The best way to lay out an awkward L shaped room is to not have an awkward L shaped room.

Your answer may be to reconfigure the room and other spaces.

I like the architect's rendering much more than the second one. The L part is really just the entrance so the door opening against the wall isn't impacting your usuable space in the working area of the room at least. You've got an efficient set up for w/d, a sink and a good size utility closet. Seems like there'd be room for a robot vacumn to sit in that corner opposite the closet too. I like a hanging bar over the appliances and there's a window, but maybe that's not key for you.

You might place the sink in front of the window and stack the WD next to the closet wall, permitting the creation of a counter between the sink and appliances. A pull down hanging rack over the sink area (from the wall to its left), might add some drying space. Even a tension rod between the W/D and the wall over the sink and counter, might work.

What does this open on to? Where is the door coming from? What I'm getting at is do you really need the door there? I would consider moving the closet so it was visible from the door and then have the w/d in the corner. This would eliminate visual clutter from being seen down the hallway.

A stacking w/d would free up floor space for a counter. In my house, a counter calls for stuff to accumulate on it. Does it do that in yours?

How will the closet be used? It probably sounds like a silly question, but could its purpose be served by countertop with upper and lower cabinets and drawers, and using the walls for brooms, mops, lint brushes, etc?

Is there a possibility of changing the plan to build the laundry room you really want?

Start with a workable sized and shaped room to get a good layout. Your designer designed themself, and you, into a corner not space planning out the whole with efficient spaces. A double loaded (cabinets etcetera on opposite long walls) work room (Laundry, kitchen, pantry, etcetera) is more efficient than a single loaded room.

Bypass doors on a 30" wide closet only gives you access to 15" of the closet at a time. Place the washer next to the laundry tub.

The washer and dryer doors might need to open more than 90°, plan accordingly.

If you are short on storage space, then you need to maximize what you have. Design it with cabinets so you aren't wasting space with walls around a closet.

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Starting with your(2) layout put the sink where the corner closet is mounted in a counter that runs to 36" from the washer. Use drawers under the counter for storage. I'd reverse the door swing to open against the short wall. I'd make the door at least 32".

I'd consider stacking the w/d if you are open to it. I would put it across from the door or at end of hallway so that you have more room in front of the w/d.

If your layout turns out well for side-by-side units, these raised options seem like a smart move.

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Ended up going with something like this!

How does that closet work?

The original plan, posted five months ago, is better.

Consider the original plan with a stack washer and dryer.

We have some things on shelves that we rarely need to access in the blind corner and the rest of it is used for taller items like brooms vacuums etc.

we also wanted a little bit of counter space that wasn't going to be as high as a shelf on top of the washer dryer.