Of all of the modifications we’re planning for our home, the laundry room and closet combo is likely to be the factor I’m wanting 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 residence we lived in proper after we received 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 fairly title for the worst room in the home that now solely appears to be like barely higher than the image beneath as a result of I did some organizing in there a number of weeks again.
I’ve been desirous to tear that room down since we purchased the home, but it surely’s principally a storage room that additionally homes our washer, dryer, and sizzling water heater. So till I can relocate these issues, the room has to remain. At the very least it stays behind these closed doorways, although, so neither I nor our company have to take a look at it…
As a result of this can be new for me, the thought 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 thought of a laundry room and closet combo. It simply is smart to me.
So I spent a while this previous weekend utilizing IKEA’s Pax wardrobe planner and their kitchen planner to plan either side of the room. I actually want they’d one built-in planner the place you possibly can 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 facet, and the opposite to plan out the laundry facet. The kitchen cupboard planner is way more strong 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 believe). That room appears to be like like this (when it’s clear 😀 )…
Really, it doesn’t seem like that anymore even when it’s clear. The painted ground hasn’t held up as nicely on this room as my studio ground has. (I used totally different paint, and the paint I used on the studio ground 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 ground plan, and it’s 11′ 4″ x 15′ 10″…
And as soon as all the modifications 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 advantageous tooth comb, significantly weighing the suggestion that a number of individuals needed to hold the visitor bed room and the house gymnasium the place they’re, and switch the addition into the main bedroom and laundry room/closet. We thought of each chance, made a professional and con checklist, and mentioned it in excruciating element, and we each concluded that the house gymnasium 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 the most effective.
What I envision is that after I stroll into the room from the hallway, the precise facet would be the laundry room facet of the room. And after attempting many various preparations (together with stacking the washer and dryer), that is what I got here up with…
I needed to maintain the washer and dryer as near the window wall as potential as a result of, as you’ll be able to see on the ground plan, that a part of the room juts out additional than the neighboring room. That signifies that the dryer can vent outdoors 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 slim cupboard there the place I can retailer tall, skinny gadgets like an ironing board, a fold-up drying rack, and so forth.
In case you’re attempting to maintain your bearings, that view above appears to be like like this view beneath proper now…
After which the remainder is fairly easy. I needed as a lot tall cupboard storage as potential, however I additionally undoubtedly desire a sink in there. So I needed to have not less than sufficient countertop area for the sink. However I didn’t need it to really feel crammed in there, so I gave it some respiratory room (and gave me some elbow area) with yet another low cupboard subsequent to it. That left room for 2 tall cupboards on the precise finish of the wall. After which I stuffed in with as many higher cupboards as potential.
That view above appears to be like 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 ensure that there’s some wiggle room. I don’t need any cupboards jammed up towards the partitions, and I need to ensure that there are some additional inches in there to construct cupboards across the washer and dryer. And as you’ll be able to see, there’s loads of additional area for all of that. The IKEA planner doesn’t have numerous advantageous tuning that permits you to get issues into place all the way 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 facet of the room come to $6,594.88 in response to the kitchen planner, however I’m certain that’s not precisely appropriate. The ultimate value will rely upon which doorways and drawer fronts I select, as these range in value 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 facet of the room, which would be the closet facet of the room. I couldn’t even work out easy methods to add doorways and home windows with the PAX wardrobe planner, so the door that you simply see beneath is one which I added by taking a screenshot of the IKEA planner, after which utilizing my picture enhancing software program so as to add the door. Anyway, that is what I envision for the left facet of the room, though I could swap out the deep cabinets for extra hanging storage. I have to assume by means of 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 footwear, purses, and folded sweaters. I personally would like to not retailer my footwear, 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’d 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 facet of the unit and the sting of the trim on the door. It’s a good match but it surely matches!
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 might be out of season and I don’t want entry to in the meanwhile. I need to squeeze each inch of space for storing out of this room as potential, so I didn’t need that nook being 100% unusable useless area.
The cupboards for that facet of the room come to $2178.80 in response to the PAX planner. I believe that quantity is nearer to being correct as a result of I don’t plan on utilizing doorways on the wardrobes. The worth could change as I add/subtract the variety of cabinets I order, and as I believe by means of if I need to add any drawer organizers. However I believe that quantity gained’t change drastically in any respect.
I need to get this plan finalized quickly as a result of I’d wish to order the cupboards inside the subsequent couple of weeks. My studio is just about completed apart 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 need 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 need to get every thing ordered fairly quickly in order that I’m not ready round for cupboards after I’m prepared to begin putting in them.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and enhance 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 can learn more about me here.
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