I think those are great ideas as that's what I was also thinking with what I'd change and do with the plans if we were building that plan. I'm not a fan of the only powder room entrance being in the mudroom, l prefer a more formal power room with the access to it in the common areas. So I like your idea of placing it in the butler's pantry area. Now if a plan is large enough to have two powder rooms such a private one also off the mudroom area I like that too. So the family can come in, wash up..... as they come in the door. Love the locker idea and am adding them in our new build as well. I really like what you have come up with. Good luck :)

#5 Are there two windows together above the Weedy chest? Is the item facing washer and dryer, the linen closet? Is that going to be built into the wall or a free standing piece of furniture? #6 Three windows on the south wall? What is that new piece in front of the first window on that south wall? I think this layout creates a tight space at the corner of the PR and linen closet. #8 The freezer blocks access to any storage on the base of that desk area. To me, #5 seems to make the best use of the space and it looks in proportion. I might switch the sink to the place in front of the window rather than the toilet. I like the way the freezer and washer and dryer are together. You took care of the southern light causing problems with your computer screen by taking out the window. I’m assuming that’s a double window over the Weedy chest. You can actually look across the room and out the window while seated at the desk if you want to. You would also have direct view of the kitchen from a chair in front of the desk. I’m wondering about what kind of desk it is. If the chair can only be positioned in the middle of that space allotted for the desk, it will be uncomfortable up against the freezer. If you can put the chair at the end of the desk closest to the door, it should work fine. Again, using the space below the desk in the corner, might be a problem, but maybe that isn’t an issue for you. Plenty of room on top of washer dryer and freezer to fold clothes. Plenty of room to open the doors of the linen closet and stand to put things away. Not sure how much vegetable gardening is going to be an activity for you. You do have a small garden right now, but if you plan to increase the size of it, then I would consider how much room you need to start seedlings. You could add another window over the desk on the south side and use a blackout window shade when you are at the computer and that way if you needed more space for seedlings, you’d have it. I’d find it interesting to know which option you like the best and why. I guess at this point, I’d refine each option until I thought I couldn’t improve the layout at all, then sit with them awhile then try to narrow down the choices. It really is all about what makes you the happiest and which plan has no hidden pitfalls that would surprise you after it is built. That is what 'custom' is all about. I might also think about running it by a professional before I made a final decision. Maybe someone at one of the box stores might offer to take a look at your two final choices and make comments?

I've never really been at this stage where we could kind of do whatever. Like with the kitchen when we had the flood, we had just bought new quartz the year before, so our layout had to essentially stay the same or we'd be out the 5 K for our quartz. But it's ok, as it works for us. So I might be bothering you guys in the future for ideas! Think I have the vanity picked out. Hmmm, maybe we should get a new toilet (that is the most used one in the house-or maybe just keep the old, it works fine!) Thanks for the blog theclose, excited to look at it. Thanks for the love for the tile!

@ Kyla YES. You can, I took a little bit of the bedroom walk in closet, you don't need a "hall " to the bedroom, and it is VERY easy to stack a washer/dryer when using front load appliances I can not perfect it. I could if it could be printed to scale, but I'm not inclined to make a trip to the vast copier, nor to scale this to perfection. Pleas. Go BACK to your arch, the one you paid, , and challenge him to do a better job. Nobody with this size home doesn't have a dedicated powder room. It's a bad value, whether YOU think you need it or anyone else here thinks "it's just fine" to get by without one. A horse and buggy can get you anywhere within reason. Doesn't mean you would not prefer the automobile.