Your picture cuts off part of the deck you seek to cover with the screened porch. Matching the existing roof pitch or altering it to a slightly lower one, as Dy suggests, needs to take the additional area into account. It is a bit of math and some minor geometry...but if the entire deck is be enclosed it is difficult to give a real answer without dimensions. I recommend a local architect or design/build firm consultation as well. A dimensioned plan and elevation may get you answers here...but without that, a tape measure and a creative mind at the site are the best combination to get.

Congratulation on the new condo! Thank you for the pictures and detailed explanation. I like your idea of the sleeper sectional/couch with chaise. That is a great start. I would pobably tuck it on the left hand wall, with the chaise by your thermostat with a nice piece of artwork on that wall. I would have the TV on the opposite wall, with the shelves framing the unit if you like or at least on the left, to prevent glare from the window. Right under your window, I would do a bench with pillows, for extra seating and with the corner right by your entry, you can use the piece to put on shoes, store your guests bedding,etc. Make the cushion piece and pillows very comfortable, so it feels intentional and like a piece of furniture, not an afterthought. Just where the shelf end to the dining room, you could do a taller chair, as in a wingback one, to visually separate the dining and living room. That should seat 7 people all together. To prevent it from looking like an alley you could use a patterned rug, but rug on carpet is often not considered good for the carpet, but it depends what shape it is in and how fond you are of it. Make sure you have maybe a round coffee table closer to the chaise and a small table by the taller chair. Your best bet is to lay out the options you like on the floor via newspaper,cardboard or people even use bedsheets. That will give you very quickly an idea of how things will look, work and flow. If you like the bench under the window idea, you will have to install a blind or roman shade for that window, the curtains will not work. Btw, if you hang a wider dining room curtain rod higher, between window and ceiling or even a little higher and add some fuller and thicker drapes, that would give you more impact and it would look more solid with your beautiful dining room set. Good luck!

I actually have 3 sisters so I did have to do some room sharing and it was not always pretty. But I also dont think back to those times and still wish I'd had my room or think my life would have been so much better. While we want our kids to have a reasonable amount of space we also want them to grow up grateful for what they have. And part of why we are living in this house "with" my parents is to save money. We'd rather save our money and travel then have a large home. We are also trying to consider when they are old enough they can move "next door" or out guest room can be used if they can't stand one another, and when they move out we dont want a bunch of wasted space. I guess I should have mentioned as far as the kids rooms we want the space to be comfortable and what they NEED not necessarily what they (or us for that matter bc I'll have to deal with the bickering) WANT. If you all still think the rooms are on the small size I will maul it over. oh and toys, sports equipment will not be in bedrooms. we have a shed, a garage, and 2 extra rooms where i will make space for it.

Good design, remodeling or otherwise, reflects and optimizes how a family lives. And if I understand your intent correctly, you want Cali modern cool. (Seeing your electrical notation about future pool light switch was the tip off.) If you want to make the dining room into an office/ den, then great. I will assume you have already weighted these pros and cons. I think it is smart to move the kitchen two feet into the den area (per your second yellow highlighted area.) Being a pool/ entertainment oriented home, I can understand the addition of the full bath. You are smart to take that 8' x 8' space and retain the right 24" for countertop space which you may take away from your range wall. You have not accounted for the 4" of the wall depth so your new bath is not 72" x 96" but actually 68" x 96". I mention this in the context of your probably wanting to use a 72" tub. As for your wall with range. My guess is that wall is supporting the vaulted ceiling. You could remove top portion of the wall- the wall space above the upper cabinets. I see on the plans, the range is ductless so there must be some planning for this already, downdraft etc. The point is, keeping the range on this wall and having the upper portion of wall removed would be fine. In keeping with my preconception of Cali modern, this kitchen is aesthetically best with slab front cabinets with upper cabs that are wide and not tall. Like these As soon as I started thinking about your kitchen, I kept coming up with the kitchen from the tv show Animal Kingdom. What you will gain by taking the range wall down to the upper cabs height is light. Especially from the skylights in the living room. Take a look at this picture from the set of AK and my notations. How to use the living room space is up to you, and how you intend to live. You can answer that best. BTW, I really love how the family room is separated from the other bedrooms with a pocket door and proper hallway. I hope this helps.