This is our first home, and we have a few issues with it. The problem is that our main entrance (the "front" of the house facing the driveway, not the street) leads right into our tiny kitchen. This means shoes and dirt are everywhere. We also have an upstairs that is tiny, has no real closets (we have a "walk in" that is 4.5' tall and otherwise tiny), and does not have a bathroom. The Master is 12 by 13, but because of the slanted ceilings it functionally is much smaller.

I think shed dormers on the "second floor" would accomplish a lot (we can add a bathroom, have big bedrooms, have real closets), and would definitely be our first choice of work, but would be very expensive. We wouldn't completely price ourselves out of the area, but instead of being one of the more affordable houses we would be one of the more expensive (and I doubt we could recoup that cost). We most likely want to maybe move in 5-6 years.

We're thinking of starting small, so we're leaning towards a mudroom addition on the "front" of the house so we're not walking right into the kitchen. I haven't been able to find any examples of what that might look like. Searches for "cape style small additions" or anything similar always turn up examples where they attached on the side of the house, which we cannot as our side faces the street.

Anyone have any ideas of what will look good and function well? I'm attaching a bunch of pics. Hope it helps. Would appreciate any feedback that folks have. Thanks!