Original pics posted below for ease of reference.
I am getting more info emailed to me, including window treatment and furnishing information, though he did a great job of working with my existing furniture (with the intriguing idea of mixing and matching the family room mossy couches with the living room leather/cream couches), requiring only a few new pieces.
Below is his recommended floorplan and concept sketch. In general I think it's pretty awesome. For me, at least, it took some time to really consider the whole and feel for how it would all fit together.
His recommendation for flooring is that I get some dark bamboo wood floors, you can see the area rugs on the floorplan overhead. I concur that it's a good idea, but his estimate is expensive and I want to consider the idea of phasing it in at some later point. With them, I won't be able to do the master bedroom at this point, without them, we should be ok upstairs. Tough decision.
Note that the cabinet behind the dining table is custom to include two of the tall wine fridge I have pictured below, with some room in the middle for storage, display, glasses, etc. Left middle is a Viking fridge that Ed Miller bequeathed to me, right middle will be a glass front with storage behind.
Top right of the floorplan is a pinball machine, I'm going to change that to a dart board.
The big discussion amongst us right now is the paint recommendation with the horizontal stripes. I like, the girls don't. Thoughts appreciated on this item.
The window treatments look pretty nice, especially once I saw the catalog photos.
Estimated cost, excluding design fees, 23k without the wood floors and throw rugs, 31k with, though I think his estimate for paint costs at 5-7k may be slightly high.
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Here are some pics of the main floor. We're also going to do the master bedroom, but I was too lazy to walk upstairs and take pics.
The long narrow area is where I'd guess 75% of the work will be done.