Of all of the modifications we’re planning for our home, the laundry room and closet combo is perhaps the factor I’m trying ahead to essentially the most. I can’t cease dreaming about and planning this room!
I’ve by no means had a correct laundry room earlier than. In our earlier two homes, the washer and dryer have been within the storage. Within the residence we lived in proper after we bought married, we had a laundry closet that was proper within the entryway. And in our home now, the washer and dryer are within the “sunroom”, which is a reasonably identify for the worst room in the home that now solely seems to be barely higher than the image beneath as a result of I did some organizing in there a couple of weeks again.
I’ve been desirous to tear that room down since we purchased the home, but it surely’s mainly a storage room that additionally homes our washer, dryer, and scorching water heater. So till I can relocate these issues, the room has to remain. Not less than it stays behind these closed doorways, although, so neither I nor our company have to take a look at it…
As a result of this will probably be new for me, the thought of getting a pleasant room the place I can have my washer and dryer, good cupboards, and group, is thrilling to me. And the extra I’ve considered it, the extra I like the thought of a laundry room and closet combo. It simply is smart to me.
So I spent a while this previous weekend utilizing IKEA’s Pax wardrobe planner and their kitchen planner to plan either side of the room. I actually want that they had one built-in planner the place you may use a mixture of cupboards and wardrobes, however they don’t. So I had to make use of one planner to plan out the closet aspect, and the opposite to plan out the laundry aspect. The kitchen cupboard planner is way more strong than the wardrobe planner, which has far fewer bells and whistles on it. It’s nonetheless very useful, although.
The room I’ll be turning into the laundry room and closet combo is our present visitor bed room. It’s the room that we’ve been utilizing as our predominant bed room for the final three years (I feel). That room seems to be like this (when it’s clear 😀 )…
Really, it doesn’t seem like that anymore even when it’s clear. The painted flooring hasn’t held up as nicely on this room as my studio flooring has. (I used completely different paint, and the paint I used on the studio flooring is much superior.) Additionally, we now not have that wooden mattress base as a result of it didn’t work with our adjustable mattress. However every little thing else is just about the identical.
That is the room labeled “visitor bed room” on our present flooring plan, and it’s 11′ 4″ x 15′ 10″…
And as soon as the entire modifications have been made that we’re planning, this room would be the laundry room and grasp closet on this space that can make up the master bedroom.
By the way in which, my mother and I spent about an hour at lunch final Wednesday going over the ground plan with a high-quality tooth comb, significantly weighing the suggestion that a number of individuals needed to maintain the visitor bed room and the house gymnasium the place they’re, and switch the addition into the master suite and laundry room/closet. We thought-about each chance, made a professional and con record, and mentioned it in excruciating element, and we each concluded that the house gymnasium and visitor bed room ought to keep within the addition. I’m not going to go over all of that dialogue, causes, execs and cons, and particulars, however simply know that we thought-about every little thing. And for us (Matt and me), this association works the perfect.
What I envision is that after I stroll into the room from the hallway, the precise aspect would be the laundry room aspect of the room. And after attempting many alternative preparations (together with stacking the washer and dryer), that is what I got here up with…
I needed to maintain the washer and dryer as near the window wall as doable as a result of, as you may see on the ground plan, that a part of the room juts out additional than the neighboring room. That signifies that the dryer can vent outdoors with out having to have a future of duct contained in the wall.
However I didn’t need the washer shoved proper up in opposition to the wall, so I added a really slim cupboard there the place I can retailer tall, skinny objects like an ironing board, a fold-up drying rack, and so on.
If you happen to’re attempting to maintain your bearings, that view above seems to be like this view beneath proper now…
After which the remaining is fairly easy. I needed as a lot tall cupboard storage as doable, however I additionally positively desire a sink in there. So I needed to have a minimum of sufficient countertop area for the sink. However I didn’t need it to really feel crammed in there, so I gave it some respiratory room (and gave me some elbow area) with yet another low cupboard subsequent to it. That left room for 2 tall cupboards on the precise finish of the wall. After which I crammed in with as many higher cupboards as doable.
That view above seems to be like this proper now…
Two issues that I need however couldn’t present within the IKEA planner are (1) a spot to place a dangling bar for empty hangers in order that they’re simply accessible near the dryer, and (2) a countertop over the washer and dryer.
Right here’s an view from above, which I all the time discover to be useful in order that I can make certain that there’s some wiggle room. I don’t need any cupboards jammed up in opposition to the partitions, and I wish to make certain that there are some further inches in there to construct cupboards across the washer and dryer. And as you may see, there’s loads of further area for all of that. The IKEA planner doesn’t have a number of high-quality tuning that lets you get issues into place right down to the centimeter, however so long as I can see that I’ve some wiggle room, I can work with that.
The cupboards for the laundry room aspect of the room come to $6,594.88 in response to the kitchen planner, however I’m positive that’s not precisely appropriate. The ultimate worth will rely upon which doorways and drawer fronts I select, as these range in worth relying on the model. And that’s simply the cupboards. I’ll additionally want a sink, faucet, and countertop.
Subsequent up, I used the PAX wardrobe planner to plan the opposite aspect of the room, which would be the closet aspect of the room. I couldn’t even determine the best way to add doorways and home windows with the PAX wardrobe planner, so the door that you simply see beneath is one which I added by taking a screenshot of the IKEA planner, after which utilizing my photograph enhancing software program so as to add the door. Anyway, that is what I envision for the left aspect of the room, though I could swap out the deep cabinets for extra hanging storage. I have to suppose by that earlier than ordering.
The primary time I performed round with this planner, I solely had the cupboards lined up on one wall with nothing wrapping round to adjoining partitions. However that plan used 24-inch-deep cabinets for issues like sneakers, purses, and folded sweaters. I personally would favor to not retailer my sneakers, purses, and folded sweaters on such deep cabinets, so I discovered that if I modified the unit on the tip to the 14-inch-deep model, I might have sufficient room to wrap one other 14-inch-deep unit round to the adjoining wall. I can get an extra 39-inch unit in there and nonetheless have a few inches between the aspect of the unit and the sting of the trim on the door. It’s a decent match but it surely suits!
I additionally began out with a narrower cupboard on the lengthy wall, which left me with completely unusable area within the nook behind the place the 2 cupboards shaped the “L” within the nook. I swapped that cupboard on the lengthy wall out for a wider cupboard. I figured that the hidden space can be utilized for objects which are out of season and I don’t want entry to in the intervening time. I wish to squeeze each inch of cupboard space out of this room as doable, so I didn’t need that nook being 100% unusable lifeless area.
The cupboards for that aspect of the room come to $2178.80 in response to the PAX planner. I feel that quantity is nearer to being correct as a result of I don’t plan on utilizing doorways on the wardrobes. The worth could change as I add/subtract the variety of cabinets I order, and as I feel by if I wish to add any drawer organizers. However I feel that quantity received’t change drastically in any respect.
I wish to get this plan finalized quickly as a result of I’d prefer to order the cupboards throughout the subsequent couple of weeks. My studio is just about completed apart from a few small tasks. Subsequent, I’m going to work on and end our new bed room. And by the point I’m completed with the bed room, I wish to have every little thing prepared to start out on this room. However each time I open up the PAX planner, I see a discover that they’re having provide points proper now, so I wish to get every little thing ordered fairly quickly in order that I’m not ready round for cupboards after I’m prepared to start out putting in them.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
