Is this floor plan with the changes or is this what you have now? To me one of the biggest problems is your garage is at the other end of the house making quite a trek when bringing groceries home.

Additionally your master bedroom appears to be the same size or close to the same size as your living room, kitchen, dining area. Add in your master closet and your master bath and it's bigger than your public spaces. Heck your bathroom is larger than the kids bedroom!

All the rooms appear to be very closed off from one another, and the floor plan is a bit convoluted.

To get to the office you have to walk through the living/dining area.

If you are adding square footage and redoing, I think you need to really rethink the whole floor plan. If you ever plan on selling, I'm afraid you'll have a very hard time doing so with this floor plan.

The addition consists of the master bedroom, master bathroom, and the garage as well as the second level using attic trusses (approx. 1300 sq. ft.). Unfortunately, there are many limitations...and I am tweaking a few other things. But my focus here is just the master bathroom. Thanks.

Here's the bathroom (14' x 9'1"). Also the most I can move the window is 6" - 12", so that won't do much for a solution. I can't make the room any larger, but the bathroom door location and everything else can be adjusted. Thanks.

I would move the bathroom door as close to the outside wall as possible, delete the vanity there, make the vanity across from shower a double, enclose the toilet, and add storage with any extra space.

Actually, I would move the toilet where the shower is, and close it off there. With only 1 window, you want to capitalize on the natural light.

I'd move the tub to the window wall, and slide shower down. Move door and combine vanity, add linen closet where there's space.

Did you come up with this idea yourself?

Meris - I have been thinking about that very same idea - enclosing the toilet and using the additional space as storage, possibly inside the water closet (although not my preference) to avoid side-by-side doors or open shelving. Along the same lines, I prefer not to enclose the window due to a lack of natural light. The window is along the front of the house, so it will likely remain covered a great deal. On the upside the house across the street is a good 75+ feet away.

I cannot place the tub in front of the window as the window is 36"W x 60"H. That window matches the other windows along the front elevation, but is a PITA in the bathroom.

To follow-up on the idea of the tub in front of the window, that may work if it's a freestanding tub. I have to find some pictures to visualize how the rest of the bathroom would look.

Cpartist- yes. Why do you ask?

Verdero- I can't picture your window, and the tub being a problem, I wonder if you can find the tub to fit your space?

Meris - Here's a picture of the front elevation. The window is the first window to the left of the entry door. It will be about 20" - 24" off the floor. With about 18" between the window and the wall on the right, a freestanding tub can be centered in front of the window or it can be placed diagonally.

I like the idea of the freestanding tub, I just need to work out the configuration of the rest of the bathroom.

It is next to impossible to comment on the layout of a bathroom when there are so many things that appear wrong with the rest of the house. Granted there are many factors involved, but that compounds the difficulty of of making a valid comment. To attempt to make a comment without knowing the factors may be a disservice to you and the use of your home.

I suggest seeking review from someone that can realize all the factors that can effect the design of your addition.

Meris, I'm sorry I was asking the OP if he came up with the plan for the addition himself.

And I have to agree with Mark. It was what I was trying to say. Although you don't want to hear it, sometimes it's best to hear it BEFORE you spend your hard earned money on what is essentially a poorly laid out plan.

Could we see what your current home floor plan looks like, prior to changes you might plan? This may help in the discussion of what is affordably do-able.

Could we start from 'scratch'? What is 'existing space' and what is 'addition'?

I dislike the MBA-to-Closet through the MBR. I don't want my MBA window next to the entry door.

Why is a powder room within a few feet of a bathroom?

assuming (until I see the original floor plan) that the bathroom set up / location is pretty much set -- move door to bath down to bottom of image, make vanity a one-vanity / two sink option to the top of the doorway, move window over the 12 inches you say you can move it, put tub down by exterior, shower next, and toilet to the top. Use frosted glass on the window, and set it higher, and maybe narrower, for privacy. Depending how you work on the exterior view of the house, it does not have to match the other windows. It's not like your house is symmetrical to begin with. (As a possibility, you could make the window on the right side of the door match - without frosting - what you need to do with the Master Bath one?)

Cpartist- no problem.

. Verdero-if you are up for it, you might get some great suggestions from the crew here about improving your floorplan. List your restrictions and let them have at it. At the very least, you will know that you want what you have, and you might gain a few insights that will make your home better. Don't feel attacked or take it personally, it's all done with good intentions.

That being said, I think we got some good ideas for your master bath done!

Thanks. I've decided to use a freestanding tub in front of the window.

Sorry to see you're not willing to consider other ideas for laying out your house.

Excellent. Glad I could help.

Do you plan to put the bed between the windows? Moving the bathroom door closer to the exterior wall would work.

Or do you want the option of putting the bed on the other exterior wall with a sitting area at its feet? In which case, the bathroom door would be better pushed up towards the bedroom entry door.