Of all of the adjustments we’re planning for our home, the laundry room and closet combo may be 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 condo we lived in proper after we acquired 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 title for the worst room in the home that now solely seems barely higher than the image under as a result of I did some organizing in there a number of weeks again.
I’ve been eager to tear that room down since we purchased the home, nevertheless it’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 visitors have to take a look at it…
As a result of this can be new for me, the concept 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 thought of it, the extra I really like the concept of a laundry room and closet combo. It simply is sensible to me.
So I spent a while this previous weekend utilizing IKEA’s Pax wardrobe planner and their kitchen planner to plan both sides of the room. I actually want they’d one built-in planner the place you would 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 sturdy 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 foremost bed room for the final three years (I feel). That room seems like this (when it’s clear 😀 )…
Truly, it doesn’t appear to be 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 totally 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 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 all the adjustments have been made that we’re planning, this room would be the laundry room and grasp closet on this space that may make up the master bedroom.
By the best way, my mother and I spent about an hour at lunch final Wednesday going over the ground plan with a tremendous tooth comb, severely weighing the suggestion that a number of folks needed to hold the visitor bed room and the house fitness center the place they’re, and switch the addition into the master suite and laundry room/closet. We thought of each risk, made a professional and con record, and mentioned it in excruciating element, and we each concluded that the house fitness center and visitor bed room ought to keep within the addition. I’m not going to go over all of that dialogue, causes, professionals and cons, and particulars, however simply know that we thought of every thing. And for us (Matt and me), this association works one of the best.
What I envision is that once I stroll into the room from the hallway, the appropriate aspect would be the laundry room aspect of the room. And after making an attempt many alternative preparations (together with stacking the washer and dryer), that is what I got here up with…
I wished 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 implies that the dryer can vent exterior with out having to have a future of duct contained in the wall.
However I didn’t need the washer shoved proper up towards the wall, so I added a really slender cupboard there the place I can retailer tall, skinny gadgets like an ironing board, a fold-up drying rack, and so forth.
Should you’re making an attempt to maintain your bearings, that view above seems like this view under proper now…
After which the remainder is fairly simple. I wished 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 respiration room (and gave me some elbow area) with another low cupboard subsequent to it. That left room for 2 tall cupboards on the appropriate finish of the wall. After which I stuffed in with as many higher cupboards as doable.
That view above seems like this proper now…
Two issues that I would like 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 at all times discover to be useful in order that I can make sure that there’s some wiggle room. I don’t need any cupboards jammed up towards the partitions, and I wish to make sure 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 tremendous tuning that means that you can 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 line with the kitchen planner, however I’m certain that’s not precisely right. The ultimate worth will depend upon which doorways and drawer fronts I select, as these fluctuate 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 methods to add doorways and home windows with the PAX wardrobe planner, so the door that you just see under is one which I added by taking a screenshot of the IKEA planner, after which utilizing my picture modifying 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 must 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 top 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 a further 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 nevertheless it 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 fashioned 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 gadgets which are out of season and I don’t want entry to in the meanwhile. I wish to squeeze each inch of space for storing 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 line with 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 value 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 gained’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 inside the subsequent couple of weeks. My studio is just about completed aside from a few small initiatives. 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 thing prepared to begin 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 thing ordered fairly quickly in order that I’m not ready round for cupboards once I’m prepared to begin putting in them.
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 nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can be taught extra about me right here.
