Hello everybody,

I was really excited to find the Design Dilemma since it exactly describes my current situation

Few months we bought and moved into our 2 bedroom 1 bath 1945 built Texas house which I’m in love with its wooden exterior and how well it was built, when we bought it we had the intention of changing things since it’s kind of in a rough shape and in my opinion has a very big design issue with a lot of wasted living space due to the bathroom being in the middle of the living room and kitchen, what we currently want to do is convert the interior to open floor design and convert what is labeled as FAMILY in the picture below to a 3rd bedroom and a bath, we’re trying to find the best design with least amount of construction since our budget is not very high, also we’re trying to stay within the standards in case we wanted to sell the house in the future We started working with a Draftsman which he provided few suggested layouts but each one of them has it’s negatives which is why I’m asking for your great advice on which layout to go with and what to change before starting the actual work, below are the existing and suggested layouts, please share your opinions and ideas

The house is supposed to be 1100 SQ-FT not including the Family room

I added the survey too for more clarity

Below are the suggested layouts and I'm sharing my opinion on each one of them

This is the first one which I honestly thought it was not bad except for you inter directly to the kitchen which I'm not sure about, and one of the bedroom being directly open to the living space are those bad things ?

Same idea as the one before with some modifications ( my current favorite), the only thing I'm not sure about is it's okay not to have an entry way ? as you can see you get into the living room right after you open the door, and is it a problem for the bedroom to be kind of close to the kitchen ? Would you keep the kitchen this way or kind of push it to a corner to have a dining table close to it ?

In the above layout, couple of things, isn't 9-5*9-7 is a very small bedroom ? is it even considered a living room ? Another thing is it okay to have a wall right in front of the entry ? and again no Entryway

With this design I'd have to relocate the entry door which I'm not very excited about since I have a porch and partly brick exterior wall, the other thing that I'm not sure if that's an issue is the Laundry room kind of in the living- kitchen area

This is the last one which I'd say my second favorite even though I'd have to add more space to the existing space, I'm again asking is it okay not to have an entry way ?, would you put the stove in an island ?, what are your ideas on this one

I know it's a very long topic but we've been thinking which one to take for weeks with no idea what to do, please share your opening and ideas to help us deiced, which one you think is the best what would you change about it ? Keeping in considerations we're trying to move the least things around to keep cost as low as possible