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 :)

I agree with gardenwebcupofkindness in regards to moving the washer/dryer to the end of the room if possible. Dh and I live in slightly older construction. Our laundry room is a small 6 ft wide pass-through to the garage. We had a terrible time finding larger capacity front loaders that would fit in this space. Do you already have the machines? Do you know the install depth from the wall? We eliminated a lot of machines just because of the dimensions available to us- the 6 ft I have, where you show 5'4" is not a lot of working space for me, especially once the doors are open. If you want to save more space, or don't want to move the washer/dryer to the end of the room, maybe having the W/D stacked and then a separate work table might be an idea? I would stack ours, except that there is a lot of existing shelving overhead that would have to be removed and redesigned first. Also, I had planned to put a counter top over our machines too. Turns out even though our machines are high end enough, the company does not make the accessory of a counter that snaps on top. No problem, we would just install our own- but then we realized that made the area harder to use, and almost impossible if the machines needed service of any kind (including us unplugging them or accessing the dryer vent to clean it, etc). In a small space, there is just nowhere to slide the machine away and then get back there. If you do go with a counter-over machines, I would look for something that could be easily lifted off and removed from the area, for easier servicing. As ours ended up, I put a huge towel over the tops of the machines and just work on them like a counter top anyway. You don't want to put much weight on it, but what are you doing in there, except maybe folding some stuff? Anyway, that was some of the issues we dealt with when shifting from a top loader to a front loader in a narrow space. I hope that experience helps you some.

Your inspiration photos seem to solve your needs. A long bench, with drawer or basket storage below and a double hook (possible a shelf) beneath each window, would give you a lot of storage. You may even have room to add a tall, pull out cabinet at each end or you could modify the closet to have a pull out as well as hanging area. You could add ceiling height, deep cabinets over your washer and dryer and a countertop for folding. If you must have a hamper, as in your pictures, buy a decorative one and store it under your window. After that, just add a rug and it would look great.

Over this quarantine, my mom and I have decided to spruce up the mud room and laundry room. We have some rough ideas of the colors, prints and patterns we want. I just wanted some outside opinions or recommendations. If you have any ideas or anything please feel free to help! 😊 I have added pictures with and without wallpaper, we are not sure yet on whether we should do wallpaper, any opinions?