I’ve spent the previous few days ruminating on the completely different points I used to be dealing with with my closet/laundry room combo, going over all your solutions, brainstorming with my mother, tweaking the ground plan, and dealing to eradicate all of these roadblocks that had been conserving me from leaping in with each ft and beginning on our bed room suite. And I’m thrilled to say that I’ve all of them found out!! And now that these roadblocks are out of the best way, I really feel very enthusiastic about getting began on this mission. My plan is to work on cleansing up the world and ending the doorways at present, after which hopefully beginning on the flooring tomorrow.
The very first thing I did was make a slight change to the ground plan. The plan I had per week in the past had two floor-to-ceiling cupboards in-built entrance of the washer and dryer to separate the laundry space from the closet space like this…
In my last plan, I made a decision to eradicate these cupboards altogether. I noticed that I didn’t actually acquire any cupboard space from them for the reason that facet cupboards are 20 inches deep, and people small cupboards sitting on the perimeters of the washer and dryer would solely be 20 inches large and 14 inches deep. So mainly, I used to be giving up 14 linear inches of house from the 20-inch-deep closets on the facet with a view to acquire 20 inches of linear house in these sections that had been 14 inches deep. There’s no storage profit in that, particularly contemplating that I used to be creating much more awkward nook storage, which I prefer to keep away from if attainable.
So the brand new plan seems to be like this…
And although I received’t be utilizing IKEA Pax wardrobes for my closet, I made a decision to borrow from them (since these pictures are really easy to create utilizing their wardrobe planner) and alter the size to suit my closet. So the small print of my closet will look a bit of completely different so far as drawer faces, trim, and so on., however I might at the very least use these to get the final structure. So if you stroll into the room, the left facet of the room will look one thing like this…
This facet is the place all of my hanging garments will go. Every of the three clothes sections can be 46 inches large. I’ll have one part on the far left for coats and lengthy gadgets like clothes with a number of drawers. The center part will all be for tops — one bar for lengthy sleeve, one bar for brief sleeve. After which the correct part can be for pants and denims. I need to have the ability to grasp them full size in order that I don’t have a crease the place they fold over a hanger. After which all the best way towards the window wall would be the dryer with a dangling bar above it the place I can grasp garments to dry.
The wall on the correct facet of the room will look one thing like this…
Once more, every of the three bigger sections can be 46 inches large. The center part would be the one with the drawers as much as about 34 inches excessive, after which the part above may have the gorgeous wallpaper and mirror. I’ll most likely add some fairly sconces there as effectively. After which the sections to the correct and left of that can be all cabinets. I like sneakers and purses, so my sneakers will most likely replenish one total part. I’ll use the opposite part for my purses, after which most likely have some cabinets left over for gadgets like sweaters and different clothes that I don’t need to grasp.
I actually needed so as to add some closed storage someplace within the room, so these will go on the entry wall. Every part can be 30 inches large, and I’ll put doorways on these sections. The nook storage (the place the X’s are) can be accessible in these sections, and I can retailer issues in these corners that I don’t have to entry often. The cupboard doorways most likely received’t look precisely like this, however this offers you an concept of what I’m speaking about…
After which so far as the dresser that I’ll be constructing as an island in the midst of the room, which can be 72 inches lengthy and 30 inches large, I need to use this dresser from Grandin Road (affiliate hyperlink) as my inspiration.
Eliminating these two cupboards on the perimeters of the washer and dryer will make accessing the again of the dryer for hookup a lot simpler, in order that solves one of many issues that was stressing me out.
And so far as worrying about leaks, I’m simply going to make it so simple as attainable. I’m going to place hardwood flooring all through the whole room, after which I’ll put each home equipment in a pan with a drain hose and put leak alarms on every equipment. (My dryer has a water connection for the steam perform, so the dryer additionally has potential for leaks.) After which I’ll by some means disguise the pan with some trim that may be simply eliminated if and when the washer and/or dryer have to be pulled out for service.
And with that, I’m READY TO START!!! I knew that I couldn’t begin till these selections had been made, and I’m so glad that I gave myself time to determine them out. Had I jumped in and began on the mission earlier than I used to be prepared, earlier than I had the small print found out, and earlier than I used to be in the correct mindset to deal with such an enormous mission, I might have made errors. And these would have been expensive errors–the sort that aren’t so enjoyable to redo. However now, I really feel like I’ve a transparent imaginative and prescient, a stable plan, and I’m able to get began. I’m so excited!!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish 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.
