Design Ideas for Your Dream Laundry Room

You’ve seen the magazine photos and television shows with gigantic luxurious laundry rooms that you can only imagine washing your clothes in. Laundry rooms have become a hot trend in the remodel industry. Re-designing your laundry room or expanding to create a multi-purpose room is on the top of many upgrades to make.

Laundry rooms are more than just a place for washing and drying clothes. Nowadays homeowners take advantage of that space to create areas for wrapping packages, sewing, feeding and bathing pets and more! The laundry room can also serve as the mud room for your home keeping your winter necessities out of the way, luggage, back packs, and rain gear. Like kitchens and garages, there are a number of things to keep in mind when designing your dream laundry room.

1. What over purpose to do you want the room to serve? Space available for hobbies, delicate wash, pet bathing and feeding, sewing room, landscape prep?

2. What items will need to be located within the space? A washer and dryer are obvious, but what else would make your chore list easier and more enjoyable? Possibly a fold down or slide out ironing board, a hidden hamper for dirty laundry, pet food, rain boots and coats, sporting equipment? If your dream laundry room has a stationary ironing board, we recommend wiring the room for cable so that you don’t miss your favorite shows while completing your pesky household tasks.

3. What style do you want the space to have? An elegant chandelier for a more pampered feeling when doing chores or a rustic sink to give you room for seedlings for a hobby room feel?

4. By raising the washer, dryer and other utilities up 12-15” above floor height it provides easier access for comfort.

5. A utility sink becomes extremely useful when you have laundry that has to be hand washed, stains to pre-soak and is a great location for washing hands from your outdoor and dirty garage activities.

6. Countertop space is a must in any laundry room. Having the working space available for prepping and folding laundry, as well as the storage the cabinetry provides being an added bonus! Additional storage mean having a place to store all of those miscellaneous household items, such as cleaning supplies, pet goods, your iron and ironing board, wrapping materials, detergents, trash bags, light bulbs, batteries, candles, etc. that normally get tucked away in random places throughout the house.

7. Another amenity to consider is a closet rod for handing clothes, whether to dry or that have been freshly ironed. Small items like this make your duties easier to manage and confined to one area of the house.

8. Is a mini fridge on your list? Having a refrigerator in your laundry room can make beverages more convenient during outdoor activities to minimize tracking dirt through the house. It can also store your adult beverages out of sign from guests and away from children, or act as a kid friendly beverage station if your laundry room is on a separate floor from your kitchen.

If these ideas have sparked some interest in remodeling your home or designing a new laundry room, finding an experienced general contractor should be your next priority. It is a no-brainer for homeowners living in Arizona, because they have direct access to schedule Todd Whittaker Drywall LLC (TWD) and their skilled crews. TWD has served the entire Valley since 1996. Visit their website at www.twdaz.com to see full list of the services they offer and get idea for your next project. The team at TWD goes above and beyond to make your home improvement projects a success!