What is the likelihood that the music, study or reading spaces will be in use at the same time? If it is high or frequent the openness in each plan could interfere with the enjoyment of the more quite of those activities.

Thanks for responding. My husband reads while I play, and my children also used to read or do homework, while someone played, so I don't think it's a real problem. It's only played for about an hour or two a day.

There’s an office in the second plan but not in the first, there’s a pantry in the first plan but not in the second, and the second plan has two music rooms. Duets?

No, I think my husband was trying to figure out what to do with the space. I think in the second one, the music room that has the view (on the lower right) was thinking to be an office. It has the best view, so I'm not sure what to do with that space.

IMO the best view should be used for the most used space I think a grand piano is an awesome piece that should be on display not tucked in a corner with no real place for any seating.The music room in plan A is not large enough for a grand piano. I am a bit confused as to what you mean by building on your basement. The bedroom you show in both plans is very small and there seems to me to be a lot of wasted space . What is the space with the FP on the left. It seems like you would need to go there to access the bedroom that is marked . Could you please mark every space with its proposed use.I dislike kitchens in the center with no windows but could you mark the windows in the 2nd plan. Where do the stairs go?

The plans look like spaces thrown together with little concern for the spaces and their relationships and flow. With your interest in music, think of your home as music and compose it with rhythm, dynamics, melody, harmony, tone, texture, and form. Find a local architect that understands this and can help you design a home worthy of a grand piano (which you have) and not a jews harp (which I have).

Hahaha! when designing your basement, seek larger rather than smaller rooms as lighting is in short supply and you do not want a cave effect......

I'm all about kitchens, but I had a couple of ideas for the music room, laundry, and pantry areas. First, try to get the laundry closer to the bedrooms and bathrooms, where most laundry is generated. Small red oval is a laundry closet taken from master closet space. If that's not sufficient, larger circle is a generous laundry room, connected to the Mbath. If you don't want anyone in the laundry room having access to the bath, then include a laundry hamper pull-out that opens to both. The thin red rectangle is a drop-down sorting table. An advantage to locating the laundry near the bedroom side is that it is also near the bathroom plumbing.

I moved the music room over, but I don't know if you want the piano that close to the open kitchen/dining. I drew a closet inside the entry from the garage, but that could be a dividing wall only (or no wall).

You guys are great! I added better labels. I didn't change the appliances yet, but everything is being taken in consideration. I'm building it on top of our finished walk out basement, so the walls are contained over it. I appreciate everyone's comments. Let me know if you need anymore information. The master is too small, and the view is great where the master bathroom is, so I need to flip them around.