I like your idea to make the big bedroom smaller. Would a dining table be in front of the new slider? And the window in the kitchen - is it above counter height? It would be nice to have cabinets and counter on that wall; it would create almost an L shaped kitchen.

Where will you store your clothing in the bedroom by the kitchen?

Have you considered hiring a person of design talent (interior designer or architect) to possibly come up with some ideas you haven't thought of since they do this day in and day out and tend to think outside the box? Is design your background? If not, leave it to the experts. Your solutions are only minimally better if at all.

emilyam819

Yeah for the dining area I was thinking it would go in front of the new slider, unfortunately the window is regular height, with the house exterior being brick it's a bit tough to resize it, but great Idea will still consider the L shape kitchen

decoenthusiaste

Haven't really decided yet but there's a lot of space or maybe even take some space from the bathroom

cpartist

I did hire someone couple years ago for my house before this one, TBH the plans he sent was with 0 creativity, it felt ge only made plans so people can get city permits, I know there are some amazing architects out there but they are rare and chances to meet them here are higher than my local city. last time I had a layout issue, I had to give the design to the architect, and people from Houzz helped out a lot to avoid the common mistakes

Then you didn't find the right person. You are hiring a person, so you have to approach it like you're hiring a new employee. You want a good fit. They are out there even in small towns.

The hallway seems tight. I wouldn’t go any smaller than 3’6”. The walk-in closet in the back right bedroom also seems a little tight. Hanging clothes take up about 2’ of depth so you would want about 5’ to give yourself 3’ of walk space. I would flip the door entering the room to make it a left swing (should open to reveal bigger side of room). I would mirror the bath layout in the front right bedroom to move the door to the left. If you put the bed on the right side exterior wall, you may want space for night stands. For the front right bedroom I would extend the entry hall leading to it amd add a closet to the left. Take the bathroom in that front left bedroom amd spin it 90 degrees to make the entrance on the right side since that is just entry space. Gives you more room in the bedroom amd more wall space by moving the door to that bathroom. Also need to integrate closet. Door in bathroom to the right of the entry should flip.

methoddesigns

Hi and thanks for the amazing tips, Just measured the hallway, it's 3' not sure if I want to remove everything just to make it a bit bigger, I wish I had a 4' but I have to wigh the expense and the reward. I think I messed up the drawing on that closet, but it's a bit wider than that I can walk in it with no issues. I will defiantly flip that door following your advise.For the bathroom in Bedroom 2 as you numbered it,your plan to change it to J&J is amazing but at the same time I'm trying to only do things that are necessary and less expensive, I'd have to rebuild the whole bathroom and that's something I'm not ready to do yet haha. As for the master bedroom I loved what you did with the bathroom closet and almost defiantly will do it that way, I appreciate all your tips and that Sketch is awesome, thanks a lot.

One question though,

I noticed you kept the kitchen in the center of the house, I was thinking of pushing it to the corner closer to the window so when you walk into the house you don't see the kitchen first. So I guess my question is which is more important to center the island in the living space or to not walk into the kitchen when you enter the house ?

I would leave the island where it is. If anything, you could extend it toward the exterior wall. sliding it over would expose the cabinets against the wall and it would look/feel odd when you are cooking and spin around to an open area. There is a good amount of space with the entry and the hallway so I don't think it would feel too tight or odd walking in the front door and seeing that.

methoddesigns

Thank you again :)