Laundry Room needs help
Hi, need some help with this laundry room. Its very narrow and I need a place for folding laundry and I like to hang my clean laundry on hangers so need a space for that.
The dimension of the room is 10'long x 5'wide and it narrow to 4'foot by the door.
Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks
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tartanmeup
3 years agoDo you use the two cabinets above your machines? My first thought was replace the cabinet above the washer with a clothes rod for hanging clothes. You can get a folding table installed on the wall (example below) where the ironing board is right now if you want a flat surface but think twice about your clothes folding reality. (I have front loaders and installed an inexpensive counter on top for folding space. Turns out, it's a bit high for me and I prefer to fold clothes and linens on the bed. :P) I imagine the ironing board is usually hung on the gizmo holding the iron?
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Comments (5)For starters, what are your goals for a mudroom? Stop and make a list of the things you specifically need the room to do. Do you need a place for kids' backpacks? A spot to sort mail? Do you need to include recyling in this room? If you think through what you need the room to do, you'll end up with a better end product. Specific things I'd do: - The floor looks cold and slick. I'd get a good floormat with a no-skid bottom side ... make it something colorful. Choose something long enough that people will have to walk a few steps on it as they come in, as this will knock off a bunch of their "outside dirt". - I'd paint the door a bright, happy color ... something to tie into the floor mat. - Add a patterned curtain to the door ... again, to tie into the door and floor mat's color. - I'd like to see a simple white shelf installed above the hooks. I'd place artwork above this, and I'd add a few plants (perhaps fake because they aren't going to get super-good care in the mudroom) as well as things you'd want going in and out the door ... maybe a basket for mail and a basket for a hairbrush, etc. - You need a trash can somewhere ... a pretty good sized one. Something for fast food drink cups, junk mail, and dryer lint. Maybe under the sink? A trash can you can't see isn't ideal. - I assume the washer/dryer work well, and you're not open to replacing them ... but when it's time, choose something smaller; this isn't easy ... I bought a new set 2-3 years ago, and they're all so big now! This space is not huge, and it looks like the door can barely open ... once you hang coats on these hooks, the walking aisle will feel small. - You want to use this as a mudroom, but you have no drop space. You could add some shelves above the sink ... then add a basket for each family member. - Are you attached to the sink? Personally, I've never had any desire for a laundry sink ... had one growing up, and it was literally used once or twice a year to thaw turkeys. If you were to ditch the sink, you could add a floor-to-ceiling linen tower, which would give you oodles of storage. - If you want to keep the sink, could you do without that door on the left? Could you place a freestanding piece of furniture in that spot /covering that door? This could be your space for totes and shoes. - You need something above the washer/dryer ... I'd go with a closed cabinet for storing laundry needs + a hanging-dry pole. - I'd add a clock above the door because people coming /going always seem to need to know the time. - Last thought: from a design perspetive, you need to add color, pattern, something organic and a couple plants. These things will take away the cold feeling the room has now....See More
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decoenthusiaste
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoIf you can squeeze in a skinny cabinet to hold a drop down ironing board, you can use it for your folding area. Using the Marie Konde folding method should make it a snap and increase your clothing storage space tremendously.
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3 years agoWhat about putting a rolling cart in there for folding clothes. You can use some of it for supplies.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI have a very similar size laundry room. We changed the door to long panel swinging doors to not congest the space in the room. Although I have front loaders I use the Dryer to put folded clothes on, along with a clothes basket to stack clothes in and carry out to put away. The hanging rod pictured I got on Amazon and absolutely are a space saver. I have 2 of these in there. I think you can easily mount these on the wall left of the dryer. I agree with other comments, to store your iron in the cabinet. Not sure what is sitting against the wall left of dryer, but looks like you could put your ironing board there when not using it.
Also, consider mounting a hanger for your broom, vacuum and tools, etc. located left of the door so hidden from view.
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Maureen
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI‘d either remove a cupboard for a drying rod or attach a fold down on washer’s side
On dryer’s wall side, add something like below add you could place a framed poster over the hole/pipes (that can be easily taken down for access)
If you prefer, idea below and would have to be on dryer’s side with drying rack opposite
I‘m sure you would also like the space to be more fun and consider an update - combination below would compliment your floor. Could go cream on walls and blue on cupboards
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWe just installed an Ikea TJUSIG hat rack in our laundry room yesterday next to the ironing board. It is multifunctional with hanging rods, hooks and a shelf.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoBorrowing the idea from @tartanmeup
. When you want to fold clothes, fold the table down. When the table is not in use & is flat on the wall, the underside of the table could be painted to suit your artistic taste.
ironing board: I have a similar caddy on the back of our door. It‘s convenient to store the ironing board out of the way.elaine thanked rpwoodard
L.D. Johnson
3 years agoLook at adjustable wire shelving racks -often called metro shelving - there are literally dozens of brands and combinations of height, depth and width. Consider 72" tall and 18 or 24 " deep by whatever width you feel would be comfortable. If on casters, you can roll it out of the way as needed for cleaning. Your preferred product might come with 5 shelves in the tallest size, but you don't have to install all of them; one shelf may go unused in order to give you a wide gap between a folding shelf and hanging space on the top. My daughter found this to be a great solution for her cramped laundry room. As an example:
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