I love my windows that fo down to a foot above the floor. It means that the outside is really visible in the house. All my furniture is MCM, so placing it in front of the windows looks great. I have a bird bath and perennial flower garden in front of the living room window and perennial flower gardens in front of the others so the view outside is interesting.

Did you have the house designed to properly respond to the site or did you pick a plan and plan to plop it on the site?

The house plan front elevation

You will need to show the elevation for help.

Yes, thank you for responding and here they are today. I hope it's readable, little challenge converting the doc. If not, I will try something different.

First photo the view of the great room and the reason why the L shape. Capturing the outside. The second photo is the orchard/garden whichi is parallel to the front door and kitchen windows.

Elevation is barely viewable and definitely not readable.

What type of windows are you using as these all appear to me a fixed? The front elevation definitely need to be taller. I would also lower the stone, in my opinion it would stop below the windows not wrap around the bottom. It should appear as part of the foundation not necessarily a decorative element.

The windows in the side facing bedroom on the left side of the house that come down to the stone line have the best proportions. However, I can see why your designer did what they did. Two of the windows are over counters at the kitchen and laundry where a 42" tall, if the head is at 80" are about as low as you want to go. They then matched that size for all of the other windows.

Your master bathroom and closet, especially right next to your front door probably don't need any larger of window, and are ones you will spend little time looking out. There is however nothing preventing them from being taller for the sake of exterior looks. The room that is probably short changed the most by the 42" windows is the front bedroom.

Your kitchen has a 12' wide unbroken window. I would not worry about that room not having enough view.

I do not care for the curved transom above the front door. The design is very angular with no curves except for this one. Maybe a rectangular transom?

Strictly looking at this from pleasing proportions, the window in your side facing bedroom on the left side of the house where the windows come down to the stone line are the most pleasing.

However, I can see why your designer did what they did. Two of the front sets of windows are in your kitchen and behind your washer and dryer. If the head of these windows is 80", the windows cannot be much taller than the 42" that you have. They then just matched that size for all of the other windows.

I don't think you get much functional affect out of increasing the size of your closet and master bathroom windows as you will be spending little overall time looking out them, and increasing their height will only increase the potential accidental view in when someone arrives at your front door. There is though nothing preventing you from making these windows taller, just based on how they proportionally look from outside.

Your kitchen has in total, 12' of windows. I don't think that you have to worry about impeding the view from there.

The front corner bedroom probably loses out the most by having a short window. It would be great to get a 5' tall set of windows there, but the rest of the front would then need to be reconsidered to make sure it stays balanced.

One of the reason why when we built we went with 10 - 12 ft ceilings, I love the taller windows. The 10 ft wide triple windows above my kitchen sink run are 5 ft tall. We also have 10 ft tall slider looking out to golf course and pond views.

Your architect might also only be placing standard sized windows on the plans and not custom or special order sizes. Talk to the architects about increasing some header heights and windows heights, and showing you what it would do to the elevations.

These are things that are easy to fix at this stage.

I'd focus first on refining the plan. The kitchen needs work, and things like the location of the powder room could be improved (and other things too).

The exterior is a reflection of the plan, and with utility spaces all across the front, you will get some shorter windows.

The roof needs work.

What direction will the house face?

Where is the garage/parking?

How will you arrange furniture in the living area?

The overall exterior design lacks character. It looks like so many others that get assembled from the latest trending parts.

Your architect might also only be placing standard sized windows on the plans and not custom or special order sizes.

Except for windows bought off the shelf, windows are all custom made.

I avoid casement windows the open out to an outdoor living space like a porch.

I would want some sort of air-lock so as to not be able to walk directly into the living room at the main entry.

I would eliminate the covered porch that shades the large windows in the living room (think of the view from the lobby of the Jackson Lake Lodge); shrink the dining area and master bedroom and increase the size of the covered porches outside those spaces.

The windows generally have a variety of shapes and sizes. Repeating window sizes will help tp achieve continuity in the design.

Consider this concept. I don't know what the room at the back left is, but moving the master suite to the opposite side, where it is, or off to the left would free up wall space for windows in the living, and depending on the orientation of the house, might leave room for a porch where the master was.

The plan still needs work, so see this as an idea to build on, and not a solution to all the other issues.

I like PPF.'s idea of locating the living room where it has three exterior wall for natural light, ventilation, and views.

I can barely read the plan but usually a ranch has large windows to enjoy the view this is my MCM ranch and every room has alarge window to enjoy the view this is my kitchen still has a large window even in 1956 they wanted to enjoy the view and we only have 8' ceilings and still get the full benefit

Thank you everyone. This has been very helpful! I'm taking all the comments are digging into revision.

Looks like a beautiful place to build a home!

Is the porch column in front of the kitchen window necessary for supporting the porch roof? Because it would be nice not to have a column in front of the window. If removing it would create a span that's too long between the remaining two columns, perhaps those could both come a bit closer to center, landing across from the outer edges of the kitchen window while eliminating that center column. Imaging standing at your kitchen sink and seeing the view, not the column.

Rough mockup (from a non-pro):