Laundry room placement
Avi_san
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Comments (16)Serious farmer, I'd not want to have the laundry off the kitchen. (I grew up on a pig farm, so may be biased... :) ) Seriously though, my Dad and Brother still farm, and my SIL is always trying to find the "best" laundry location for their next build... near the mudroom, but not the mudroom. definitely near the master so he can just pop from mudroom to shower. etc. Large mudroom and good laundry facilities are a must for farmers. No getting around it. I like this plan over all though. One suggestion, other than revamping and beefing up that back entrance, is to change the door swing in the hall bath toilet/bath area. Either do a pocket there, or swing it out. (safety issues). (Your master WC does this well.) Also, I'd be confused with the double closets in the master. It is nice, on the one hand to have 2, but I'd be always struggling with what is in which, and since they aren't accessed from the same location... Just a thought, and maybe you know just exactly how you'd use them. But, if it were me, I'd figure out how to integrate the "bathroom one" into your mudroom area....See MoreLaundry Room Near 1st Floor MBR
Comments (14)I remember seeing one plan (of the thousands we saw) that had a door from the master closet into the laundry room. The laundry room also opened into a hallway somewhere, if I remember correctly. That seemed like I great idea to me- convenient and also removed enough to possibly cover the noise. I usually carry the load of clean laundry across the house in a big lump with socks and underwear falling out all over the place onto the bed in the master bedroom, since our laundry room has nowhere to fold stuff. We have three laundry baskets, but they are invariably full of dirty clothes waiting their turn or clean clothes that never got put away. In our new house, the laundry room will still be across the house from the Master, but there will be counter space for folding. I'll probably still carry it all across the house anyway so I can keep a better eye on the kids and watch a few minutes of tv while I fold. And I'll probably still have no empty baskets....See MoreWould like some feedback
Comments (20)mrspete, thanks for the detailed critique. I agree on the laundry room, and I guess I'm going to have to try to get my wife to reconsider. As for the books, my plan is to have eight foot bookcases in the office (we would have nine foot ceilings) which will hold a great number of my collection, but I assume we will be putting cases in various rooms throughout the house, like we have now. Many of my files are digitized, but I'm old-school enough to keep paper copies. I was hacked last year and lost all my files, including drafts of articles, etc., AND I had everything backed up at least three times. What I failed to realize is that if you keep the storage media hooked up to a computer that is hacked, they will be hacked as well. Luckily, I was able to recover about 90 percent of my files from one thumb drive I forgot I had, but I had to contact libraries and archives to get some things resent (which they were kind enough to do). As for the kitchen, we wanted it in two zones. A cooking/cleaning zone and a prep zone, which is the bank of cabinets to the right of the refrigerator. Lack of counter space is something I hate about my current kitchen, and since I do 90 percent of the cooking, I want some space. Between the Solatube or Velux and the five foot slider onto the deck, I think we will have enough natural light. But I certainly am open to differing ideas. As for your window suggestion, that wall will be one of many display walls my wife wants to hang her quilts. That's something she lacks right now and really wants. The layout of her sewing room is using the furniture she has now and the side wall will be her design wall. The windows in the front (both in her sewing room and the living room) are 40 inch wide by 60 inch high so that will give her a great deal of natural light. As for the fireplace, it would be nothing we would ever use. As for the closet size, it's big enough for us. I can't see devoting a lot of space to a place to hang clothes, although adding an additional foot is something to consider. The shower is 48 inches with a pivot door. We have looked at several "in the field" and (as my wife works in rehabilitation therapy) we think it will accommodate us well into the future. As for the natural light in the middle, that is why I want the tube lights. We've seen a few houses that have them and the light even one tube puts out is amazing. I also don't like windows in master bathrooms. I've seen too many in front of bathtubs that are ridiculous, given that you would have to have some sort of blinds or window coverings for privacy. In the spare bathroom we went with an awning window that is 76 inches from the floor to the bottom. Again, thanks for all your helpful comments....See MoreWasher dryer stack placement in Laundry room
Comments (1)Are you thinking the laundry stack will go where the litter box is? Which panel of the sliding door is operable?...See MoreAvi_san
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