I'm the last person to give advice, but it just seems to be begging to become a closet! Storage, niche looking and unobtrusive.

That was my first thought also.....just hang a door. Second option: if the wall to the left of the laundry doors isn't a supporting wall, I'd tear it out for more sq. footage.

I'm with the other two: either close it off with a door or add some cabinets.

I know what I would do. Hang a door. Maybe a louvered-accordion type.

Put up some shelves. Possibly put up a clothes hanger pole if we needed more room for winter coats, etc.

It's obviously destined to be a CD storage bookcase. They have already migrated there for the winter.

One pre-fab base cabinet with drawers or shelves to hold games and TV accessories with shelves above it sized to hold the CDs, DVDs and tapes would make a big difference.

Thanks for the suggestions all! I've already got a hall closet down the hall that holds just basically my portable ac unit since I haven't room for that elsewhere and don't really need a 'coat closet'. But, thats one thing I had not thought of and will keep it in mind if I don't do anything else with it.

I don't know that I necessarily want to keep media there. I am slowly converting to everything being on a media server, including all these cds. Although I haven't played them in years, I can't bring myself to part with them either. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but there is just something about having a physical copy of music. They may end up going in the garage once I get my shelf project completed there.

Thats why I'm kind of stuck with what to do with it ...and the closet idea is growing on me.

I'd hang floating shelves in there, keep the cd's on those shelves and maybe add some decorative items as well. The floating shelves could even be corner ones that go along the back and then follow along the left side and stop at the ceiling edge. I like that space, and would not cover it.

I hadn't thought of floating shelves sasafras, I do like that idea, fairly simple and inexpensive too...compared to a custom cabinet anyway. But I'm still thinking maybe a base cabinet on the bottom then the floating shelves on top. Don't know if just shelves all the way down would look right. Anyone got pics of something similar?

That would also be a good area for a dry bar. I've included two pics but google 'dry bar' and then select images for more ideas.

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Found this pic searching in the bath forum and I like it. What does everyone think of this? Obviously its a different setting in a bath. But I like the idea of framing it up (that the correct term) on the bottom and one side. And then install casing around it. And then simply install shelves. It gives it a nice built-in feeling like it was meant to be there. As mine is now, it just looks like a hole in the wall. This would be a bit of work framing up the bottom and side and I would lose a bit of space, but I think it would make it look better.

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