The Floor Plan

Ok, so there's my totally wicked awesome floor plan. Me, being the total computer wiz just figured out that if you click on the image it will in fact enlarge the image so you can actually tell what is what on the floor plan. So, some cool things about the house.
1st Floor
My entryway. Way cool! It will have tile and mosaic tile to accentuate the oval and then it will go to hard wood in the dining room and a 3' boarder in the family room with carpet inlay and then through the kitchen area. The gallery may have a mixture of tile and hardwood. I've seen that done in a pretty cool way. There is also a courtyard that will have a fireplace that you can access from the family room and dining room. Did ya see the pantry! It's huge and it will have a fridge or a freezer in it. The closet outside the bathroom is being changed to a built in desk area. The guest bath has outside access for people using the swimming pool (the pool is getting built with the house). Did you see all the storage in my garage! We have a nice little cozy Theater room that will just fit the huge new sectional and the tv. The kitchen is showing a raised island, but I think I am just going to keep it flat since it is my only island in the kitchen. It will make the room feel larger and give me more work space. The pantry is showing a pocket door, but it will be a regular door more centered on the wall. The bottom of the picture shows a very dark picture of an estimate of what the outside of the house will look like. The 3 window area is a balcony which is practically another room. You can't see from the picture, but in between the arches there is iron railing. That window that looks like it is in between floors, is, and it is the library.
2nd floor
As your walking up the steps you come to the library that has a princess balcony. I'm not sure how often that door will get opened, but it is pretty cool just knowing that it can be. It will have the cool "belly bar" railing, which means that the iron railing curves out like a belly. Love it! You can put money on me opening the door and saying "Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo." :) Pretending that I am Rapunzel is probably going to happen as well. Ok, so can you tell that I am just a wee bit excited. I can only get excited on my blog, because it's my blog and I can say whatever the heck I want without fear of appearing to gloat or brag. I have to have an outlet for my enthusiasm! I figure that the only people that will read this blog will be excited with me and wont take my enthusiasm wrong! So, where were we. Ah yes, the top of the stairs. As you finish ascending the stairs you come across a half wall and then you're in the loft. This is where there will eventually be a pool table. The sitting area in the loft will have a built in desk area for the kids and we are taking down the additional 2 half walls. That area was originally a wet bar for which we have no need. From the loft you can look down on the first floor to the left or go right to the master suite domain. I am feeling a bit saddlebaggish with the size of the master area. I have my princess balcony again in addition to a huge balcony which will have the most amazing view of the mountains. Then you go back into the bathroom area which pretty much speaks for itself. In case you are wondering Nate called dibs on the bigger walk in closet because he actually has way more clothes than I do. Now, going out the other side of the loft you can reach the rest of the bedrooms and my laundry room upstairs. How exciting is that. No more lugging laundry up and down the stairs. The washer and dryer are being reversed from the picture. The original plan had all the bedrooms with their own baths and that was just too excessive for me, so we made a really cool jack and jill bathroom with access from the hall as well as the kids room and I did do the pocket doors so that we weren't constantly fighting with the doors. The original plan also had bedroom 4 all the way over to the wall with private access to the balcony. We shortened BR #4 to make a hallway out to the balcony instead. I also have some nice skylights in that hallway as well as my master bathroom. Hopefully all my ramblings made some sense.
Let me know if you see any additional changes you think I should make before this goes to blue print.