My first suggestion is to contact a local architect so they may take a more accurate look at the existing conditions and efficiently come up with a good solution. My second solution would be to consider the space between the two closets (water heater location?) and one of the closets for the washer and dryer and move whatever was in the space between the two closets to where the washer and dryer were. I assume this alternative will have a costly plumbing expense to it.

Mark, thank you for your advice! I had thought about the hall closet, but I am not really wanting to relocate the water heater and that is our only coat closet in the house.

Would agree with mark's initial advice. But as you are considering reducing your bathroom count from 2 to 1, is this important to you for resale? Is there any way to squeeze a stacked washer/ dryer in one bathroom?

If you don't need your den, I think making it into a true master bath/closet would bode better for your function and resale. I think a remodeled 3 bedroom 2 bath home with generous bathrooms sells better than 4 bedroom 2 bath with tiny bathrooms. Since you'd removing your W/D, that area could be turned into a closet accessible from the living room. Not sure of your budget, but you could make the current W/D niche not as deep, giving your dining room a bit more breathing room. But as suggested above, consult an architect!

If we combined the 2 baths we would absolutely be making a second bath in the den. The den is not a 4th bedroom because it doesn't have a closet. It is listed as a "bonus room", and it is so hard to use. When we moved in we had a few ideas for it but because the only way you access it is from our bedroom we don't use it for anything family related. On the resale issue, you can never be 100% positive. That being said my husband and I both agree we don't ever want to move again. We had previously thought about making the den the washer and dryer room. But again we would be having all of our kids walk through our room daily to put dirty clothes in there, and we just don't enjoy the little trail of a mess they seem to make going through our bedroom. Yes once I know for sure what I am wanting to do we will be in contact with a architect.

I guess what I am looking for is advice that would make this house "flow" better. Right now it just doesn't make since to me. Why does such a nice and big master have a tiny bathroom? Why is the washer and dryer in the dining room where there is no where to sort clothes or store dirty clothes? We are a family of 6 with 2 in cloth diapers. I have A LOT of laundry to wash. Right now we are storing dirty clothes in the master and it drives me crazy!

I think if you make one big bath by the Dining Room for kids and guests, and a master retreat off your master, your house will flow very nicely. It looks like you have an exterior door to the "den" now. Where does that lead? You have a front door entering the living room, a back door leading into your kitchen, which I assume is where the garage is?

The door off the den leads to outside. Yes the door off the kitchen leads to the garage. So when you guys are saying make a bigger bath for kids/guests are you agree that it wouldn't be crazy to put the washer and dryer in there? Thank you all for your help, I am the type of person that can feel that this lay out doesn't work, but have been really struggling on how to "fix-it".

We are currently renovating our master bath, and are removing the soaking tub in favor of a walk in shower. We are putting the washer dryer where the old shower was located. So yes, putting a washer dryer in a bathroom, to me, makes perfect sense!

I would take the 2 bathrooms and convert to one with laundry included. I would reconfigure the closets to provide more room in the dining room and the bathroom (and put a closet opening in the hallway on the dining room wall). You could have a lot of storage and have it look and function as built-ins. Finally, I would take the den and convert it to the master bath.

I would suggest starting by talking with a plumber and a contractor to have them assess the options based on the systems within your house and see where the figures come in at. I'm not sure if you are on a slab foundation, have a crawl space or an unfinished basement but the plumbing cost alone of rerouting and tying into drain pipes can be the determining factor. There are many options as to how to rework the space but your budget will determine what you can accomplish.

Our house has a crawl space. Cindy thank you for your recommendations, I will be talking to a plumber and a contractor. Lindler I really appreciate your impute as well. I had not thought about the opening in the hall, but that makes a lot of since!

Good luck with this and keep us posted on what you decide.