There is a lot I can't see from your photos. What is behind the left side of the shower tub? A closet or a room? I agree that the bathing space is awkward, but perhaps there was an important reason for it being designed this way. Taking measurements and drawing an accurate floor plan can help you see if there is room for expansion. You called this the master bath so why aren't you using it? Is it the step? The step is not a safe idea; it's something to slip/trip on. I can understand hesitating to start such a remodel, but you need to decide whether it's worth doing for your quality of life. Talk to a tile professional about what removing the step would do to the rest of the tile work. Even if you don't want to tackle redoing the shower tub, there are other, small upgrades you could do. The vanity Drawers are not properly supported anymore. This might be a handyman fix, or you could replace the existing vanity with a new one. The linen closet has no knobs on the sliding doors. Doesn't that make them difficult to open? There is no reason you can't add knobs. You could also get new standard doors for this cabinet that match your vanity door styling. As to the window into your office. Buy some decorative window film to stick to this window. You should be able to find the basic FROSTED kind at home stores, as well as some department and specialty stores. Light will pass through, but the bath will have complete privacy.

Although it doesn't show well in the photo, I get the impression the railing on your porch is way oversized. And the hedge below it needs to go. Painting all the vertical corner trim on your house white is boxing it in. It stops the eye and squares up all the different parts of your home's facade. I would also eliminate some of the white below the 2nd story windows and above the garage door. You could use some lanterns flanking the garage and front doors. They should be 1/3 the height of the front door in all locations. Have a professional limb up the tree. It is pretty but is overtaking your home's curb appeal. Can you get better pix of the porch and front door for us?

A couple thoughts: --It'll be more expensive, but a portico that matches the garage roofline, but smaller, would look better than the flat overhang you're showing. --Yes, off with the shutters! --Go to a small garden center and have them work up a landscaping design for the front of the house with a mix of a tree or trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials that will showcase the house. Your mock-up has plantings too close to the house. (I know you're working with mock-up program for the first time, so that's probably the problem.) --Is that a pergola over the garage. If so, good!

As the colors are rendered on my computer, it looks like you did a good job choosing a cabinet stain that plays well with the honey oak. I don't mind the combo, really, and think that a wise choice in wall paint would help to pull it together more. I wouldn't say that one should never have different colors in adjoining spaces like yours, but they do need to match in warmth and tone. I don't think the kitchen and adjoining room do. You do have to work with the very pretty counter, though, which seems to have some cooler gray in it, and the backsplash perhaps even more? Look for a warmish-neutral greige that works with all the elements. Getting a color consult, if you have a local chain (like Sherwin Williams) that offers one, might simplify things. Even if you paint the honey oak, I think that you will still need to then work on unifying the rest of the elements with a good wall color. The brick doesn't bother me either- to my eye it is fairly neutral, even with the reddish tone - red can be a neutral when subdued like yours is.