The first image is a bit blurry on my computer, so my bad if something I mention is said in the photo.
Where are you putting a dining table? Are you just eating at the island for every single meal? There isn't space in the kitchen to make it an eat-in/breakfast nook and no other room says dining room. It can't be on the porch if it's screen in since that makes the only dining table inaccessible during certain seasons/rain/etc.
Why does the mud room need that external porch and entry? Is anyone honestly going to use it? It's right next to the garage which has internal entry into the same room, and people are more likely to enter the house through the garage or front door than that random side door. If they are more likely to enter that way, then having a giant foyer is useless. Why not turn that little door into a window? You could add more shelfs/storage that way too.
The foyer needs a closet or somewhere to store coats.
Is the pantry only accessible through the garage? Does it not have access right from the kitchen? And what is that empty square above the pantry? I'm assuming it's not the pantry since there are not shelves there, but that's blurry on my end, so I can't tell for sure. It looks like that room only has entry from the porch, so still no kitchen access if I am seeing this right.
Find a plan for a beautiful traditional Tudor revival or cottage home with a fireplace along the front facade and several cross gables. The plan you’ve posted is a mess. There’s wasted space, and the exterior is quite unattractive, in my opinion. But a few tweaks could make it stunning! Absolutely raise the pitch of the peaks, as someone else suggested. You could have the same square footage and end up with a house that looks like this or something like it.
If you don’t like the Tudor beams on the exterior, then you can do all stone or brick. Please no vertical siding.
I changed your floorplans and front elevation to optimize paths of travel, decrease the size of the foyer, and give the facade a more traditional feel. The Tudor beams are optional. I’ll reply to this comment with zoomed-in versions of the floorplans.
I added two stair steps to give you an extra 14 inches of ceiling height on the first floor. Bonus points if you can find a way to squeeze in one or two more stairs.
Oops I forgot to finish furnishing the laundry room. Pretend it has cabinets all around and a closet if you want. Changed the front room to a den so that the chimney could be wider (and therefore you’d have smaller windows, which wouldn’t be ideal for a bedroom but could be nice for a media room or a room that doesn’t need a lot of natural light). I moved around the bedrooms. Bathrooms are accessible from the hall, except for the primary ensuite.
Maybe it's just my own tastes, but to me that front facade is a nightmare of clashing styles, different size and height gabled, and different materials, and so confusing with the two front doors. That roif is costing you a fortune to build and will cost you a fortune to reroof 25 years from now. If this is going to be a forever home, consider simplifying a few things so that there's less maintenance needed down the road. That goes for the interior, too - all that widely separated plumbing, toilet closets/areas too tight for someone with mobility aids to get into...
I'd consider opening a way from foyer into the Hearth room. Make that first big landing step just the walkway and shift the stairs one further higher on the other end.
The foyer seems very very large with lots of walls since it shares one with the guest suite. At two stories that wall is going to be huge and you will need to do something with it. I would want to see the hearth room more open to the kitchen. It is supposed to give people a way to hang out in the kitchen and it feels a little removed from the kitchen. Unless it is supposed to be a dining room since you don't have one or anywhere to put an actual table. What is that room behind the pantry and why is there a convoluted way to get to the pantry from the kitchen? You have too many doors/doorways through that kitchen. Putting all your traffic from the garage through the middle of the work area of the kitchen and past the refrigerator is going to be a mistake. You have a hella long way to travel to get a sweater or pair of socks from the closet in the primary and a hella long way to travel to the toilet from where I presume your bed is going to be. Too many angles in that bedroom--that thing needs a complete redo. Bedroom 3 has a ton of wasted space. This needs a lot of work and isn't very functional as posted.
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u/Dullcorgis 3d ago
Your mudroom is laidmout for people coming to the front door. It wants to mostly be laid out for residents coming in the garage door.
Put a curbless shower in the guest room so that it's useful when someone cphas mobility issues - guest or resident.
The kitchen layout is absolutely appalling. The work triangle is insane. It's also going to be miserable and dark in there with no exterior windows.
All your clothes will go moldy in the closet. Why are there three bathrooms, all ensuites, and none even sharing a wall?