I think the first layout is fine. You might want to consider moving the door for the storage room of the master bedroom so that it opens into the hall. That way the kids can use it for overflow storage. Also, that hallway is big enough that I think it could hold a large armour, providing more closet space. (There's no need to sleep in the same room as your clothes, so long as they're not too far off.) Also, don't forget that while the drawing shows kids in double beds, this need not be the case, so there will be more room for furniture (dressers or whatever) in their rooms. Finally, that step to bedroom 4 will not be odd at all. I've seen it in other homes. It looks clumsy in the drawing but it isn't. What you'll see when you come up the stairs is a bedroom door on a slight diagonal. It's only an odd jagged step if you walk like a robot, in straight lines along the wall, which is what your eye is doing on the drawing but you won't do in real life.

I did think about that - but if it is our TV/movie room I just feel like couches are more comfy than chairs... did anyone else have any ideas where to put furniture?

We recently moved into a 1980 highest brick home in Queensland The lower level bathroom is narrow - 100x 260 and includes a shower,small sink and toilet on an outside wall with window There is an adjacent hallway plus linen storage which connects the laundry to the rumpus room and can be converted to incorporate that space into the bathroom renovation (it would mean a door at either end to shut when in use and walking through to access the laundry. Please help with layout ideas. The floor underneath is concrete and I believe behind the plaster in the bathroom will be the blond brick wall that exists in the rest of the lower level Thanks!