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Laundry Room Remodeling Design Dilemma

Help with laundry room design

2 years ago

I have a perfect space to start with, but I need advice on where to place cabinets, and should I do a floor-to-ceiling storage cabinet to the left of the washer? On the fridge wall, we recently built shelves that will hold four laundry baskets. Once completed, a countertop will go ontop. The goal is to have a closet rod hanging above so I can hang clothes and have a mini folding station. Should I add a cabinet over the fridge or maybe a shelf? I'm not sure how the cabinets will work with the ceiling angle. I'm willing to pay someone for their ideas/renderings!!!!

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bpath

2 years ago

A couple of questions:

Can you open the fridge door far enough to pull out the meat and produce bins, or to slide out a pizza? The combination of it being up against the wall, with handles, and with a window sill, makes me wonder.

What all do you want to store in this room? So far I see a stick vac, dirty and clean laundry, food, and detergent. Do you also have a steam mop, a broom, a swiffer and its cloths, a clothes steamer, iron and ironing board, cleaning supplies like dusters, scrubbers, rags, paper towels, and bottles of cleaner and polisher?

You asked about a cabinet or shelf above the fridge. What will you store there? can you reach it?

For a tall cabinet next to the machines, what would go inside? would you be able to reach the back?

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Jennifer
Original Author
2 years ago
CURENT SITUATION
Jennifer
Original Author
2 years ago
Should I do floor to ceiling cabinet??
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That was the idea to stand and fold there. Tired of using my kitchen table for folding LOL. But your right the height may not be ideal. And we had talked about that too. I think hinge idea is what we are going to go with. We thought about a table rise kinda like you see with some coffee tables at furniture stores but the hardware is difficult to find exactly what we would need and may be very costly. Thanks for your input and time.
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Jennifer
Original Author
2 years ago
Inspiration pics
Jennifer
Original Author
2 years ago
@bpath All good questions. thank you.

•The fridge door, including meat and produce bins, open all the way (no issues there)

•I envision this room being able to have dirty clothes (in the laundry basket, clean, clothes (basically my new folding station)

•the deep cabinet would house my dog food, vacuum, laundry detergent, paper towels, cleaning supplies. Unfortunately, I do not have a steam mop (something on my radar, though), and no need for an ironing board.

•I’m not sure what I would put on top of the shelf above the fridge, but I figured it would be better not to waste the space. Perhaps I’m overthinking it?

•If it were possible, I wouldn’t mind adding cabinets to the ceiling on the same side of the washer and dryer, and I could store some of my fall decorations in there.

•I'm not sure if you can tell from the pictures, but I also had to remove my door since it swings in and I was losing space. The plan is to buy two small barn doors. Once we can nail down a design, the fun stuff happens (wallpaper, countertop, paint, roman shade :) If you can't tell I'm having difficulty visualizing the space because of the angled walls and fridge, which is why I’m asking for help. thanks for the feedback
apple_pie_order
2 years ago
Have you had the basket storage for a month or more? How's it working for you?
Jennifer
Original Author
2 years ago
@apple_pie_order we built the basket storage this past weekend, so not much use (yet) but looking forward to using it.

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