First design : The kitchen, living room
and dining room are all rotated.
The kitchen and dining room are closer.
With the bay window over the sink,you can also grow herbs or
start peppers and the like there and maybe put a bird feeder right outside.
People can sit at the snack bar and look out the patio doors or still be
part of
the living room.
I would suggest using a thicker wall between the master bedroom and living
room.
Instead of 2x4, a 2x6 wall with insulation will reduce noise from people
talking or
the television.
Since there is no basement, a central air system can be place where the
stairs down would
be. Hot water heater & a stacked washer/dryer could go in the
mudroom area, or a freezer.
Extension can be troublesome (expensive, wind catches, energy sucks, point
of stress for
foundation cracking during house settling.)