Chisue, I have a coton...she's about the same size as a Westie and sometimes confused with them by those who are not too familiar as cotons are all white also. I thought about that idea as well; I don't have FL washer but thought about just using the dryer. I worried however that it would be too slippery. Does your Westie wiggle to get down while being dried or is he pretty passive? If he wiggles, how do you keep him on the dryer? (Bugsy still (4 years old!)wiggles to get down and get going.)If you can post a picture, though,I'd be curious to see your sink....or maybe you can tell me what type it is. Thanks.

"The pull of that tub on the first floor for young families is a real selling point here. Any mom who has had to run up stairs constantly to stay with pre-schooled aged children in the tub, while trying to do laundry and get supper on the table can appreciate the usefulness of a main floor tub. " Yeah, um, no. As a mother with two little kids, I NEVER used the full bath on the main floor for bathing. If I'm making dinner and doing laundry, there's no way on God's green earth I've got kids in a tub as well. Kids in tubs need to be watched. If their bedrooms are upstairs, then that's where I bathe them. No slipping of wet feet going upstairs, no water tracked through the house to their bedrooms. However, my caveat to this is your house wouldn't be on my buyer's radar because I need a kid's bathroom with a tub upstairs, and if I could find a house in your price range where I didn't have to bathe my kids in the master bathroom, I'd take it every time.

enduring, thanks, you bring up a lot of good points. i noticed in my existing laundry room that the tiles are all loose. i had assumed it was just because it is old and in need of a refresh, but wonder now if this is an indication of a poorly located washer? i also see that the dryer vents out onto the roof (a lot of old lint here). i didn't know there were ventless dryers! i will have to read up on those. thank you! Jan, initially i didn't think I should do the laundry in the smaller bath since that bath is small as it is. but the exterior wall of that bath is on my deck, which would be much better to clean out the dryer vents that way. so your and hemina's suggestion of moving it to the other bath is warming up to me. i agree with you regarding the attic not being worth tapping into. Laura, thanks for those suggestions. I do think we need a second bath and do feel it will add value. i also am thinking about having the upstairs laundry be a secondary unit stowed away somewhere, and putting the main laundry in my mudroom, since it is closer to where I am most of the day. perhaps a laundry chute would be a fun and useful item to add. i need to work on the location and concept of how i do laundry a bit more, think through all of my home's issues too. thank you so much everyone. it has been such helpful feedback!

We'll need pictures of the floor plans to be most helpful. Here's my take on it. Upstairs is where the dirty bed/bath linens and underwear are generated, so I would do units up there for that so they don't have to be hauled upstairs when done (especially when pregnant.) Then downstairs, where you might want to iron (if you do that) keep the laundry chute for dropping the ironables to the main floor where the ironing board will be. Kitchen and other household laundry from the garage would be done there too. Pix would help us help you.