Is there anywhere else the w/d stack could go? If possible to get that separate from kitchen, I would definitely try for that.

Can you post more of the floor plan, including the garage if have? Might help to see where else w/d can be moved.

Love the craftsmen style!

Unfortunately no garage. I considered whether I could stack a w/d in the linen closet in the back, but it's just not wide enough.

I am removing the front bedroom - I don't need 4, and I'd rather open the house up a bit. My house is a bit odd because the front is an original 1921 with smaller rooms, and the back half is an addition with larger rooms and high ceilings that didn't really flow. I think that bathroom could do without the double sink.

Here is the entire plan as built (sorry for sideways!):

And here is the proposal (back half not changing):

Since you will have built-ins, a built-in bench with storage might leave room for craftsman room dividers.

ETA, these are slightly offset, if you need a few more inches in the dining area:

Sorry, I wish I had a better program to show my idea. I was trying to make the bathroom door not open into the kitchen and find a location for the w/d stack. The red is the bathroom changes. Sorry that is an enormous toilet! The blue are two ideas for laundry locations. The first one takes space from the front bedrooms closet, so that might be an issue. One thing that might be a trade off for having less closet space, is that bedroom almost gets an en suite bathroom to themselves. Where the two upstairs bedrooms would share. That upstairs closet might not be wide enough for the w/d, maybe that's the one you meant? I tried anyways...:-)

I love MG's idea of the craftmen room dividers and the banquette. Those are just so charming and bring so much character!

Thank you all! I appreciate it :)

Are the three bedrooms you are keeping on the same floor as the living areas? I am not quite understanding the drawing of the stairs and what that means for the levels of the home. Is it not a full staircase?

Jillius - it is not a full staircase. Only 4 stairs. Home is built on a slope, and they didn't completely flatten when they did the addition. So the house is very long, and the back 2 bedrooms and bathroom are up a few steps from the rest of the house.

I like both Rebunky's and MG's ideas. If you don't want a full banquette, you could still have a window seat and then a dining room table. We had a Craftsman home once and, in addition to dividers between dining and living similar to what MG shared, we had a window seat in the dining room plus wainscot in the dining area in Craftsman-style (not beadboard) with nice, wide moldings at the top to create the plate rail. That and your trim on your doors/windows should easily keep the Craftsman details you love. Of course, I realize that all Craftsman moldings probably aren't the same but we were able to recreate our moldings in a family room addition using various pieces of readily available moldings from HD.

I would just add that, imho, if you end up having the w/d in the kitchen, I really don't see the problem with that. I wish I had a picture to share but I someone who has a w/d, side by side, not stacked, in their kitchen behind bookcase doors built on strong piano hinges. The door glide easily and she had some books and pretties displayed. Most of the pretties had museum gel to help hold them in place. She does laundry regularly so the clothes are loaded, washed, folded and put away without laundry piling up. Without a laundry room, you would need to do that in order to not create a mess area. If that's your style, it could work well for you.