Here's the great thing about this site (and I still think of it as Gardenweb): lots of talented and creative people can weigh in on your kitchen, house, or remodel plans - and in the end, you still get to do exactly what you want.

In our first kitchen remodel, a U kitchen with the sink in the middle - my dear friends here strongly suggested I put the DW next to the sink, at the end of the U. But since the kitchen was only 10' wide, doing so would have severely limited my options for utilizing the corners. I ended up putting the DW on an adjacent leg, which is where it had been for 24 years, and we continued to be satisfied with that position in the 8 years we stayed in that house.

But here's the thing: the discussion made me seriously think about other possibilities. I drew up countless plans, trying to make the DW next to the sink work for me. By the time I finalized the plans, I was completely confident and satisfied with the location of the DW.

Having your ideas challenged is not a bad thing, IF your goal is to create the most functional and pleasing space for YOU. If all you want is validation for a crappy idea, you will be disappointed.

(P.S. When I added the photo, I remembered the crap I got about the angled corner cabinet! The goal there was to have a knife drawer above a full super susan. With the little MW above it in the corner, that extra counter space was great).

I toss my kitchen towels down the cellar stairs!

Well, this is truly weird. I have posted once in a while, with a user name. My actual name has never appeared.

I like it near the bedrooms since most of the laundry comes from and goes back to the bedrooms - no climbing up/down stairs with baskets of clothes. Did that for 30 years and I'm so glad I no longer have to do that (ditto from my husband since in the last few years that task has fallen to him!) Our Laundry Room is near the Master Bedroom and not far from the other bedrooms.

When you're young, you often don't think about these things, but if you plan to age in place, it's good to think about them! If you have a rancher/single-story home, then next to the Kitchen is fine. If carrying a basket becomes an issue later, you can get a laundry bin with wheels and push it to the Laundry Room. In our case, it was fine until I hit my 60s and incurred a serious injury to one of my knees (it eventually had to be replaced after trying everything else for 2 years).

My parents had a loooooong house, with the master suite and laundry at opposite ends. With kids, it made sense because we generated more laundry (three sets of sheets insted of one, lots of towels), and near the kitchen and living space was convenient for laundry day.

But when we were gone and their mobility issues worsened, we were toying with adding a stackable in hall closets behind the shower, or taking over a nearby guest bathroom. It’s hard to use a laundry cart with a walker, or instead of a walker (when you get to the laundry room, are you stuck using it until you go back to the bedroom for the walker?) Even with caregivers it would have been so convenient, they could pop in a load without leaving their client.

But, time interceded, they moved to care home before the project could progress.

Good point @bpath! You would be stuck using the rolling bin until you retrieved the walker.

You might keep two walkers - one in the Laundry Room, but that would then mean getting the second one back to the Laundry Room once you retrieved the first one!

OR take the laundry bin back to the Bedroom where it will now collect future dirty clothes and retrieve the walker.

OR with two walkers, use the second walker until it's time to take the clean clothes back in another rolling laundry bin and then retrieve the first walker one once the bin is back in the bedroom.

But I understand what you're saying. In the case of a Laundry Room on a different floor than the Master Bedroom, I think it would be an even worse situation! Trying to lug laundry baskets up/down the stairs and having to go up/down the stairs to check on laundry with mobility issues would be much worse.

In the case where the kids' rooms are separate from the Master BR, I think it would still be better to place it next to the Master Bedroom. For most people, carrying laundry baskets to/from the kids' rooms will not be an issue b/c they're younger (and the kids can carry the baskets when they get older!) Once you get older, though, it could become a bigger issue. Personally, I want to be able to stay in my house as long as possible - not be forced out b/c the house doesn't work for older people. I think most people feel the same and that's why accessibility and aging in place has become so "popular". Baby Boomers and Jonesers are fueling most of it today. Future generations (X, etc.) will likely continue it or benefit from the work the Boomers & Jonesers are doing today!

If someone is worried about leaving the laundry in the washer and forgetting about it, set a timer! That's what I used to do. Now, I leave the Laundry Room door open with a dim light on so I know there's laundry in the washer when I pass it to go back to the bedroom for something.

"Personally, I want to be able to stay in my house as long as possible - not be forced out b/c the house doesn't work for older people."

This is why a ranch/one-story was a non-negotiable for me when purchasing this house. The laundry is off the kitchen which, like I said, is perfect for me; however, it's not that long of a walk down the hall to the bedrooms -- if I can't make that walk when I'm old then I'm screwed regardless of where the laundry is located.

Gawd - y'all are reminding me there's laundry in the machine...