If I’m taking a look at my calendar proper, I needs to be assembly with the architect about our addition subsequent week. We don’t have a gathering scheduled, however he was happening trip and we deliberate to fulfill when he will get again. So hopefully we are able to schedule a gathering by the tip of subsequent week.
I’ve been stressing a bit bit about two particular areas on the ground plan I drew up. In case you missed it, right here’s what that ground plan appears to be like like with the addition in pink…
The primary space I’ve been involved about is the storage closet for Matt’s gear. On my ground plan, I’ve this storage closet measuring 7’4″ x 5’4″. It’s accessible via the main bedroom, however as many readers recommended, I’ll in all probability have it accessible via a door on the household room aspect as effectively.
So I moved some furnishings out of the music room to clear a big space of the ground, and with my painters tape and tape measure in hand, I measured and taped off an space that 7’4″ x 5’4″, after which added the doorways.
This storage closet wants to carry three objects — the Hoyer raise, the ability wheelchair, and the bathe wheelchair. So I introduced all three of these objects into the music room and put them within the taped off space to make certain they’d match.
And sure, I took all three of them in via the taped off “doorway” and maneuvered them into place to make certain every part might match via the doorway and switch as wanted to be put into place. My important concern was getting the Hoyer raise via the doorway and turned with the wheelchairs in place. But it surely labored out completely! All the things match, and there was even a bit room to spare. And every part match within the order that is sensible, in order that was an enormous reduction.
The following space I wished to see in actual life dimension was the laundry room. On the ground plan, I’ve this space as 7’4″ x 10′. So I took up the “storage closet” tape and remarked the ground with the laundry room dimensions.
After which I marked off the washer and dryer, countertop with sink, and a full peak storage cupboard for issues like a brush, mop, vacuum cleaner, and many others.
Listed here are these areas labeled. The 2 dots of painters tape present how far out the washer and dryer doorways prolong into the ground area once they’re open.
I walked round “inside” the laundry room space fairly a bit to get a great really feel of the scale and format, and whereas it’s not an enormous laundry room, I believe there will likely be loads of room for what I want and need. I don’t want or desire a bedroom-sized laundry room with all of the bells and whistles conceivable. I simply need and want an space to tuck away my washer and dryer, to have a little bit of countertop area with a sink, and to have some storage. Nothing too fancy.
So naturally, after getting this taped off, I used to be curious to see if I might discover any laundry rooms on-line with this format. I didn’t discover any which can be precisely like this, however I did discover some which have some similarities. (All pictures are from Houzz.com.)
If the window on this laundry room have been a door, this might be similar to my format. However I’d wish to add some higher cupboards someplace. I don’t need a variety of open cabinets that I’d really feel like I’ve to brighten. I need usable closed storage. However I do love the washer and dryer compartment with the countertop on prime, and the sink and decrease cupboards proper subsequent to it.
Right here’s one other one with the identical format, but it surely’s flipped the opposite means. I just like the closed cupboards above the washer and dryer, and the sink space with the hanging bar, shelf, and sconce above the sink.
And right here’s one other comparable association. I like the thought of utilizing butcherblock counter tops in a laundry room. I’d need mine to be walnut.
One downside to having cupboards over the washer and dryer for me is that I’m so quick, so reaching previous the 34-inch-deep washer and dryer to something inside these cupboards will likely be a problem. So that may really be the best place for some fairly open cabinets and a dangling bar, after which the remainder of the world over the usual depth decrease cupboards can be utilized for higher cupboards that I’ll really be capable to attain.
And I haven’t 100% dominated out stacking my washer and dryer. If I try this, it could give me 28 inches extra of countertop and decrease cupboard area. Which means I’d have to make use of a step stool to see the controls on the dryer, however perhaps that’s not a giant deal. I discover myself holding the dryer on the identical setting with most hundreds anyway, so if I simply must push the beginning button, I can try this with out a step stool. Stacking them would get rid of that unusable/unreachable area above the washer and dryer, and would give me extra usable/reachable decrease cupboard area.
I nonetheless have loads of time to work via my ideas on that call. However for now, not less than I’ve seen in actual life what a 7’4″ x 10′ laundry room will appear to be, and I’ve seen with my very own eyes that it’ll be loads of area for what I need and want.
I’m so extremely enthusiastic about having a laundry room!! I’ve by no means had one in my life. I’ve had the washer and dryer within the storage in two houses, in a closet in two houses, and now in a nook of a large room that’s just about an enormous storage room. So it’ll be a dream to have an precise devoted laundry room. And naturally, the enjoyable half will likely be making it fairly. Y’all know that no laundry room of mine can have white cupboards. My laundry room could also be small, however I need it to appear to be a bit jewel field. 😀 There will certainly be coloration and sample.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
