Bummer about the tree but perhaps it's a good thing in the long run. I'm a silver lining kinda gal. =) I'm not a huge fan of seeing so much of the kitchen from the front door. I'd rather see the dining room so I came up with this proposal for you: I moved the patio door closer to the front of the house. Is this where you come in from the car, carrying groceries to the kitchen? If so, I figured you'd want to keep it. But if you can eliminate it, using the front or slider you're proposing to install, let us know. Given your small kitchen, I think you should get front load, stacking washer and dryer and have them face into the kitchen. They would fit with a little room to spare against the closet wall. Machines are 27" wide and need an inch of clearance between machine and wall. I removed the door and bit of wall between kitchen and pantry closet, opting for either open pantry shelving or shallow cabs. One less door in the area is a good thing, IMO. Open shelving can be industrial or attractive like this (left side): If you opt for open shelving but don't want to see what's on the shelves, you can partition the space with drapes like this: You could even add a rod and drapes between machine side and pantry area. You'll want to keep the drapes open when you're doing laundry, especially when you're using the dryer to help dissipate any heat build-up. Adding a vent fan above the W/D would also help with that. I added a window where the door was to bring more light into the kitchen. You'll need to do some siding repair to the exterior. Hopefully that's doable. A good contractor should be able to remove siding, move the door and weave the siding back together so that the change isn't noticeable. Moving the door down gives a nice long stretch of wall for a 36" w, CD (counter depth) fridge, 30" range and plenty of storage. I added a MW drawer in this run but you could also do a MW on a shelf below the counter like this: Store cutting boards, cookies sheets, etc above the fridge like this: I eliminated the short wall where the fridge currently is to allow room for a long peninsula with enough room for sink, DW and drawer storage. I recommend a single bowl sink with an offset drain so that you have room below the sink for pull-out trash. Here's my trash pull-out under my sink (love it!): There is NO peninsula seating. You just don't have enough room for back to back seating (60" aisle recommended). Instead I added shallow storage to the backside, perfect depth for cans and many boxed food items. It also gives you a little deeper peninsula/splash zone behind the sink. To make the best use of the DR area, I created a banquette with additional storage at each end of the bench and under the bench like this: And this: If you need room for the DR light switch, you can add the switch to the cab side like this (left side of photo): Oops, one thing I meant to add but forgot to draw in was a drop zone for keys, mail, etc in the stud space in the LR wall by the patio door, something like this (but shallower): HTH!

I agree with @calidesign about the bathrooms. If you close up the door on the right of the master bath and convert the other one to a pocket door, you would have space for a nice, large shower, a double vanity and possibly a little extra storage space. For a guest/downstairs bathroom, I would remove the small closet from the 2nd bedroom (there's already a large walk-in in there) and bathroom door, and convert the doorway near the bottom of the stairs to a pocket door. By removing one of the doors and absorbing the closet space into the bathroom, you will have a more spacious bathroom with storage and room for a larger vanity with counter space. I don't think it's worth sacrificing kitchen space or master bedroom space to put in a guest bathroom upstairs, unless you have guests over a lot (in which case you could create a small bathroom on the left side of your kitchen, but you will lose valuable real estate). I honestly don't see anywhere else it could go upstairs without putting in obtrusive walls in your living room. You could narrow the foyer but because your ceiling are so high, I think it would end up costing a lot for just a small bathroom. Also, it would throw off the symmetry of your house quite a bit (looking at the entrance from the open space, one side would be open and the other closed off; the window would be off-center).

Wow! Thank you so much, everyone for your help! I was just telling DH that the dryer vent needs to be replaced and the openings cleaned... thank you! Quantity of supplies - I'm sure it's because he can't see whats already there. And, who needs 5 different kinds of carpet cleaner? Got the trash can ready! I do use the laundry sink frequently enough that I would miss it. Thanks for the suggestion on replacing the sink. Makes sense. There are dog cleaning supplies in rolling bucket under the sink. LOL Planning to start measuring for the tall cabinets over the W/D and over the new sink. Painting - thanks. That was a fun project, back before we moved in and the room was empty. The laundry room door stays firmly closed at all times. It's my least favorite room in the house for obvious reasons.

were you going to tile? (lots of pictures!!) here's a small room w/a charcoal tile herringbone. (you could do this w/just about any type of tile. they even have a porcelain tile that looks like brick. look up taupe color porcelain brick tile) Tile the wall behind the appliances, get a new cabinet or make some shelving, a cool light, bar for hanging clothes, a drying rack. you could even do a wall mural that looks like brick. or stencil brick. or get tile that looks like brick. lol pay attention to these pictures and how they make the most out of storage. everything is DIY Or maybe you want to jazz it up w/bold tile? This link has a lot of cool ideas for a small laundry room. I like this one w/the floor tile and matching vertical gap panels behind the untis. get wood shelf like this to install to hold you detergents (I did one like this) and a cabinet like this. (or one you can paint) https://quietwoodscreations.com/blogs/news/17-simple-ideas-for-a-small-laundry-room You could even do this on the wall! and, look at the wood shelf you could make. tile is avail here https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/royal-blue-matte-porcelain-tile-100585421.html Did you know you can paint that vinyl flooring and then stencil it? painted floor and stenciled wall: https://www.viewalongtheway.com/2013/01/how-to-paint-vinyl-or-laminate-flooring/ These pictures are all small room like you have. totally doable for a DIY https://www.thecreativemom.com/diy-small-laundry-room-makeover/ Or. what about this after shot? (you don't have the window, so ignore that) Almost the same layout like you have. these are vinyl peel and stick flooring, painted cabs, and a nice wood shelf to install above your units. (I have something like this too) check out the link on how to get this look https://centsationalstyle.com/2018/06/how-to-hide-an-ugly-floor-laundry-room-refresh/ Wall stencils or floor stencils avail on Etsy or just look at Royal Design Studio and how they stencil vinyl flooring. tons of ideas and pictures. ,, (you could do the wall in a simple white subway tile if you like) https://www.etsy.com/listing/547126738/geometric-wall-stencil-or-floor-tile this one is super cute w/the herringbone wall. https://sammyonstate.com/2019/10/18/small-laundry-room-makeover/ Play up that wall with some great tile, design, paint, shelving, whatever! You could do the floor w/the herringbone design, wallpaper, tile the wall, add cabinets, a pendant light for this look: On a Budget? take a look at these https://crazylifewithlittles.com/laundry-makeover/ Can you paint? you could do some cool designs w/paint that are a lot cheaper than wallpaper: or try something like on the walls, a cool light, some higher shelving w/bars for hanging clothes. you don't have the sink, but you could do the storage ideas like shown here: do a cool flooring tile to go w/this look don't be afraid to do darker colors. I like these cabinets w/the white appliances, and the wood shelf 'bar'. easy to make. more open shelving ideas. easy to make yourself.