Original concept drawings

These are the original concept drawings from Jason's architect. They had thought about not having a garage and having a drive-under car port on the side.  We definitely need a garage.  I have been parking in a garage for 10 years now and don't want to go back to being outside again.  We will also lose the gym in the basement, so Sam is thinking we should have an area in the garage that he/we can use as a gym. 

We will have an addition on the back that will probably be linked to the garage at the back and be joined to the house by a walkway (maybe a narrow office/reading area)

This is the proposed first floor.  At this point, we are thinking about leaving the driveway side of the house as it is and developing the back entrance.  We will probably leave the dining room on the front and build a new family room on the back, with the kitchen in the middle.

We need to have 4 bedrooms upstairs and ideally 2 bathrooms.  I would like to put one of the kid's bedrooms over the porte-cochere and the other one of the front, with a smaller guest bedroom somewhere.  I would like the kids bedrooms to be bigger than they have now and ours to be smaller!!!!