been epressed into elevations or roof plan. Second, the inefficiency is prominent - in PURPLE are the main open spaces dedicated to circulation. Try to sit back from your screen and squint to realize how much of the footprint is taken up for this by comparing the aggregrate size to the TAN portions. Realize that open circulation, and a lot of it, is not always a negative feature, however in this scheme it is not proportionally utilized or taken advantage of (your "Great" room is effectively 15x14!). Also, in RED is the equivalent size of the Master wing (albeit containing laundry too) overlayed onto the main house, which shows the proportion of that wing. The facetiousness I alluded to in my previous post about being a hermit is that this Master has no sitting area or no kitchenette, it is effectively small at 15x13 (not even taking consideration of circulation to bathroom) so the size of the entire wing in relationship to the whole house indicates this area is layed out inefficiently.