GWers are great at this sort of thing and will offer up many viable ideas and options for you. Do you have at least a rough sketch with dimensions (inlcuding placements of doorways and windows) of your space that includes all areas that need modification? A whole house plan would be best of all.

I carried laundry for our family of 4 out my front door to the garage laundry machines for 30 years. Imagine my delight when we took just over 5' from our too long (25') MBR and made a laundry closet 3' deep with double doors. No laundry is sorted or stored in the laundry closet. I keep a divided hamper in the bedroom (just two of us now). Darks on one side, white/lights on the other. When one side is full I do a load. I installed a big hook on the inside of one laundry closet door and on it hangs a large laundry basket. I rarely need it but it's always there and out of the way. Above the washer I have a cabinet with a shelf below it for laundry products. The liquid detergent dispenses right where we need it. And agreeing with Lu Ann, a rod above the dryer for shirts and such. Very useful. Very necessary. Others may snicker at the tiny place we have for laundry but it's heavenly and so efficient for us. It is literally 3 steps from each of our three bedroom doors. I hear the bell when the washer is finished move the clothes in the dryer. I try to get to the dryer before the second bell, fold and put it all away load by load. I fold on top of the dryer. No trouble at all and no additional space is needed for handling the clothes since nothing waits in my laundry "room". By tackling laundry one load at a time, there is never a back-up situation except when we return from a trip (hence the basket). I understand this may not work for everyone. But for us, starting a load before breakfast, we can always get to it before bed time, even if we are away for most of the day. Children can be taught at a very early age to sort their own clothes in their room and tell a parent with their basket is full enough for a load. When our children showed me they could operate the TV remote I introduced them to the washer and dryer. There's no reason parents have to do all the laundry forever.

Thank you so much for your thoughts. Fortunately, I was able to do structural, heating and insulation to bring this porch up to the standards of the house. But, unfortunately I have a relatively new refrig that does not have drinking water. And, I love my frig! Think I will make a template to see just how silly it might look to put a sink in that small counter area. Seems crazy, but it would help my kitchen flow if I could ask guests to help themselves to beverages on the porch area.

I wouldn't use beadboard because it's cottage/beachy and your bathroom is traditional. If you want the beadboard look, I'd use a Shaker vanity. Otherwise I'd use traditional paneling with that vanity. Here are a few examples: With a warm color palette, you could use polished nickel for a little sparkle. It has a gold undertone where chrome has a blue undertone. The vanity is heavy and ornate so I'd probably look for a wood framed mirror for balance, though I'd keep it simple. I like rectangular mirrors when you are using an overhead light fixture. Something like this: https://www.build.com/avanity-brentwood-m24/s899881 Or the Avanity Madison: https://www.build.com/avanity-madison-m24/s1085061 The floor, vanity, and mirror hits my limit on brown tones, so that's why I'd use nickel lighting, faucet, and hardware. I'd use a traditional three-light fixture that's a few inches shorter than the mirror. What will the countertop be?