Laundry Room Wisdom

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I'm having a small laundry room made. It's a small rectangle, 1.93m long x 1.88m wide. It's going to have a washing machine, tumble dryer and sink along the exterior (1.93) wall just under a big existing window. There's a bit of space (about 10/13cm) on that wall, so I'm planning to hang amazon.co.uk%2FPosition-Mounted-Cupboard-Storage-Organiser%2Fdp%2FB00G46VZXU&psig=AOvVaw1VcsIn4YyFGfbIbEOAFEL3&ust=1559071604688915 this]] on the adjacent (1.88) wall, meaning mop, brush etc will hang in the space down the side of the sink. The rest of this wall will be the door to the room.

I have a shelving unit to go along the available space on the other 1.88 wall (opposite the door). I'm thinking of getting a ceiling pulley airer and a dehumidifier for drying clothes on wet days. Will probably mostly use the tumble dryer for bedding and towels.

Is this is good use of space? I don't need it too look that pretty as it's not a pass through area. I just want functional and organised and practical. Any good ideas that I'm missing?

I have my washer and dryer stacked and it L shaped but my door is 1/3 down and it's slightly longer

sounds great to me. I am in a victorian tenement flat with no hope of anything so luxurious. currently my washing machine is in the former coal storage and my dryer is in the living room. someday we will remove the built in shelves and have the gas and electric meters shifted up so we can get stacking washer and dryer.

Thanks. My original idea was to stack washer/dryer, but i can't seem to make it work within the shape of the room, plus where I need to put the boiler.

1moremum, sounds like you have a good plan there.

I have my mop and brush hung on back of door using spring clips.
Are you going to put a work top over the washer and dryer?

Spring clips are a good idea. I'm hoping to hang most things - mop, brush, step ladder and ironing board rather than have them propped up somewhere. The door is going to have to be a folding one to save space, so it will only really be useful to screen off this area of (hopefully) organised chaos from the living area.

I have a spring clip top and bottom of each item so they don't rattle when door is opened.

Toilet, you are a genius

Can you have a barn door that slides back instead of a folding door? More modern and slicker solution. Definitely have some work surface or at the very least a drainer for the sink. IKEA do some great laundry room organisation stuff.

I got a left over piece of worktop from friend getting new kitchen installed.
Batten on wall to support 2 side, ikea support leg for free corner.
Set it over washer and tumble dryer

Yy to worktop - sorting laundry at height is so much easier

So, one step further - in my laundry room my washer and dryer are next to each other but on a plinth which has space under it to store laundry baskets and have a worktop on top. It means I don't knacker my back transferring one to the other.

Also, make sure your doors open in opposite directions otherwise it's extremely irritating.

Yes to doors opening in opposite directions - was extremely irritating when they were wrong way round!

I'm debating getting one of these for drying:

www.pulleymaid.com/beedboard_rack.

If You can build in a cupboard to take the dryer above the washing machine on any wall, I would do it. I don’t have much work surface in mine but I have a sink with a plumbed in drainer that’s very deep so takes wet hand washing. I also have a spray tap for blitzing stains. Above the wm and td is a cupboard for detergents etc.

Unless your ceiling is high, be careful of a ceiling hung airer. They hang down quite a lot. I have had one. They do get in the way! Better solution is to use the space created by stacking the wm and td to install hanging rails at two heights. We also have a very tall towel radiator and that’s great for drying things too. You don’t need a dehumidifier taking up space. Open the window and ventilate properly. I would also advocate a tall cupboard for mops, brooms, cleaning materials etc.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I'm definitely getting some worktop. I want a sink somewhat like this one, but hopefully cheaper! Basically a deep sinking, good for soaking clothes and for filling and emptying buckets (as well as storing said bucket underneath it).

Ceilings are not super high, but not low either. I am short . I have toyed with the idea of getting the fabled Lakeland Heated Airer, but I don't want to keep putting it up and down and keeping it permanently out would be a bit problematic space wise. I've got a good set of open shelves which I'm planning to use to store all my detergents, cleaning products etc in separate boxes.

I need to make a final decision soon as the builders are already in. I'm renovating a whole house but seem to spend about 90% of the time pondering this laundry space and the under-stairs cupboard .