The Ryan Homes model we are building is called the James Joyce. As a base model, it is about 2400 square feet, but we have added some additional options that bring our square footage to around 2700 square feet. Below is the first floor plan with our selected options (morning room, 4' family room extension, study, fireplace, gourmet kitchen). What I love most about the floor plan is the morning room and study. These will serve as great play areas for our toddler that can transition into more adult/teen spaces as he gets older and future kids are added to the family. We opted to have the formal living room converted into a study so we'd have the French doors - making this a small "man (or teen) cave" to watch TV or play video games. I'm honestly not a huge fan of the open concept kitchen/family room, but hope that since the kitchen is offset from the family room there won't be too many noise problems. Love the huge island and double ovens though!
Now for the upstairs. We debated a LOT about sticking with 4 bedrooms upstairs or going with 3 bedrooms and a bonus room over the garage. In the end we stuck with 4 bedrooms. We have a bonus room in our current house, and it's just a huge room that is awkward and gets cluttered really quick. The only reason we even go into that room is because it's the only play space in the house. Before we had our son, it just collected a lot of junk and we never used it, even though there has always been a nice couch and TV up there. Besides, without a huge bonus room in the new house, we will still have a small play space/office/guest room/whatever upstairs. And again, those two extra rooms downstairs (study & morning room) give us a lot of flexibility on extra common space.
We chose Elevation M, that gives us a half porch with tapered columns for a Craftsman style look. Below are some images of other James Joyce Elevation M houses in the neighborhood:
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