I am enlarging our garage from 22' wide x 28' deep to 40' wide x 28' deep and adding a sewing room to the north side of the garage that will be around 27' x 30'. To break up the long line in front of the garage it has been suggested that I set the front wall for my sewing room back from the garage. I am using a Home Designer program and right now it is set back 5'6". Every time I try to move the wall something else moves that I don't want to move.

I guess my question is--Is there are rule of thumb about setbacks? Is 4' going to be too small? It was suggested that I use 8' but that takes width out of my sewing room and will make that room more long and narrow.

In other messages I posted links to pictures of my plan but I forgot how to do that.

Thanks,

Sue in Wyoming