No, I haven't chosen the bedding yet. I thought I should wait until I figured out what the wall colours should be. I would probably lean toward grey blues or blue grays. Mt Etna is nice. I would not have thought that blue greys had a hint of green.. very interesting .. Halcyon in Benjamin Moore. Grey Stone in For Love of Gray. Coastal Pleasure. Another question: Do most people agree that I should not continue the lighter hue of atmospheric blue through into the bedroom and bathroom? I am no designer but thought that might be too much of the same throughout.

Kids sleeping on a different floor than parents is a deal breaker for me, *especially* kids downstairs and parents upstairs. My kids have special needs, though, so I perhaps feel more passionate about this than most people. :-) I do, however, remember disliking being separated from my own parents when I was growing up. It didn't matter how old I was (first at 6-9 years old, then as an older teen), I hated sleeping on the opposite side of the house. (This may be hard to believe, lol, but I never once snuck out as a teenager, and no, I wasn't homeschooled.) That tells me that even if my kids weren't disabled, I'd very likely still want them close at night. :-) I like everyone to eat in the same place, play in the same place, and sleep in the same place.

I'd split the existing bathroom for both aesthetic reasons (too long and skinny now) and practical ones. But I'd make the master bath bigger, say 10-11' long. You have a great opportunity to split that bath into two very nicely-sized and more proportionate bathrooms. And you can achieve some savings if you are able to design the layouts so that some of the plumbing shares the common wall between the two new spaces.

So ensuite or en suite is very clearly a British term (with French origin) and used in NA more commonly in Canada. It doesn't mean that Americans don't know what it means but the only reason I do is because of the Canadian origin on much of HGTV. Well - ok - maybe from travel to Europe before that. Where I live it hasn't become a common term. The fact is that pools are more common in warmer climates. Doesn't mean they don't exist of course in Canada but was trying to make an educated guess - house has pool using a British/French term - I would go with Bahamas or Aus. And - are we calling Southern Idaho warm? Back to the original question - the 4th bedroom will never have a toilet? I am confused because in one line you say ensuite means all 3 parts but then you say just vanity and shower is on the table. In the US, it would be a little unusual which is generally not good for resale value. Many people get up in the middle of the night to use the toilet. Having to go into a public area to do that (the hall) is not ideal if they are modest. But if that is already done, then it would still be helpful to have the shower in the suite but it would add a little to the "unusual" nature. So from a resale point of view, I would keep things as normal as they can be. Now - are in you in AUS or are you Australian? Clarity is helpful. Because resale in AUS - no idea. There are probably parts of the US that unusual is no big deal. In my area, it is a big deal.