I'd largely agree w/ Virgil on doing a gable. That said, the house we're building has gables on the roof but a hip on the porch (photo about halfway down this page: http://bamasotan.us/2018/08/heat-tube-and-other-stuff/) due to the very shallow pitch on the porch roof. If you do a gable then put a window in the gable rather than screen to avoid rain coming in. You should also do something between the gable and the screen area to keep rain from flowing down the gable and soaking the screen.

Awful nice of you to ask. I got with a local drafter (who I didn't realize hand draws) and came up with a close but still somewhat flawed plan. It is done to the level to get a more complete estimate on a build. I stopped short of trying to figure out the biggest problem with kitchen and dining area. Just sort of gave up, I liked the rest. But it remains a problem. I will have to hire someone to redraw if I figure it out. Generally its a pretty standard small ranch. I am trying to pack in as much future flexibility as possible but of course there are always ramifications. I wanted a potential future buyer to have the option of a second bathroom and bedroom upstairs, meanwhile I could use for storage (this will be on a crawl space) . This resulted in a 12 12 pitch which I'm concerned about making the house look top heavy. (Although I do love the scandanavian look of a high pitch they are usually on two stories). Since it was a single bathroom I sacrificed some space elsewhere to make it a little bigger. I thought about a double vanity but I'm single. So I did a single sink in the bathroom but the linen closet could be removed and a double vanity put in if someone down the road really wanted it. I would love a walk in shower since I never take baths but, oh well. I would like to do something with the "front" windows. The double hung thing blocks the view. Don't know what my options are though. Biggest problem, Kitchen/Dining area (as in there is none) I love a big living room, and don't care for traffic patterns through it. So the kitchen ended up where most would put the living room. Which makes the kitchen both have wasted space but not enough space for an eat in dining room. So there is no place to eat, not even a counter bar. In the summer one could use the porch. This is the biggest problem and I don't know how to fix without making the whole house bigger (200 a sq foot) or doing a bump out which sort of defeats the idea of a simple cheaper rectangle to build. Looking at it and how its just your basic standard little ranch its sort of amazing how long it took to get here. The front is cut off but its the same, a double hung on the other side of the slider which is in the middle

Dark Bronze. Somewhere between black and brown--dark bronze. The color of tree bark--but I am still open for suggestions as I am in the deconstruction stage. I am drawn to dark colored houses with dark trim. The only thing that has been determined are the Anderson windows with dark bronze trim.

Consider how this house will work from the inside out. What does the vaulted/slanted ceiling add to the interior? What does the unusual and asymmetrical window arrangement add? Unless you are going to go without any window treatments other than a blind at all, they will be problematic. These forums are full of questions about what to do with rooms with slanted ceilings and "problem" windows. I have a house with an exposed sheathing/rafter ceiling and it was one of the selling points of the house, as was the all glass end wall in that room. I am not criticizing the Idea of these things, but you have to look at how this is going to affect the everyday experience inside. The reality is that most people will want light control for sleeping and window treatments for privacy at least on some windows and window size and placement should take that into account. Slanted or vaulted or high ceilings can be very nice, but they can also create a room with very awkward proportions, also as seen in these forums. Many houses these days seem to be designed with a checklist of "features" combined with little thought about the whole.