One of our most recent projects was redesigning a functional laundry room for one of my favorite repeat clients. Their home is beautiful and has plenty of space but lacked the storage and functionality in a space they used frequently. After several years living with a laundry room that was missing usable storage they finally decided they had enough and it was time for an over-haul. Now in a room, such as a laundry room, function is everything. Thinking about how they move in the space and what order they do things; this made them really think about the layout and that is where I came in.
Here is the project- Before, During and After:
For starters, there is only one little wall cabinet. That is it for storage! And the swing door limited what you could do with the wall on the right.
For some reason the water supply and outlets were not in ideal locations. So they needed a little reworking for the new layout. Also with lack of storage, items that usually would be out of sight were just sitting on the floor.
In reaction to not having enough storage, my clients used this make-shift storage shelf be their means to store household items. Brooms and mops just hung out next to it.
The swing door prevented precious wall space from being utilized, so we had to change that!
Construction begins by moving the plumbing and electrical to the left wall and removing the wall cabinet.
Then the old tube florescent light fixture is replaced with two recessed cans.
Once all the behind the walls are done we framed out the new pocket door and relocated the light switches to the outside for easy access. This pocket door has allowed us the maximize the cabinetry in this 5'x8' room. Giving us 10' span of cabinets for plenty of storage.
Cabinet installation begins! These are 8' tall and they are full of storage space inside!
Ta Da! Tall 24" deep cabinets on either side of the washer and dryer, one with pull out drawers and the other to hold a hamper and other laundry items. A cabinet above for less used items.
On the other 5' wall we did 12" deep cabinets for smaller, frequently used items and left a space on the floor for the dog crate and have a hanging rod for drying clothes. This wall used to be where the swing door sat when door was open, now much more functional with lots of storage!
Finished the white cabinets off with hand finished brushed nickel hardware.
The pocket door made this room!
As you can see, yes this room is only 5' wide and we utilized as much space as we could. With 10' ceilings this means think vertical storage, and that is just what we did!
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