This is my current laundry room. I do 3-4 loads of laundry every day. (Actually Darren and the kids do most of the laundry.) It is always a mess. The ugly floor, dark walls, poor lighting and tight work space make it kind of miserable.
To make the room better, we decided to remove the left bank of cabinets, then paint the room a pale gray with bright white trim. (Look how the window is no longer partially covered!) I bought this rug for the space when it was 60% off:
Damask Trellis Navy Blue Runner from RugsUSA.com
Then I bought these:
To make the wall across from the washer and dryer look like this:
Household Essentials Hanging Cotton Canvas Laundry Hamper Bag
And then I bought some rusty metal shelf brackets half off at Hobby Lobby, similar to these:
To go above the washer for an open shelf for my laundry powders which I keep in glass candy jars.
Instead of all these plans, we are bumping that left wall out 2 feet–the window will look almost centered! The new doorway will be right across from the washer where Caleb is standing in the first picture. I need to make the laundry side of things pretty since the door way won’t have a physical door to close on it. I want it open since I’m in and out of there all the time.
To the left of the new doorway my carpenter is building me laundry basket drawers, 3 baskets wide and 3 deep with folding space on top. Similar to these but one stack shorter:
From anawhite.com
I <3 Ana’s blog
Then the other half of the room will be my pantry. I’m dreaming of the perfect pantry and am not sure what that will look like. But here are some pantries that are similar in shape and space:
From periodextensions.com.au
I like the idea of counter space in my pantry 🙂
I’m not sure of the original source: Pinterest just said Flickr. If you own this let me know and I’ll give you credit
I love the baskets and antique feel in this one, but think I would like shelves on all 3 sides.
This pantry just used google as it’s source on pinterest, so I’m not sure who to give credit to. It uses the space the best of all 3 pantries, but not as cute as the wooden shelf brackets in the image right above.
I think I’ll still use the rug and the gray wall color idea. And am excited for new light fixtures too. Thankfully the old ones aren’t working properly so I can justify buying new ones :).
Angela, what a great plan! Fabulous.
Hello Angela, love what you have done, have you thought of a pocket door for your laundry room? Only reason that is a suggestion, is that the amount of dust and dirt the laundry room gives off when you do the laundry (your family doing as many as it does in one day) would contribute to so much dust in your home. (my family gets the sneezy and coughing thing going on if our laundry door stays open) But a pocket door can be left open to do your back and forth, but then when your running your laundry, it could be shut (also helps as a noise barrier). Just an extra thought. Hugs and can’t wait to see what you decide. 🙂
Brenda, I’m with you. I really wanted a pocket door too. There isn’t enough room to the left–the wall is too short. And if we bring it from the right, the wiring for the oven will interfere. Then I though about a swinging door, but it would always be in the way, either in the kitchen if it opened that way or in the laundry room–and either way it would swing it would be a big inconvenience. So we are afraid it’s back to a simple curtain for us. I love curtains, DH does not. We’re still open to other ideas though.
That’s going to be a wonderful improvement. My grandparents had a walk-in panty. It was long and narrow with shelves on one side and a single low-wattage light bulb. It was a creepy place for a child!
LOVE! I don’t have a laundry room yet. We have a spare room that we WILL 😉 make into a laundry room sometime before we are too old to hike to the basement. Totally gonna borrow some of these ideas!
And what about a barn door hanging inside of the laundry roon?
Yadira, I love that idea! I’ve seen doors like that on pinterest and love them. And our house on the outside is shaped like a barn–so would be perfect. I don’t think there’s room for it though. We are lining the wall on one side of the opening with laundry basket drawers and counter space for folding and the other side with hanging space (That wall’s not wide enough for a door anyway though.)
Yay for using the blue rug– so in love with it! Can’t wait to see finished results!!