Squirrel, thanks for the compliments! We have not progressed in the DR much other than properly framing out the archway to the LR and adding another archway to the staircase. Not typical, but it lets so much light in and also allows a view of the fireplace (formerly in the LR, now the foyer). I work at RH now, and might get one of the lanterns there but really like one from PB so that may be my next job! I do love the RH chairs though, an investment for sure. The table will be the last thing since ours works just fine and is long, just too airy for the room. I might try to deepen the maple with a get stain if we do go for the chairs. My concerns with the DR were mostly due to that rug, which I love but if you recall had really rich golds, ambers and reds. Works great with my house, but as a good friend of mine says, sometimes with these old homes you need to let them breathe, which to me means using a lighter rug like sisal or seagrass and doing the walls gray, and using window treatments sparingly. So we'll see. For now we still have the wallpaper and the rug. Heavy! I did get lots of different opinions about the tower and I'm still not sure I made the right choice, but I stuck with it full height, just made it narrower by 3 inches and made it only 6 inches deep. Considering mirrored doors if they won't (further) break the bank!

Thanks for the feedback everyone! OK, we've had the plumber, electrician, and carpenter in, and we've talked ourselves into more surgery. New plan, really interested in any opinions, good or bad, on these choices....particluarly struggling on decision for the neo-angle base--CM, acrylic jacuzzi, tiled UGS, or tiled Kerdi?: 1. Lose the entire wall separating the 2 rooms of the master, including the existing shower wet wall! move the shower plumbing wall to same as toilet supply. Move drain. Going large neo angle to have a more open room, roomier shower, and it creates a perfect spot for a built in linen storage system (Time to bust out the kreg-jig!...or order furniture). Slight narrowing of door, and now I'm back to barn slider, but this may be a gametime decision. 2. ~48" neo angle shower base ---need help! Stuck between a. Kerdi/UGS system, with biltmore honed 2X2 tile floor (is the neo angle version of these systems too crazy for a homeowner to do? can't afford to pay a tile guy to laydown a muddeck and do the whole deal). Love the feel of tile underfoot. b. stay safe, but less fancy with a a jacuzzi 48" acrylic, or usmarble/solid surface neo angle base? we were happy enough w/ a Jacuzzi 42"neo in our old, smaller bathroom 3. Wife talked me out of pony walls/linear drain which is good, because i would have had to build them! Shower walls will be ceramic large subway with some cool biltmore/glass mosaic accent on the wall, probably as 2 vertical 12" stripe where the shower hardware is mounted, and on the other wall....or a horizontal stripe. Tiling to ceiling. We like the clean look of the kohler shower locker in lieu of messy tile niches, do these look ok, or cheap? Thought on this plan/size of shower, pan choice? 4 Moen Kingsley Regular constant pressure valve with diverter, rain shower head, and a handheld on a bar...standard but nice, and I've had nothing but good luck w/ Moen. Chrome, because we like it best, AND it's cheapest! 5. Decided to lose the towel warmer...too many variables/questions/$$$ 6. Sticking with the schluter tile warmer system...plenty of floor thickness to work with, and why not for $600 bucks. We really like the 1 ft square biltmore honed floor from Tile Shop. Price not bad. need to research how this works over heated and wear. If not, does anyone recommend a good, classic looking tile for the floor? Would 5" carrara hex (sealed) work? Expensive, but we had this look in our old bath, loved the look and feel. The natural stone is a bit thicker than ceramic, and I'm worried about the heating being effective, or damaging the stone. (admittedly, i need to do some more research here) Here's the pic, of the layout, shower wall tile area/outline in green, wainscoated walls in blue. Thanks again for advice!

Thanks Salex. Nice! Love the tub idea but we are not tub people. I used our soaking tub twice in 6 years in our last house so would rather have a bigger shower. Husband and I just decided that if we do the WC, we would move the window so we can have 3'. I agree with all the advice here. 2.5" just isn't enough. And I would love a frosted glass pocket door to make it lighter and feel bigger. We just have to decide if we definitely want to move the toilet (it's currently next to shower) and the window. It's both or neither. I think it would be worth it. But we are doing all the work ourselves (mostly him) so we need to think through cost and work/effort/time! Thank you!

@smalloldhouse_gw thank you for taking the time to look/read! We’re looking to remodel an existing area of the house into the master suite so we Have fixed dimensions to work with. The other option is how the bed currently is which is against the left wall on the picture. This does provide a little more walking space around the bed and we may well keep it there in the future. The window on that wall partially overlaps the bed frame which isn’t the best look. Also- if we switched to a queen size bed instead of a king that would obviously allow more space but we like the king size bed. Another thing is that the window the bed is against is really the second floor at that point in the house- the way dips down to go into the garage underneath. So it’s not like anyone could walk by outside our window or anything. Currently all exterior items are remaining the same - no changes to exterior doors/windows at this time.