Yes floor plan with wall removed will really help..I would think the stove, fridge and sink will need to stay where they are unless you are moving all the plumbing and electrical?

Good design starts with a layout which means a floor plan.

How many bathrooms are on the main floor?

Could you bump into laundry instead and do a stackable in a small closet so you don’t loose your hall bath?...

Ok new thought....move kitchen to Master bedroom opened up to Living room with big island....do master bedroom where kitchen is and add master bathroom...

Small hall bath can be converted into laundry off kitchen.

Laundry becomes new master bathroom.

What are the sizes of the LR..K..bath..laundry room right now...I can do a layout with my kitchen app.

So where will a powder room be for guest to use when visiting? Is that the only bathroom?

Can the office be turned into the second bedroom, and the kitchen/dining extended into the current second bedroom? Wall between bedroom and LR removed:

Wall stays, and nook re-oriented, more cabinet and counter space:

definitely remove the soffits if you can, will help open up the space if you can take cabinets to ceiling,

Why not keep the flooring you have? It is very similar to inspiration picture and adds warmth to the space.

I love remodeling... I too am getting ready to replace floors and do a kitchen gut and reno.. grey floors, white cabinets, SS appliances and grey counter then choose an accent color for backsplash, light covers, your small appliances, canisters, etc...

Ok agree on having the floors all the same...I don’t think it should be a gray but a light neutral wood...so beautiful and it will be timeless a gray floor may have a much shorter life when looking at trends...that inspiration image is what you should follow so gorgeous!

So, you plan to spend the average mid grade costs of 150-200K for a new master suite and new kitchen and structural work? If not, what is your budget for changes? What is your experience level DIYing? Have you hired a structural engineer yet? A Kitchen Designer? An Architect? You’ll need all of the above.

Unless you want a lifetime of repeated expenses chasing what is popular next, stick with natural wood tones for floors. That will be a one time expense if you choose the right material. Gray is just as out as the ebony floors that people found were too much work to keep clean.

You are focusing on finishes when you should be planning the structural work. Give yourself more time to figure out the layout, and find pros to help.

the last layout you posted was good for the space and house you have... all one flooring is great whether it is open plan or not - i have all one floor now (concrete overlay butterscotch color - yes i chose it and yes i have loved it and no i did not think about the color choice for resale because honestly if i would have sold it the buyers could worry about putting in a floor they like) - it has been 10 years and it is not feasible to redo the floor without moving out for a week, moving our stuff out for a week and removing all the door frames and baseboards (redoing the concrete is a huge process better done in an empty space) so we are going with a white marble calacatta tile now (i think).. kitchen will probably be chocolate and counter white.. again we will do the same type of flooring on 1st floor throughout all the rooms including bathroom, laundry and guest bedroom... honestly you have to do what you like, choose the flooring that you like and will bring you joy.. whether it is the current trend or not should not matter because you live in the house.. It is a pet peeve of mine on these sites when others especially pros start picking at a post about 'do you know what you are doing and do you know how much it will cost and blah blah' because honestly most of us do.. we just use these sites to bounce ideas and get info... please post progress or after pics.. I am going to do the same soon.. have a happy day!! :-)

I’m on my phone and can’t tell... where the front door?

Thanks! Any chance you can add dimensions to this?

by any chance were the bathroom and office a front porch that was closed in? It’s an interesting layout, but I understand how old homes evolve. 1/3 of our little house is the original cabin from the donation land claim days in the late 1800s.

No problem. Can you sketch out how the bathroom between the kitchen and master is laid out? If there's a built-in closet on the bedroom side, please include that as well. Thanks!

Where's the door to the 2nd bedroom?

Sorry so many questions. My brain is trying to sort this out. It kind of reminds me of my grandmas little 1926 house.

Is the laundry room wall (yellow) exactly in-line with the kitchen wall (blue?)

You don’t still want to get rid of a bathroom do you ? That’s a no go.

Oh, man. Any chance you can get a tape measure and provide some numbers? I'd love to try out some ideas, but it's not possible to do without dimensions.

What are you using the front office room for?

Here's a suggestion. It hinges on ditching the side porch.

Right now your public rooms (kitchen, living) and your private rooms (bedrooms, bathrooms) are all jumbled up. It's better to have public all together on one side of a small home and private on the other. To achieve this, I drew your kiddo's room + the front bathroom as a master suite. I'm hopeful that closing up the existing doorway and opening a new one across from the vanity is an affordable project.

Another bummer about your existing layout is the disconnect between your living spaces including your back yard. To remedy this, I put the kitchen where your master bedroom is. It would be so nice to have one larger, open living space that peeks to the backyard.

It's hard to tell if it's feasible, but I thought that by closing off the master bedroom door you could create a closet for a stackable washer/dryer outside the bathroom.

I'd enjoy working this out on graph paper if you have a chance to measure your rooms. Yours is one of my favorite kinds of . projects!