Ash is the plan we'd build for the family that lives hard and hosts often. Downstairs, the primary suite sits off its own corridor — far enough from the kitchen and family room that parents can actually sleep in — while the screened porch with a gas fireplace gives the back of the house a second living room you can use nine months of the year. Upstairs, two separate rec rooms mean teenagers and toddlers don't have to negotiate the same square footage.