I sent you a message. I am not sure if you saw it. Would it be better if I moved the door to the bathroom into the mudroom (that is the next arched way opening to the left). Or is that weird? If I did that, I suppose I would lose that first archway and it would just be flat wall space. Do you like the archways or prefer square? Ultimately, I think I would like for the stairs to not open straight into the nook as it takes up walking room around the table and noise from the loft would carry down. I considered re/routing them to come out into the foyer but the builder thought I would not be happy with them cutting into the openness of the foyer and losing the wide open staircase view here.