I don't love the secondary kitchen/LR upstairs. Maybe that is an exercise room instead? Or maybe you use the small bedroom next to the master as a sitting room for mom and dad?

I do like the front elevation except for the huge gable over the garage. Why would you want to feature the garage?

What is the purpose of the hallway that leads to the powder room? Or is that the mudroom? If it's the mudroom, it won't get used. Kids tend to move to the easiest spot in front of them. They won't go into a hallway to put away their stuff unless they're very unusual.

The kitchen is enormus but the dining room is on the smaller side.

Why do you need such a wide pantry. Ideally pantry shelves are 12" - 18" deep. With a 9' wide pantry, that leaves you 6' of useless space in the middle. Additionally pantries normally are not good with windows since light is the enemy of food stuff.

You have a huge kitchen that you'll need roller skates to function well in the space.

You have an island that is so large, you'll need to climb on the table to reach the middle.

And honestly the layout of the kitchen, especially with such a large space could use lots of help. Normally when we cook, we take food out of the fridge and pantry (notice they're at opposite ends of one another?), move the food to the sink to prep (notice how you have to cross the cooking zone to get from the fridge to the sink?), prep between sink and stove before moving the food to the stove to cook.

That's quite a hike from the family room and sun room for anyone needing the powder room.

I feel bad for the kid in the bedroom next to the laundry area. Not only does that child only get a single window in their room, but if the other child goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night, they're going to hear the flushing of the toilet. Plus they have the furthest walk to make it to the bathroom.

That shower is so large that it will absolutely be chilly when you shower. Why would you need a shower the length of a room?

I don't see measurements on the closet, but it seems a bit chintzy compared to some of your other spaces.

What direction faces north?

Where do you plan to barbecue? Hang out in the backyard?

How large is the property?

We will review the feedback but wanted to answer the quick questions. The front faces north, BBQ will most likely be on a rear patio outside the door in kitchen. It's a 3 acre lot. As for the master shower, we do feel its too big and are talking about making it smaller and adding a linen closet from the hallway.

Prior discussion.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6115686/open-floor-plan-farm-house

Some ideas from that thread.

(not a pro) What are your plans for the little space between the garage and front porch?

It seems like that would be an awkward place to grow / mow grass or other landscaping. I don't know if it's possible, but could you just extend the porch to the garage wall?

I'd recommend laying out your furniture to scale in all rooms, to ensure that your DR tables and chairs fit, figure out how you'll use the dormer areas of the offices, and use the upstairs LR space.

Do you need a closet near the front door for guest jackets, umbrellas, etc?

I notice that the powder room is quite a hike from the family room.

Consider switching the mudroom and powder room. You'd also need to change the opening from the garage.

While there are some valid point above, this is much better than 95% of plans usually presented here

I’m also in CT with a family of 4. There would be a lot of wasted space (for me) in this plan. And (not counting unfinished over the garage) it’s missing a downstairs office/command center, laundry, mudroom storage/functional mudroom. If the sunroom is a playroom, that’s fine. Upstairs I’d want a 4th bedroom instead of the massive, meandering primary bathroom.

The kitchen has too many big areas with no function, and the pantry is capturing all the good southern light. I’d rotate the island, add a prep sink, probably make it narrower, widen the back door, and make that other counter area a beverage bar.

What is the purpose of the second office only being accessible from the first office?

The kitchen island is too big to be sourced with one slab of anything. IMO 5' should be the MAX MAX for an island. (short arms)

Agree that it's a lot of house for 3 bedrooms (initially)

Like the elevations.

That's a really deep garage. Are you planning to park some cars in tandem? or have a workshop in the rear third or so?

I am not a fan of windows in showers.

It's great that the front faces north, but the only rooms getting the most desirable south light are the kitchen and the sunroom. The family room will be dark with only north light. Do yourself a favor and read up on passive solar heating/cooling.

Why on why would you ever have a pantry on a south wall???

South walls are precious. A pantry should be interior without windows.

I can't imagine what the person who said "better than 95%" of the plans on here was thinking.

The basics are important and having public areas face south is a basic. Not having a front load garage when you have the room is another basic.

Another basic is not sharing a primary bedroom wall with another bedroom.

Another is keep toilet from primary bed distance to under 1 mile.

And don't put island between sink and fridge.

I think your fridge is too small as drawn. Can't quite read the island size.

I think you will be very unhappy with the backyard access with this plan. I would make a larger door to a patio from the kitchen a d move the pantry to over by the mud room so that the family room opens up to the backyard.

Also do you plan to have a TV in the family room? If so the only place you have for it is over the fireplace which is its suboptimal. You have room on the wall to do a fireplace and TV. Look at inspiration ideas but don’t default to stacking them if you don’t have to.

And you don’t want guests to have to walk through a mud room to get to the powder room. I’d put it on the other side of the dining room (going towards the garage) but before the mud room space.

The elevation gave the impression of a large house, but the first floor feels really small, with things that one would only do when you don't have space.

Do you really want a stranger who walks up to your house, to look through your glass front door and see you in your pajamas at the kitchen sink? They would actually be able to see where everyone is on your first floor. Those are your sight lines. There is such a thing as a plan that is too open.

Nobody’s actually going to the front door because the “friends” entrance comes first. I’d like the friends entrance to be on the side (and a side load garage).

You have little access and no connection to the backyard. Where will you have your bbq grill? Any plans for play set or pool? Where will you entertain with a bunch of families and their kids?

How amazing is this view that made you totally ignore the connection of the house to the backyard? Ocean?

Why on why would you ever have a pantry on a south wall???

South walls are precious. A pantry should be interior without windows.

So true, So true, David Cary

The 'pantry' is where the caterers do their last minute prep work before staging the food in the kitchen.

I think pantry in 2021 in most of the US is a closet where you store food and some small appliances and rarely used dishes. This is often called a walk-in pantry but reach in closets are also called pantrys.

Butler's pantry is typically a small area with cabinets and countertop that can be used for last minute prep work by caterers. There is often a sink there. Often a wine fridge.

We use our butler's pantry now mostly for auxiliary (often ugly) appliances - toaster oven, juicer, can opener, soda water maker. And we also use it for cocktail prep.

Not sure why we would ever have a dedicated areas for caterers as most houses probably never see a caterer. My last house we lived in for 8 years (all pre-pandemic). Lots of parties, baby showers etc. Never once had a caterer. I have some vague recollection of hiring a bartender once....

Last time I was at a party with a caterer was in a fairly new house, "built for builder before he went bust" type of house. It is 12k sq feet. An amazing and terrible house at the same time. No pantry for the caterer. Pretty sure staging was done in the formal dining - and served in the kitchen. The house had a walk-in pantry and a butler's but neither was appropriate for the staging task.

Ah - I remember another catered event. More "modest" 4k house. Prepped in garage actually and served in dining room.

The first thing I noticed, aside from the absence of a coat closet near the entry, is the sight line from the front door. I imagine that a three acre lot in CT has some beautiful greenery. Better to see stright through to the view than to the kitchen island. And then there’s that trek to the powder room.

The concepts of the 3 threads presented over the months have not changed, so that seems set in stone. The only major difference with this iteration is moving the Master ensuite to the front, and a bunch of minor refinements.

- I probably want to rotate the island (allowing seats to front view) and widen the back entry to the hill view, also opens up that back yard flow as still not sure if you will be eating on the front porch.

- since most the outdoor living is on the front porch, use french doors in at least the Dining (if not Living too) so as not to require the front door as main access (especially if have dining table in front). Yes your HVAC will pay a price for more french doors.

- Ditto shower comments, a legal bedroom would be 7x10, you have 6.5x11.

This may have been asked before but why no backporch? I absolutely love our back porch and evenings chilling with a book or enjoying the fresh air in one of our hammock chairs. Or, sitting there watching the kids kick a ball around and so on. My husband also has our grill/smoker back there which helps to keep it safe from weather elements. Is the backyard not one that will be utilized and that is the reason for only having the front porch?

You have to look at the OP's old threads. That's what happens when starting a new thread for revisions and updates, you miss all the background information and what got to this point.