The laundry room, often overlooked in home design, plays a crucial role in maintaining household efficiency and order. And these spaces can so much fun to re-imagine! Redesigning these spaces are often added to an existing whole-home or kitchen remodeling project.
The Modern Laundry Room
Do you remember the old laundry rooms that were little more than a closet shared with the water heater and tucked away behind accordion doors? There was no room to fold clothes or even hang them. Today’s laundry rooms are not the same small closeted spaces that they used to be. Some of these rooms are bigger than the kitchen!
Function Meets Aesthetics
A well-designed laundry room should be both functional and visually appealing. Our designers will help you determine the elements that make the most sense for you, based on your needs and plans for how you’d like to use the space.
Durable and Attractive Materials
We’ll help you choose materials that can withstand the humidity and wear of a laundry room, such as quartz countertops, ceramic tile flooring, and moisture-resistant cabinetry. At the same time, we can help you select colors and finishes that align with your overall home design.
Lighting
Proper lighting is essential, especially if you plan to use your laundry space for other activities. We will help ensure the room is bright enough for any activity.
Ventilation
Ensuring adequate ventilation helps to prevent mold and mildew. From bigger windows to proper exhaust fans, we make sure your space has the necessary ventilation.
Building Better Storage into the Design
Effective storage solutions make the entire room more functional. From custom cabinetry to sliding shelves and drawers, we can help you design a space you’ll actually enjoy being in.
When creating a multi-purpose space, there are many things to consider to make it functional. Regardless of the size of the home, space efficiency in the laundry room is paramount. Here are some strategies to maximize utility:
Vertical Storage
By installing tall cabinets, shelves, and hanging racks we can utilize more of the space in the room without it feeling cluttered or cramped. Stackable washer and dryer units can free up floor space for additional storage or folding areas.
Pull-out Hampers and Bins
As we do with our kitchen remodeling projects, we are always looking for ways to create more storage space. Integrating pull-out hampers for sorting clothes and bins for detergents and cleaning supplies helps keep the space organized and clutter-free while leaving room for other activities.
Folding Station
A folding table, either above a front loading machine or wall m0unted, makes it so much easier for you to keep the laundry where it should be until you’re ready to put it away. And it keeps your bed or bedroom chair from becoming the clean-laundry catch-all.
More than Laundry
A laundry room is no longer just for laundry – in addition to housing high-end, energy efficient washers and dryers, we’ve helped create laundry rooms that are also used as home offices, exercise rooms, craft rooms, mud rooms, pet rooms, and so much more. Here are some of our favorite trends:
Pulling Double-Duty: Wash the Clothes and the Dog
The laundry room is already a place where you get things clean, so why not add a dog washing station? A built-in bench, stall, and sprayer in a tiled area can give you a place to tend to the pooch while the laundry tumbles dry.
Laundry Room – Mud Room Combo
Where better to rid yourself of muddy boots and clothes than in the laundry room? Whether you bring your laundry up out of the basement to the light of day into an existing mud room or create a space with its own entrance, combining the mud room and laundry is a great use of the space.
Laundry Room and Multipurpose Craft Room
With the addition of brighter lighting and the addition of a dedicated workspace, you can have your laundry area double as a craft space. Whether you put together models, do thousand-piece puzzles, paint pieces of art, or scrapbook, it can be the perfect place to add a craft area.
Laundry rooms have so much potential. One of our favorite projects included a reimagined laundry room space in this Sammamish home. We transformed the area into a multi-purpose room with laundry, a desk area, and even a designated space for the kitty.
Designs by Shannon Boyle and Vawn Greany.
Are You Ready to Transform Your Laundry Room?
No matter how you transform your space, one thing is clear: Gone are the days of traipsing down to do the wash in the dark, scary, spiderweb covered basement. Laundry rooms today are full of light and space and fulfill multiple functions in the home. Even smaller spaces can be transformed. Here’s sneak peek of a recent project and the transformation we made to their existing space.
If you’re thinking about remodeling your laundry room, give us a call. We have a several ideas to inspire you!
