Need help with tile style/design in small laundry room
Joe Bard
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Trying to figure out tile color, style, size, design and grout color for a small 65x65" laundry room.
Washer and dryer will be taking up almost half the room so visible floor is roughly 35x65". Bought a couple of samples at HD. Not sure how the big tile will look in such a small space.
Walls are a pale yellow. Plan on doing bright white trim. Hardwood floor in hallway is oak.
Have looked at a lot of pictures online. Most use small//mosaic.. are these too 'busy'?
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Comments (8)I just remodeled one of my bathrooms and used 18X18 tiles. My bathroom is just 5X6 feet. When the salesman suggested it, I thought he was crazy but I love it! Looks even better now that the room is finished and the floor sealed. The grout is very fine and it almost looks like a solid tile floor.Here is a picture of the floor. Just copy and paste in the address. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-12/1125411/nfloor.JPG...See MoreLaundry Room Storage/Design HELP
Comments (5)Having baskets up there would allow us to use the whole depth. And then could put cabinets under the machines. hmm.......See Moreneed help with designing a new mudroom/laundry/cat’s room.
Comments (3)Annette, thank you for taking the time to answer. Apologies for the very rough sketch. I didn't explain that we will be adding the envisioned left hand wall, sectioning off the new laundry space from the current open garage space. The elevator and space at the bottom of the sketch are in the interior of the house. The door between the elevator and the stairs opens from the foyer into the garage. The closet I have drawn in there, we have now decided will be added to the laundry room and not the foyer. The lines I have drawn in the middle of the left hand wall will be stairs going down to the lower level of the garage. There will be a door there. The sketch I have drawn correlates to the right hand section of the blueprint. The perspective would be the equivalent of the first photograph. The new wall will be placed where the dotted line is in the blue print . Am I making more sense? (or any sense.... ;) ) I agree with you about putting the dryer on the exterior wall. I'm not sure why my contractor boyfriend is so insistent on them not being on an exterior wall. Were the Fl units you were using in the house on pedestals or without? I feel without the pedestals they will be ok. I'm short: 5'4"...See MoreDesign Help Needed For Laundry Room
Comments (9)It's a laundry room, so it's probably a low priority space. Your big problem is clutter and darkness, not pipes. How much hassle and money do you want to invest? You could greatly improve the space if you: --Massively declutter so the room isn't a junk room. Do you really need a gazillion kinds of soaps and laundry products? Always declutter before redecorating. --Replace the stained ceiling. --Paint all the walls an off white/ivory/tan that harmonizes with the floor. (Is that a tile floor? If so, then get wall paint that works with it.) Or if the floor is shabby vinyl, replace it with a tile-look vinyl and paint walls a complementary color. --Paint the pipes so they blend in with the walls. Those are the least of your problems. Just make them disappear with paint. --Replace window curtains with bamboo shades. --Build/install shelving entirely across the wall with those cabinets. Just get rid of the cabinets. Then run a curtain rod across the wall and hang ceiling to floor curtains in an attractive pattern. Store absolutely everything on those shelves and nowhere else, using clear bins to organize your stuff. Don't have anything out at all, not even a shoe! Notice how this curtain is hung. Do something like this only in front of a wall of shelves of shelves on the wall where you now have cabinets. This idea but with shelving all the way across and deep enough to hold bins at the bottom for your laundry products and to organize misc. stuff . . . after you declutter. --Put a skirt around the utility sink....See More
Joe Bard
5 years ago
Elle
5 years agoCement might be a bit trendy I have to admit. As long as a pattern is scaled appropriately to the space (like it should be closer to a 1-2" repeat instead of a 12" repeat) and the color variation isn't too strong (white and grey, or 90% white 10% black), it will actually serve to give your eye a focal point which helps the room feel less crowded. If you do go with a patterned floor, make sure to keep the rest of the room neutral and light like in those pictures. Here are some other options that lean more towards neutral and classic. What style is your home? Black and White hexagon tiles are extremely classic and can often be found in tiny colonial bathrooms.
Joe Bard
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
PROBeth H. :
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoJoe, that tile you picked is great for a bathroom. I don't think it works w/your laundry room. and it won't work w/yellow.
Why don't you try a large format hex tile in a nice porcelain? The shape goes w/you decor, they're inexpensive and easy to care for. lots of colors, and sizes.
these are Somertile and avail on Overstock. tons of colors. these are 7x8 matte gray
or something like this
you can even mix colors for an interesting floor.
they even have them as large as 14x16 (less grout lines to keep clean)
or maybe consider these longer tiles in a herringbone pattern. white and gray would look nice w/the yellow walls.
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Beth H. :
5 years agoJoe, yes. different tones of gray, but they should be fine. in this layout they've feathered it into the wood flooring
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5 years agoyes Joe,,white w/gray grout would be a nice choice. would look something like this. this is the Somer tile, 8x9
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