It does look like a good use of space, now, except I'm not sure about your entry and walking right up to the laundry/mudroom. If you can't have your laundry, etc. in the garage maybe the plan with the partial wall will work. I'm sure other people will chime in!
Good Luck!

There is no sense of entry into the house. Everyone will be walking into a utility area...is that what you want? I know that as a family entrance this is how people do it anyway, but as the only entry its not particularly welcoming to walk by the utility sink and W/D first thing.

What if you made a foyer right inside the door and pushed the laundry area down to the end, essentially flipping that space. You would need to reconfigure the kitchen as well.

The front door into the kitchen is certainly novel. As is turning the direct entry from the garage into a labyrinth. I'm fascinated, too, by the secret space between BR 2 and the Mstr.

Sorry for the long delay in responding to everyone's comments. I don't think I have done a good job of drawing the entry sequence. The front door is on the NE side of the house. So guests would come into a space that is roughly 6' wide by 7' long. They would then turn left and come through the kitchen. My hope is to keep the laundry hidden from view using either a screen, tall armoire, or actual wall. Palimpsest, is this what you are envisioning?

The entry from the garage would require walking through the laundry room but it is unlikely that guests would ever come into the house that way. The stairs on the W side of the house (in the plan view) are enclosed and lead to the basement.

Worthy, the secret space is a panic room...just kidding! Palimpsest is correct that is intended to be closet/built-ins for the office.

So, I hope that helps clarify the proposed plan. All feedback is appreciated!

Hi again,

I have significantly re-worked my plan to address the entry into the house. I have a thread and pictures going over in the Small House forum. I would love it if you would take a look and let me know if you like the new approach better. Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: New layout in the Small House forum

So the stairwell to the basement - is that already done? Because I would move the stairwell about three feet south and add that space to the laundry/foyer.

I like the second picture above, with the wall between the kitchen/foyer. You will find something to hang on that wall foyer side.

For the cabinet that hides the W/D, try something a little open, with a curtain in back. Then try to make sure that natural light comes in from the Northwest to the front door. A window or glass there would brighten the entry.

Have you priced out what it is going to cost you to move those two bathrooms? Moving bathrooms that far from an existing plumbing stack/drain system is a massive job--and it's not necessarily even possible, depending how the pipes are situated under your house, how your foundation is constructed and what your local codes are. Also, as you have designed it, it would be about twice as expensive as it needs to be because the two bathrooms in your new design are too far apart to share a single plumbing stack, so you would need to pay for materials and labor to build TWO plumbing stacks. The reason the baths are back-to-back in the existing design is precisely to avoid that.

Is there anything you can do in your design to keep those two bathrooms pretty much where they are? Reconfigure, resize and reorient them all you want, but keep the plumbing where the plumbing is. It will save you thousands of bucks.