The upper floor so far...

We managed to get 4 beds and 2 full baths up. We added the bonus room at the end of the hall in an effort to contain toy mountain in this new house. Since our current dining room is a playroom right now the bonus room was really important to us! The stairs from the bonus room down to the kitchen will help me keep an ear out for what's going on up there!
I'm going to change the layout of the second bath but we do need a tub/shower since this will be the bath we use for Will.
We also wanted the laundry up and so it is.
Another thing we're changing about the upper floor is the walk-in closet in the master. I feel like I have struggled my whole life with a lack of closet space and I am putting that to an end! We are actually going to expand the closet into the master 2 more feet and make it quite wide. Wide enough for an ottoman perhaps, sigh.
Sarah would say to think about how we're going to use the space. After much thought we decided that we are not really in need of a fireplace in the master. It is always a nice touch in a master but I just think that we would personally never use it (plus it would take up even more of my most valuable closet space since they are about 3 feet deep and would make a cabinet behind it impossible...) With the fireplace out we can centre the door to the closets and make true HIS and HERS closet spaces. The idea of never having to eek around Aaron and hurl myself into a dense mass of clothes to find that one shirt makes me about as happy as eating chocolate and peanut butter together. The idea of having a place for everything is pure bliss, dare I dream that there be enough space for a few EMPTY hangers or drawers??!