Working on a solution to show the plans more clearly.

Please also include which direction your house faces, and roughly where you are located. :-)

Lookin' forward to seeing it!

Edited to add: Any way to make it bigger, or list the dimensions of each room? I can already tell you that I like your island seating!!!

Preface: 2 kids, 4 year old boy and 1 year old girl. Front of the house faces west and the back faces east towards the golf course. We're in Arkansas. We're not worried about the laundry room being too far away from our and the kids bedroom. I am worried about being able to get furniture in the master and one of the kids bedroom. I'm also worried about them sharing a bathroom. I know once the girl is older she'll want more privacy. The guest bedroom sticks out to me as well, I don't really like the entry way.

Bedroom #2 seems unnecessarily low on windows. Bedroom #3 shares an inbuffered wall with the entry, which Inwouldnt like, particularly with a young child who may go to bed earlier than use of the entry stops. Also, the prime window spot currently goes to the kids’ tub. I’d want to try to get one of the rooms there.

Does the back wall of the master have doors or windows? If doors, that could be your furniture access.

Great room- 20x24

Kitchen- 15'8"x14'5"

Keeping room- 15'8"x14'3"

Utility- 11x10

Guest bedroom- 11x15

Butler's pantry- 8'10"x12

Dining 11'11"x14

Master- 17x16'8"

Master bath- 12'9"x18

Master closet- 9'8"x9'9"

Bedroom 2- 11'6"x12'5"

Bedroom 3- 12x12

Kids bath- 11'6"x9'4"

Kristin- good comments. I've already marked the plan for a 2nd window in bedroom #2.

I'm not big on the kids bedroom/bathroom configurations. I've mentioned to the architect about getting rid of the jack and jill bathroom.

Those are windows off the master bedroom. Not a fan of having a door to the outside there.

I would hate to be the kid in bedroom #1 and be stuck with the access to my closet be in my shared bathroom.

Why is the closet door not in the bedroom?

Alicia, great point. That never crossed my mind. He has pocket doors on both sides of the sinks closest to the tub/toilet. He also has pocket doors to close the sink areas off. Too many doors for me.

Great ideas suru11, we are planning on the powder room being the one by bedroom #4 since it will be the guest room. We didn't want it out in the public.

The reach in closets are a great idea. I'll mention that to him since I really dislike the bathroom layout how it is.

Is this a stock plan or a custom plan?

How far along in the building process are you?

I only ask because ideal orientation for natural light is to have shared family spaces facing South. It's best to maximize your North/South exposure and minimize your Western exposure.

Can you start over? (As painful as that might be to hear, I had to ask, sorry!)

I avoid:

Designs that do not relate to the site.

Looking through a covered porch from a living room or tunnel effect to any view.

Jack & Jill bathrooms.

Closets where hanging clothes turn corners.

Windowless walk-in closets.

No coat closet at exterior entrances.

Hallways less than four feet wide.

Closets that are only directly accessible through a bathroom from a bedroom.

Gas chambers without a window.

Carports.

Freestanding tubs that do not have sufficient space to clean around.

Doors that swing in front of other doors.

Different ceilings in an open space that do not transition well.

insufficient space beside a door for the light switch.

Pocket doors in bathrooms.

Labeling a living room a "Great Room".

Views into bedrooms from public spaces.

An entrance into the house from the end of a hallway.

No counter space beside a kitchen appliance.

No dish and silverware storage immediately adjacent a dishwasher.

to name a few.

I think the overall basic design is quite good. The layour is simple and efficient while also maintaing fsirly large room sizes. I especially like the layout of the left side of the house- entryway, great room, dining, kitchen, keeping, laundry, 4th bedroom. So its definitely on right track.

Biggest thing I see is a lack of closets. I don't see a coat/shoe closet near the main entry, or a linen closet. Not that those are musts, it depends on your lifestyle.

The pantry is huge; it's like an entire room on its own. I think you can reduce it and use the leftover space in another way. I'm thinking maybe a reading nook or some other private, secluded space. But then I'm an extreme introvert and secluded spaces are really important to me. If you guys are extroverts it may not matter. Also depends on what you'll be using the 4th bedroom for when there are no guests.

I don't particularly like how the master is accessed. I would rather see it accessed off the same hall as the kids bedrooms. That means of course the master closet and the one bedroom closet get smaller; the tradeoff being that it allows for a more private master in that you don't have to constantly traverse thru the main living space to get to the private space.

Finally I think the kids bathroom is top tiny. It's fine for now but once they get older i bet they'll want more space.

Lots of good ideas in here.

That corner bath with 2 pocket doors will be a nightmare. Locking a pocket door, in my experience, is tricky. Pocket doors are best used for areas where this gets limited use / cycles (and fewer cycles with kids as operators!) I would rework, regain that corner for a bedroom and maybe just work towards a hall bath. I also think that the 'walk in' closets aren't the most efficient use of that space - especially where so much of the linear footage is "corner" which is much less efficient.

Other than that - I like it!

Just lanni, I completely agree on the pocket doors to the bathroom. We will be reworking that area. I also agree about the walk-in closets. I think we will go with reach in closets. Thanks for commenting.

Have you considered working with an architect to get a strong design concept which can be developed?

Bedroom #2 needs a second window.

Bedroom #3 should be flipped with the bath/closet in order to be on the corner.

The entire Bedroom #2, #3 and bath needs to be reworked. Don't waste the corner. Corners are precious due to the ability to get light from two directions.

Don't bother with walk-in closets in the bedroom's #2 and #3. Use reach in closets.

The front hall needs a closet.

If you are married, DH will appreciate a window in the water closet. Don't ask me how I know.

You need linen closets.

While I really like the symmetry of the front elevation, the front windows on each wing need to be the same size. The front garage elevation needs to be windows rather than a door.

Am I missing something? The front elevation shows second floor with dormers, but no stairs? Ditto you need closets, guest powder room, and less pantry...