Help needed with w/d and sink placement in my laundry room
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Comments (35)Ohh fun I'll check out the new island :) I love to see people's kitchens evolve. Thank you for the compliment on mine. I miss that darned kitchen LOL (We don't have one at the victorian). The old sewing room never got further than putting my fabric in it. DS suprised us (how did that happen) when he made himself known (thought I had food poisoning LOL) and my room became his :) I designed the room but because I broke my arm quite badly during the remodel doing venetian plaster, I had to hire it out to be done. I was really lucky because the artists I hired completely took to the vision I had and then embelished it and made it their own. They had become attached to my little guy durin the time they worked for us (did all of our textured walls in the townhouse) and added a lot of fun suprises while we were on a long hospital stay. He still misses that room....I have GOT to get one going here (it's going to be an alaska train room theme). I do have some freaking windows don't I LOL Definately a good opportunity to use collected fabrics heh heh It sounds like your sewing room looks like mine now. There is a reason I couldn't post pics of the window side LOL Boxes and couches...three of them stuffed in there to go to charity as well as several tables and antique sewing machines. It will be fun to see yours come together as I work on mine...want to race LOL I love the ironing board idea! I'll add one because I'd agree I like that too when I'm quilting. When I crazy quilt I absolutely need to iron each piece down before adding another. Otherwise you get odd puckers...much more so than with a normal quilt. I do have a 9' dining table and figure for the drapes I'll cut on there...but in the sewing room I want to do about a six by six foot table (two from ikea butted together like in the link on the other thread). I love the idea of it being for ironing and cutting but still...I don't want to get up for every piece. I have a cordless iron to help with that, so the location near the machines would be easy. DS getting up from nap...shall return!...See MoreFitting W/D and sink in laundry room
Comments (2)When we moved into this house, the laundry area was a "closet" off the kitchen with the washer and dryer next to each other. We stacked our units, put in a slop sink and a small kitchen cabinet with small countertop from Ikea. That may be an option as well. Stacking has worked out really well for us and we got the needed slop sink (the house had none), extra storage and it looks good....See MorePretty please help me get started on my laundry room layout :) :)
Comments (0)I'm baaaack!!! Thank you so much for helping me with my powder room, so on to the next dilemma. Any ideas or opinions are welcome (and begged for!). Figuring out where the sink and w/d go are the biggest decisions because it turns out plumbing is one of the first items the builder needs! The room is 15’ 4 “ long and 8’ 6” wide (from wall to wall) I’m sitting here with tracing paper and am already blocked!!!!! :) Hopefully my goals aren't too lofty: Passage way I’m hoping to have a passage way from the closet to get into the laundry room. I love the idea of coming in dirty and just taking my clothes off in the closet and walking them into the laundry room to hang dry or toss in the washer. At the very minimum I want a ‘pass' through so I don’t have to carry baskets or so I can toss in a wet bathing suit. I currently sort my clothes into different baskets as I take things off, so if I only have a pass through and not a walk through, maybe I would stack my baskets on shelves in a cabinet and have that cabinet accessible from the laundry side too. *I want a raised w/d *I’d like one deep counter for folding in which an entire shirt will mostly fit. *I rarely rarely sew, but I’d like a spot to sit and sew on a button or work on a stain etc. *I will want a space for a nice sized pull down ironing board *A big area for a drying racks (hanging and laying flat). I will consider getting a drying cabinet like this one, but it's completely not necessary http://staberdryingcabinets.com *I’d like to have space for a steam cabinet if they should perfect those. The reviews aren’t great. *I was hoping to have a rotary iron for linens, but I don’t know if it will fit. *If I don’t put in a rotary iron, I want a line to hang linens so I can use a garment steamer on them. *There is another area for housekeeping items, so I don’t need to store vacuums etc. If there is room, storing overflow items would be nice (extra tp, suitcases up high perhaps, linens/towels) The venting for the w/d will go through the roof, so the w/d can be placed anywhere in the room. I hear it’s more efficient for the sink and laundry room to be close for plumbing purposes....See MoreNew construction, W&D in garage, adding laundry sink next to...
Comments (45)In my current residence(a townhouse), we have a stacked washer and dryer in our basement. When we bought the place 10 years ago, we had plumbers come in and rip out the old poly butelyne piping and install whatever the flavor of the day was. As part of that project, we said hey, can you add a laundry sink next to the washer and dryer? They did, and they did not have to rip out any drain pipes or bust up any concrete. They just tapped into the existing drain. Ask the plumber working onsite how much he would charge you to come back after you move in and add the sink for you, and bypass your builder. Personally, I can see the benefits of putting the laundry in the garage, provided you live somewhere where it does not go below freezing. Keeps heat out of the house, some dirty clothes never have to enter the house, and a leak is less likely to cause major damage. Plus you will probably have easy access to your dryer vent pipe for cleaning it out. But if your garage gets too cold, it could shorten the life of the rubber parts on the washer and dryer. As it gets colder, the rubber becomes less flexible/pliable and will wear out quicker....See MoreUser
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