Interesting thought! I’ll think about that. That would also give us the option of making the closet under the stairs or pantry biggest. And save money on the powder room. You’re right - as a vacation home, it probably wouldn’t bother me too much to send folks to the master or upstairs for the restroom. My only concern might be resale value ? I wonder if it would bother other people too much.

Along the same lines, do you need a walk-in closet and double vanity in a vacation house? I would run reach-in closets along the windowless master wall. You could probably skip the pantry in favor of a pantry closet in the kitchen.

Those changes would give you a bigger dining room, which you will appreciate.

Can you make the sleeping loft a third upstairs bedroom? That would be safer with small children.

Is there a view? How many seasons can you eat outdoors? Make sure the covered porch is big enough for outdoor dining.

No, you are right we do not need that big walk in closet! Reach in closets would probably be fine. I wonder if we could put a stackable washer dryer in the closet space in the master so that we wouldn’t need to have the washer dryer right off the dining room.

The house will be in western North Carolina. It snows in the winter but we would eat outdoors 8 months out of the year. Woodsy backyard with a babbling stream. Views of the mountains in the distance but the house is a flat lot in the valley. We could also put a patio off the back deck if we needed more room but we plan for outdoor dining on the deck.

Our youngest will be 3 by the time the house is ready so the open loft doesn’t worry me much. Our plan for the upstairs bedrooms is a bunk bed and twin in one room. Queen guest bed in the other. Our kids can share when we have company and spread out when it’s just us. It’s not a ton of space but if guests are cramped after 3 nights, it is time for them to move on anyway!! There is TONS to do outdoors in the area and no one needs to spend that much time inside anyway.

Reading the comments and looking at the design, I think you can do better.

Pay attention to the knee-wall ceiling heights upstairs ... your bedrooms are not as big, or usable, as they appear on a flat piece of paper.

Find a plan that has a better powder room location, but by all means - do not forsake it.

Powder room opening to the dining room is icky.

IMO forget the loft and that vaulted ceiling in such a small space it will act like a sound tunnel. Use that space for proper rooms and IMO that DR is not good at all. Honestly get an architect to design a proper house . Too many things wrong here . No to a pantry in the DR or the PR off the DR and no laundry off the DR either .This is why you need an architect.

I think the proportion is off between the dining room and bedroom. The bedroom will really only be used by 2 people, at night. The dining room, even if you eat outside, is also part of the kitchen, you‘ll play games there, you’ll eat there more than you think (chilly morning breakfast? Rainy or windy days?) Yet, the bedroom is pretty big for a weekend house, and the dining space is small for a weekend house. A different plan, designed for your specific site, might give you everything you need, and some things you didn’t know you needed.

The plan has three entrances but not one of them has a closet or any reasonable place to leave jackets, shoes and other outdoor gear.

IMO a plan like this makes more sense for a mountain house. Flip the location of the Dining area and the Kitchen. You might be able to get a small powder room under the stairs if there is no basement.

I might also consider a shed dormer instead of the individual dormers. It will provide much more head room for your second floor.