Describe your perfect laundry room.

[saraandmichael]

I am trying to figure out what the eff to do with ours. It is hideously large and an enormous waste of space. There are a bunch of cabinets above the washer/dryer and another one under the utility sink.

The only thing I want to put in there is a table to fold clothes on.

It already houses a treadmill.

So, uhhh...what would you want in your laundry room?

[aMrsin09]

My perfect laundry room would be inside.

No spider webs(with big ass or poisonous spiders), no geckos, no frogs, no cane toads, no worry about snakes (or any of the above mentioned critters) crawling into the dryer through the vent.

ETA: Ours is in a "room" on the back veranda, but it's pretty free and open to the critters the 6.5 days a week (and nights) that I don't use it.

[MWOS]

I'm not sure what it looks like but it comes with a full time staff of laundry experts.

[jenna]

Aug 11, 2012 20:55:21 GMT -5 Que? said:

I had an amazing laundry room in the city. It was large too, a converted bedroom.

Does it have a sink? I'm all over that for stain removal and soaking etc. Then storage around it for supplies.

Ours has a utility sink, and it's large enough to wash our 22 lb dog.

[saraandmichael]

Aug 11, 2012 20:55:21 GMT -5 Que? said:

I had an amazing laundry room in the city. It was large too, a converted bedroom.

Does it have a sink? I'm all over that for stain removal and soaking etc. Then storage around it for supplies.

Drying racks
Shelves with bins for seasonal clothing.
Storage for cleaning supplies etc.
Dog food storage

I don't use drying racks. I pretty much throw everything in the dryer. I know this is wrong...maybe I will look for something that can adhere to the wall.

I live in Florida...my non-summer clothes fit just fine in the closet.

The other two things already are in there. I have seen some cool pictures of built in dog bowls that i would love. But that just because I hate having their bowls on the floor in there.

[saraandmichael]

Aug 11, 2012 21:14:21 GMT -5 Que? said:

You could buy a piece of furniture to use as your folding table with shelving.

It sounds like maybe you just want/need to decorate it?

I definitely need to get a table. I currently throw the laundry on top of the washer and dryer and then fold it. Its kind of a pain in the ass and stuff is always falling behind.

I just sort of don't know what to do with it. Like, I feel like there is stuff I am not thinking of. The decorating is sort of secondary at this point.

Maybe I will look for some type of ironing board contraption to put on the wall.

[drrn04]

-Utility sink with a shelf above it to store laundry supplies (presuming it is close to the washer and dryer)
-hanging bar for items to be hung up straight from the dryer
-drying rack
-table to fold stuff on would be nice, but realistically I wouldn't use it much, since I fold my things onto my bed while I watch TV
-shelves for storing cleaning supplies, buckets, rags, etc.
-space to store my vacuum
-hooks on the wall for storing mops, dusters, brooms, and any other cleaning thing with a handle
-space for the cats' food and water, and somewhere to keep the food bin

Does it double as your mud room? If so, I'd want to add in individual cubbies for each person to hang coats, dump shoes, back packs, etc. Kind of like this:



or

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I would want a rack to hang stuff up, an ironing board that folds from the wall, drying racks and a space to fold and sort laundry. Also a tv. :-)

[montereybride]

Kick ass laundry sorter

TV

Folding table

Drying rack

All of this makes folding laundry less painful

[saraandmichael]

Dot, I could do something like that but not as large. It wouldn't be a bad idea to modify it and have a place for keys/purse/backpacks and such.

Quesera, I don't think so. We have the treadmill in there but I don't care to have any other equipment in the room. In fact, I wish the treadmill were gone too because its such an eye sore.

[monkeyknifefight]

Aug 11, 2012 21:05:27 GMT -5 MWOS said:

I'm not sure what it looks like but it comes with a full time staff of laundry experts.

get out of my head.

[bonquiqui]

A personal laundry person. That is all I need ;D

[jens]

I'd like something really cute and well organized, like this:



But with a drying rack too.

I also keep most of our cleaning supplies in the laundry room too.

ETA: Also, don't put a table for folding in there! Laundry is meant to be folded on the couch, so you can watch your stories.

[Deleted]

I have a long, narrow table in mine for organizing folded clothes and I looooove it.

It's also where the dog bowls live.

[VeryViolet]

I really want a utility sink and counter space. On pinterest I saw a laundry room that had a dog bath in it, it was basically a raised area that was waist height on 3 sides with a small lip on the back end and it was tiled and had a hand held shower head. I feel like I am not explaining this well but anyways I would kill for that in my dream home to wash my big dog. I feel like it could also be useful for a lot of cleaning, bucket filling, etc. purposes.

[mrsjuleshs]

Mine is really small. You cant fully open the hallway door if the washing machine door isn't fully closed or not open to up against the wall. If someone comes in from the garage, it bangs the dryer door closed if you are trying to take out dried clothes. It has a clothes bar above the appliances and a shelf above it. There is a large closet but I would love a larger laundry room with room for a table to fold clothes.

[ralphlauren]

Aug 12, 2012 1:57:25 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Pretty much this:

www.hgtv.com/designers-portfolio/room/traditional/kitchens/4743/index.html#/id-4091/room-kitchens

I hate the counters and am not sure about the cabinets, but I absolutely love the set up.

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I love this too

[saraandmichael]

Aug 12, 2012 1:57:25 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Pretty much this:

www.hgtv.com/designers-portfolio/room/traditional/kitchens/4743/index.html#/id-4091/room-kitchens

I hate the counters and am not sure about the cabinets, but I absolutely love the set up.

That is beautiful!

You reminded me that I need to make pedestals for the washer and dryer to sit on.

Mine has a similar storage over the washer/dryer, though not the open part. There are six cabinets (three sets with double doors).

The room is a lot wider though. Its 12x20, so there is just a ton of wasted space in a big open room.

Maybe I can do some sort of wall unit that can incorporate some of what Dot posted earlier.

[marynjoe]

Aug 11, 2012 21:49:33 GMT -5 jens said:

Love this! Long, tall table for folding clothes, more hanging space than in this pic for hanging shirts and pants, TV to watch while folding clothes, clothes drying racks for laying items flat to dry.