In what country are you building this house? 9 foot or vaulted ceilings are taller than the US builder average of only 8 feet (this is the distance from the ground to the ceiling). If you have a small room, having a higher ceiling (even only 1 foot extra) will make the room feel more open and airy. In a small house of 1500 square feet, having high ceilings would go a long way in making it feel much larger than it really is. It is especially beneficial in a hot climate because heat rises so you will spend less on cooling costs. It is not so beneficial in a cold climate. It still looks nice, though!

like so (sorry took liberty with your pic using paintbrush app). in second tv be installed on an island of a solid wall, remaining wall be of glass: use frosted tempered glass for doors n all.. this way you get another expanse of wall to do loads with n utilize full potential (area) of room.. also providing a wall surface on the back of the tv 'island' wall to the sitting area for say a painting, maybe? plus tehre won't be glare on the tv screen either if it's on teh wall-glass partition.. only issue being the slightly longer approach (i-e through dressing room) to bathroom area, which ain't so bad either.. in ur original plan i don't like how a door is sprouting out in the middle of a great expanse of wall... what a waste..

The room has exquisite bones: the windows, flooring and decorative crown molding. If simplicity is what you want but with a bit more personal taste, I suggest the following: 1) paint the walls white that has a soft, warm undertone such as Benjamin and Moore's moonlight white or Dove. (Or try any good paint store for help on picking the right white color.) Paint the molding a stark white with an egg shell or gloss finish. 2) keep the bed covering as is. I love the warm colors and mixed patterns. If you do want more comfort, yes add a thicker mattress. Can you get a fabric similar for the table top? Or just remove the fabric from the table top, painting or stenciling it with a similar pattern. (see #5 below for where to look for stencils.) 3) Move the table to the head of the bed, add a modern lamp and lots of books or other meaningful, personal items. 4) Add a comfy chair or as suggested above, pile lush floor pillows where the table is, under the window. Use complementing or solid color fabric on the floor pillows or chair. Add a small table with more lighting. (See my most popular post on Floor Pillows. Towards the end you will see examples of suitable floor pillows. Or just do a search here on Houzz and the internet.) 5) Make a dramatic statement above the bed with a very large painting. Select with care based upon your personal taste: abstract, minimal but with a hint or some of the colors found in the bedding fabric. It doesn't have to be centered, a little off centered will do since there appears to already be something on the wall above the bed. Do add a soft art lamp above the painting. (If you don't have money for the painting, purchase a very large canvas, take your time and create it yourself (collage it, play around with paint on paper before adding it to your canvas, stencil it, etc.--but have fun and make it personal) Here's a great place for getting a wide range of designs for stenciling: Cutting Edge Stencils. Note you don't have to take the design all the way to the edge of the canvas! 6) Add a small (wool) flokati rug in front of the bed. Get the kind that comes from Greece, it has long-fibers and a plush pile. These rugs are to die for when it comes to comfort and texture--and they're inexpensive. Take a look and if you like it, be sure to get wool: Flokati Rug.Net. These ideas will give you lots of varying textures to get rid of the boredom; contrasting colors for depth and drama; play up the wonderful architectural elements already found in the room; personalize it with what you love; and still, keep it simple and beautiful. Use soft lighting. Good luck!

Hi Raghu, You have a nice plan. Generally staircase need a little bit more space than you put on plan (6*14 feet arround). Steep staircase is not useful and accident prone. Why not put your shop under the staircase? I mean to say that extend the staircase to the shop area, put the storage of your shop under the staircase and exted the selling area to the boudary wall. i see some gap between the boundary and the main house in the northern side. Fill the gap by extanding the shop. Do not cover the roof with concrete slab on the extended area between the staircase shop and the boundary wall, rather cover it with corrugated roof sheet (like tata shakti tin). Secondly, you put space between the boundary side and the west wall of the house, Your eastern side is closed with other house common wall i think. Generally western side is more hot in our country. So, you can rather closed the gap in the western side and open the space in the eastern side between the boundary and the house. Thirdly, why not put your bedroom in both side of the toilet. Extended the toilet to the hall. That way you get more space for the bedroom and bath in the rectangular size. If you do not like that your bath door open towards the hall than place a free standing tall cubard/almirah/bookself/ kitchen storage unit in front of the door, it will cover the door and make a small corridor like space for the bath entry. Fourthly, go for large window. I suggest wall to wall, floor to ceiling. Some one think this is rediculous and not feasible in indian houses. But my personal experience says that you can not beat sunlight by any other things. Sunlight is the beast decor idea and if you have sunlight at your home from sunrise to sunset, you donot need any colour, decor item and beautiful accessories. My house is only 600 square feet two BHK one storey house with lots of windows, flooded with sunlight. I have even opaue polycarbonate sheet in my kitchen to get sunlight from the above. Fifthly, make small jaali spot just below the concrete roof in all the open side of the house for the cross ventilation. Sixthly, do not put many wall in the house. It make the house feeling as more small. You can half the wall between the hall and kitchen, so guest can not view the kitchen but it also not fully closed. Seventhly, use multipurpoe furniture like sofa bed, coffee table cun dining table etc. You can check on houzz photo, pinterest, youtube for these kind of furnitures. And last, but not the least, follow minimalism. less thing in house (to store, to organise) is more time for life. For Indian it is much more necessary as we have very little space for creating home.