These are the changes I would make to this charming little plan. I need the kitchen in the back to open up to the garden. Since I would live here rather than use it for holidays, I would need bigger bedrooms. The downstairs rooms would become a pantry and an office, and the upstairs rooms would be roomier bathrooms. I would close in the two-story ceiling for a second bedroom. With the office downstairs, I wouldn’t need a desk in the library area, leaving room for bookshelves and a window seat.