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[quote=Anonymous]More outlets and storage in bathroom. 
Agree on low outlets in bathroom.
Closet outlets is a good idea and it should be something easily added. It will cost but it can be done. 
Not enclosing a toilet or putting up a separation wall in a bathroom when we did it in the others.
In the shower place controls/handles to the right of the showerhead so you can turn them on and not be under the stream. Contractor said it was against code. BS! It wasn't.  
More outlets and more storage in bathroom. 
Agree on low outlets in bathroom.
Pay attention to lighting. I wasn't until we visited friends with newer homes, model homes or re-modeled homes that we realized our house had zero overhead lighting and it was all by lamp except the dining room and above the kitchen table. Our house was dim as all get out when the sun set. Overhead/recessed lighting the right lightbulb makes a huge difference.

Not hovered enough. In the beginning I checked in a few times a day. Towards the end I pretty much set up a chair and watched and the difference is night and day.

Going with your gut. Designers and contractors don't live in your home. You do. My contractor freaked when I bought gloss paint for the ceiling. Afterwards the shine looked good against the lighting. I KNOW!!! A designer balk at our idea of turning knee wall space into a storage closet or a stackable washer drying in an unused closet that had a water source.
Ummm this ain't your house! 
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