POLL: Does your laundry room pull double duty?
Emily H
6 years ago
All laundry, all the time
My laundry room is multipurpose
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Comments (24)Renee, thank you for your explanation above and now posting the pictures. I really like the looks of the fans and am also planning on FLs so I will have to give fans more thought. Love your laundry signs, by the way. mustangs, thank you for the picture. I'm also going with white cabinets and pretty sure with white W&D but with accent colors of both red and yellow. Would you mind sharing where you purchsed your light as that would be a nice look in mine I think? Thanks, also for the information on the bulbs. dadoes, thank you for your input also, but I'm only wired for one fixture, though I did use cans in other areas. Mike and ella, I had considered some sort of track light. Ellas, I love the one you linked to. How does halogen lighting compare to other lighting? I've never had a halogen fixture. chipshot, thanks for responding back with the link to the schoolhouse fixtures. They are lovely and unique fixtures but would not go with the look of the room. ebear, would you mind giving me the dimensions of the room that the 2 60w bulbs light up? I could then compare with the size of my room. You've all given me such good information, pictures, etc. and I truly appreciate it. (Seems the decisions on the smaller things like lighting fixtures are much harder than the larger ones like flooring, paint, etc.) :)...See MorePoll: How often do you use your microwave?
Comments (63)At my old house, the MW was located at about eye level for me. It was crazy--I had to use a stepstool to see if things were turning or overcooking. I am 5'2". At my next house I purchased the undercounter Sharp drawer MW which I loved and all the tall people in my family thought was crazy too low. See picture. Our current rental has the MW about neck level and I admit it works great. I use it every day to re-heat my tea/coffee. I actually use it to heat the water too since I can't find my kettle. I used to have a instant hot and got spoiled by that. Here in the rental we use a tempered glass measuring cup and heat 2c of water then use that as a "pot". It kind of takes away from the whole "ceremony" of making tea and enjoying it but we now have simple uses created from necessity. And of course....the old makin' bacon that everyone has mentioned. My son is always making bacon in the MW. I also am a good leftover eater. I love to reheat a serving of spaghetti squash or something from last night's dinner. I don't like cold food, so almost all of my food is heated. I considered putting the MW in the walk-in pantry at the house we are building, but ended up finding a place for it in the island (drawer MW again)....See MoreDoes anyone have two laundry rooms?
Comments (79)For those that have kids do their own laundry don’t they waste water then? Maybe, but it's a learning experience for them, so worthwhile. While I can see the advantages, I'm not sure it is necessary either. Oh, of course it's not necessary. I think even the people who advocate for the idea don't think it's a necessity. Back to laundry, my upstairs laundry room is pretty small so the room is always full of clothes. I don't think size of the room is always the issue -- a small but well designed room can be more functional than a larger space. For what it's worth, my pantry /laundry room is pretty big -- about 15x7 -- but it's a horribly designed space. You have to walk through the kitchen to reach it, and it has a useless exterior door. The space could've been laid out so much better. And it's so far from the bedrooms that "folded loads" end up left on top of the machines -- then College Girl comes and pulls an item out of the middle, and they topple over. I don't really want a bigger laundry room, but I do wish I had a space for "waiting loads" and a location closer to the bedrooms so it wouldn't feel like such a chore to carry finished loads literally the length of the house. We easily have two loads of laundry a day. This'll change for you -- eventually. I only have one kid at home now, and she's only home part-time. My husband is retired, so he doesn't wear business clothes /re-uses jeans for several days. In the summer when I don't work, my laundry is downright easy! Something to look forward to in retirement. I'd consider doing stackable compact machines upstairs and then larger capacity machines that could handle things like sleeping bags or dog beds downstairs. I'm definitely going to downsize our machines when they need replacing. 10-12 years ago I bought large front-loaders, and I appreciated the large loads they could hold -- but, oh, they are space hogs. Large items -- sleeping bags and dog beds, as you mentioned -- don't get washed all that often. If I have to take them to a laundry mat or a cleaner, it would be okay. I counted the TV sets in the suite: 7. Seven. In the master suite. Seven? How can that possibly be? I'm trying to imagine where they could go: One in the bed chamber, one for the tub, one for a sitting area ... this is like a train wreck. I have to know! Surely no one watches TV in the closet?...See MoreMaster Layout: How to fit laundry in closet and double sink in
Comments (54)I have definitely thought about that option Here are some considerations 1. Husband HATES pocket doors, especially for bathrooms. 2. I am trying to have all doors 32 inches wide if possible from the end of hallway to trim that is about 38 inches. I'd go down to 28inches at the smallest, for 34 inches total with trim 3. The hallway wall measures 76 inches 4. The walls are 4.5" deep, leaving 71.5 inches in the hallway. 5. We prefer vanity countertop 22 inches deep. So that leaves us with a closet depth of 11.5-15.5 inches. We could maybe get 18 if we went with a 19.5 vanity...See Morepgeraghtyca
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