A floor plan of what is proposed to be built at this point would be helpful for us.

A local architect would be more helpful to you.

Mark Bischak, your design work is beautiful. I'd love to talk about a paid consult for a few quirky areas if you were willing and able to help us fast.

How about moving bed to wall on right. Have opening to bath from "foyer". Instead of corner sinks, move sink vanities to wall against bedroom. Tub under windows

Do I understand you right, that the house is currently being framed?

Mark Bischak, yes, the house is about 90% framed, the roof trusses go on this Friday. It has been a rough process with the plans that we hired done. I am unhappy with a few areas, however each time we asked the designers to address them, they made matters worse. Our fault for being naive, but I am trying to make the best of it. To refresh you...I have posted before about the windows and front door. Our exterior, particularly the roof and front porch were shredded by others on Houzz, which I completely understand. It is a confused craftsman at best. The porch beams & roof completely cover the view out from the transom windows. I was never a fan of transom windows, but now I am certain they are not my style. I wanted a new "old" house, with timelessness, charm, and a sense of place. This is what I was given. But...enough whining, just trying to salvage what I can. I do plan to nix the board & batten for lat and shake James Hardie (though unsure yet about where each should go), soften colors, change porch in some way and possibly get rid of the metal roof. Oh...one more photo.... this is our view through the house from the front door out through the great room.

Cpartist, thank you for your thoughts...we have considered that exact option...I feel the bed location is not ideal based on how one enters the room...bad feng shui. I keep waffling on the location for the bathroom door. Not a huge fan of the corner cabinets, even if sinks are moved to the outside edge of each cabinet.

Do you have an actual floor plan you can upload? I can then show you.

BTW: if you're going for a craftsman vibe, do not have the stone go up to the windows. Only up to the top of the foundation (where the first floor would start).

Any chance to get rid of that third gable that has no use?

Any chance of changing the gable over the garage to something more simple?

I would ask Mark or Architectrunnerguy to see if they could still help you.

If you can, post floor plans, exterior elevations, and images of the extent of the construction so far.

I will work on getting the plans and a few photos of the current progress loaded.  Thank you.

That plan means nothing post the actual plans and a guest bath not connected to a gurest room is not IMO good design . I need to see the actual plans you signed off on and why did you not hire an architect for this ,

That plan means nothing post the actual plans and a guest bath not connected to a gurest room is not IMO good design

Hogwash. Guest baths don't need to be connected. Especially when they need to do double duty.

If the guest bath is connected to the guest bedroom, they stay longer.

Lol...I hear you Mark. This is actually our primary suite bath, the guest bath is on main....and connected. We are planning for aging parents with a second suite with easier access.

Thank you for the post and questions. This will sound naive and sad on our part, but we did think we had hired an architectural firm to design the rebuild. They mislead us, and we did not question. It is too long of a story to go into, other than my husband and I had a difference of opinions at the time that it counted, and by the time he agreed with me that this firm was not doing good work it was too late. We are already in our construction loan with 5 months left and if we do not close it in time, we will double the interest rate on the regular mortgage loan we roll into. Anyway....here we are...my husband has finally seen the light and realizes that this is a botched design. We have modified as many of the areas as we are able as it is being framed, but even as early as February, we could not find any architects locally that would take on the job. I am attaching the only pdf version of the plans that I have, but please realize the basement level has been improved, as have areas of the main floor, we are now "tweaking" the 3rd floor before it is too late. Our windows are sadly vinyl, but they were more affordable after Covid and inflation hit. They were ordered early, so we can't change them.

Move the shower to the corner where you have vanities (L shaped vanities are meh - been there done that). Move vanities to the left wall. Move the entrance to the bathroom down a bit so you don't walk right into the tub. I might consider a Japanese tub, which would fit the space well and seems to be more comfortable.

I would move the entrance to the bedroom to the right and give that space to either the bath or closet. I would put the bed on the right wall instead. If you have another window of the size you have on the right bedroom wall (the bathroom window maybe?) I would move it to be on the right side of the newly placed bed.

anj_p Thank you for the sound advice. Those are thoughts we had not considered yet, though we have entertained many. I am going to use Houzz Pro to play with how it looks and figure out the water closet location. I appreciate your fresh eye!