Option 2 is the best, don't lose your living/kitchen space for a laundry/pwd room you use 10 minutes a day. Build in some great laundry cabinetry .

I like #3.

You may have made your decision already, but I personally don't like a combo laundry and powder room. The combo means my guests need to walk through my laundry to get to the powder room. So I am with the comment above that suggests finding another place for the washer and dryer. It makes more sense to have it near the bedrooms anyway. That's where most of the laundry comes from. I think people who design our houses don't do laundry or they would know what a pain it is to shlep the hampers between floors!

Not enough information. How do you live? - Who would be using this bath? How often do you have guests? What is the rest of the house like? - rooms and existing bathrooms? Location of this renovation in relation to kit, other bathrooms, living areas?

Since you have a need for the shower, I would go with option 3. It separates the toilet from the laundry area, which I think is important. I wouldn't want to set a laundry basket down on the floor in front of the toilet. You could use a pocket door with a wide opening going from the laundry room to the kitchen, so you can leave it open most of the time and retain the natural light coming into the kitchen.

If you can move the exterior door, I would put it where the window beside it is now. I like option #3 then. The washer and dryer could be along the north wall (same wall as the stove). If there is not enough room for the door into the kitchen where you have it in the plan, I would move the fridge in the kitchen to that same wall , at the end of the run, and put the doorway to the kitchen in line with the new exterior door. I don not think you should use a pocket door to the bathroom... just my opinion. If you move the fridge, you would be able to have a wider island, and I think it would work better there anyways.

I agree with elainetmon except I do like the pocket door to the bathroom. Moving the refrigerator would also give you a much more efficient kitchen working triangle.

They are pretty nice...but I like the laundry room idea.

Hey, Faefrog! Thanks for sharing. You could check out this ideabook on where to put the laundry room, which offers the pros and cons of various locations. The main thing to think about is what your laundry area looks like on laundry day — or more importantly, what your laundry area will look like when guests walk by it on their way to the bathroom! Good luck!

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I like option 3, from the original options. This is why - for your house, you say you may have cattle, so you have some land, and it's possible future owners would utilize the land as well. Having farm land, I see a benefit to having a transition space when you come in the back door to remove the dirty gear and store boots. I think it's a benefit to be able to wash clothes in that space, especially if you can camouflage the W/D in a cabinet. You may want to try to add space to hide laundry baskets in a tall cabinet, too - otherwise your lovely cabinet may end up loaded down with the laundry function you were trying to hide.

I also like the transition space created by the new mud room in option 3 because you have a bath-free cottage - and this mud room separates the main house functions from the cottage, somewhat of a shared space. Not fully in the kitchen, but not part of the cottage either. If new buyers don't have older kids, they may rent it out, in which case they would add a full bath to the cottage, but I think it's still nice to have a bit separation from kitchen/entry/laundry/bath and the mud room seems to do that.

Whether or not future home owners rent the cottage, I think a shower near the back entry of a farm house is a good idea to eliminate tracking mud/mess into the rest of the house. Another reason for a "transition space"! You can design it with finishes in order to distinguish it in such a way that says, "no mess beyond this point".

I also like options 3 and 4, but perhaps a wing wall perpendicular to the entrance of the bath would give a sense of separation from the kitchen and also suggest a transition space between the door and kitchen.

If you have plans of existing space, those would be helpful, too! Maybe someone would see an option that hasn't been considered.

Best wishes for a successful project!

Separate laundry is preferred!

Three hands down!

I also like options FOUR and FIVE (not 3 and 4), but perhaps a wing wall perpendicular to the entrance of the bath would give a sense of separation from the kitchen and also suggest a transition space between the door and kitchen.

I vote for Option 3 especially because the entrance to the kitchen is not narrowed by the countertop corners in Options 1 and 2. If you can tweak the design so you have a better kitchen work triangle having to walk around the island between sink/range/refrigerator it would be even better!

Love pocket doors to keep private needs separate from laundry needs.

It looks like you're planning on constructing walls of some sort no matter what option you choose. I'm curious as to what is on the other side that creates the niche the toilet is in (or in some pics, a cabinet). If it is not a structural wall, why not tear it down and make that whole space a square space.

Then you'd have a ton of options. For example, if you left the toilet in its original spot, there could be a rectangular shower next to it (making a larger toilet niche). The shower entrance would be on the long side by the toilet. Perpendicular to the shower would be the washer/dryer with cabinets above at ceiling height and a closet rod attached to the bottom for hanging shirts, etc. On the door area I would not use a sliding door, but I would use a pocket door from the other direction (going towards the window wall). The reason for this is so you could put either another cabinet, shelves, or a drop down ironing board on that wall (it would fold down over the dryer). There would be cubbies in the corner across (or some sort of tall, narrow cabinet) and next to it but under the window would be a good-sized sink so it could double as the laundry sink. I'd still put the mirror over the windows like you show in one of your pictures!

Sorry, but I don't know how to draw it on here (don't have a 12 y.o. to show me). Good luck.

I love your
inspiration photos. In terms of layout, I
suggest you think in terms of ‘form follows function’. Two primary considersations would be public
vs private spaces and how much functionality a mudroom would add to your home.

If you
don't need a mudroom off the kitchen, I would suggest the first option with a
twist. Laundries are inherently private spaces even if you keep them neat
– that’s why most Americans have separate laundry rooms rather than having the
laundry in the kitchen. Powder rooms are inherently for guests, so you
shouldn't set up access via the laundry room or combine the laundry room and powder
room. I would therefore switch the powder room and laundry location, plus
add a pocket door between the powder room and kitchen.

I would reconsider the
shower. Who will use it and when? Is
that usage limited enough to be covered by your other full baths? It takes a decent amount of space and likely
won’t be used and won’t actually increase your resale value. Plus, a shower has that intimacy of private
spaces that can be uncomfortable for guests.

Having a
separate mudroom with laundry is a good option only if you really need a
mudroom (e.g., if people generally enter via via that entrance with wet
clothes, shoes and backpacks), otherwise that layout has a lot of wasted space.

If you have
a separate laundry room, cabinet doors in front of the machines are an
unnecessary expense, especially in a space so narrow. The counter above
the machines, however is really functional. You might want to consider a
pullout drying rack or ironing board between the machines and the counter.
Laundry machine and dryer above and below can also be very
functional.

Remember that most
laundry machines are a little under 36” deep.
If you don’t typically do your folding in your laundry room, you could stack
the machines, skip the counter and have amazing deep storage space.

There are a
lot of great laundry room photos on Houzz to give you inspiration on clever
layouts.