Help design my utility room/larder.

Imtoooldforallthis · 2023-01-12T06:42:03+00:00

Currently having our house renovated we will have a storage room that will be about 2.5 x 1.4m, plus the understairs area. My washing machine and tumble drier will go under there and the opposite wall will be a run of something but I'm not sure what. As, we will have no loft space this will need to accommodate some food and kitchen equipment, hoover, Xmas Dec's, all our business accounts for the last 7 years. I don't think kitchen units will work as they won't fit in the storage boxes, so do o just go for floor to ceiling shelves?

Binfire · 12/01/2023 06:52

We bought huge matching floor to ceiling wardrobes from John Lewis bit they fitted our space but we have a lot of coats, then fill the space around the coats with storage boxes.
Floor to ceiling tall larder cupboards from a kitchen company would work and would fit plastic storage boxes in. Something like this would work, and you can change the internal shelving to accommodate whatever you want to store.
www.diy-kitchens.com/kitchen-units/tall/larder/

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 06:59

That's a really good idea, in my head I'm wanting a lovely pantry space with lovely storage jars and beautiful painted shelves. The reality is we are massively over budget and need to store quite a bit of bulky items. No coat storage needed as we will have a hall cupboard.

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Binfire · 12/01/2023 07:09

I prefer to have everything hidden away, shelves would soon look cluttered and who really decants their rice into jars? Hide it all away behind doors!

Binfire · 12/01/2023 07:14

We have a huge box which fills the base of a double wardrobe, we use it as a dirty laundry basket. It means there are never dirty laundry baskets in there, and clean laundry gets taken straight up to bedrooms so the floor is always clear in there.

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 07:17

Binfire · 12/01/2023 07:09

I prefer to have everything hidden away, shelves would soon look cluttered and who really decants their rice into jars? Hide it all away behind doors!

This is what I think in my head, but totally agree it would soon look cluttered.

pin.it/2szHm4Y

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Binfire · 12/01/2023 07:26

I mean that is absolutely beautiful but it wouldn’t be achievable for us, where would the Christmas decorations/ picnic blankets/ mismatched cleaning products etc go? My kitchen has a selection of items beautifully displayed, my laundry/ utility has everything else shoved in and hidden behind closed
doors!

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 07:30

A girl can dream.

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 07:32

So how do I combine to two, practical and looking nice.

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Binfire · 12/01/2023 07:46

Im sure a mixture is achievable, could you have deep base units with a worktop, and shelving above?
Or part shelving and a tall unit to hide some boxes?
I’m sure Wren/Howdens etc would provide a free design which you could tinker with until you were happy, and then order from whichever kitchen company you like. The shelving might need to be hand built by a joiner depending on what you want and how bespoke it is.
Its exciting! I loved planning my utility room.

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 08:01

I think that what I'll do, I'm having a DIY kitchen so will price up some extra larder units.

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MissSmiley · 12/01/2023 09:41

I have a DIY kitchen and laundry room and I have floor to ceiling cupboards opposite my washer/drier/sink etc. I have two big larder cupboards, shelves in one and the other is split with hanging rail in the top for drying things and shelves below for my laundry dry baskets. All hidden away

MissSmiley · 12/01/2023 09:41

I have a DIY kitchen and laundry room and I have floor to ceiling cupboards opposite my washer/drier/sink etc. I have two big larder cupboards, shelves in one and the other is split with hanging rail in the top for drying things and shelves below for my laundry dry baskets. All hidden away

MissSmiley · 12/01/2023 09:41

I have a DIY kitchen and laundry room and I have floor to ceiling cupboards opposite my washer/drier/sink etc. I have two big larder cupboards, shelves in one and the other is split with hanging rail in the top for drying things and shelves below for my laundry dry baskets. All hidden away

MissSmiley · 12/01/2023 09:42

I have a DIY kitchen and laundry room and I have floor to ceiling cupboards opposite my washer/drier/sink etc. I have two big larder cupboards, shelves in one and the other is split with hanging rail in the top for drying things and shelves below for my laundry dry baskets. All hidden away.

MissSmiley · 12/01/2023 12:15

I have a DIY kitchen and laundry room and I have floor to ceiling cupboards opposite my washer/drier/sink etc. I have two big larder cupboards, shelves in one and the other is split with hanging rail in the top for drying things and shelves below for my laundry dry baskets. All hidden away.

Africa2go · 12/01/2023 13:49

You need to be careful with the dimensions. If you have the washer and dryer on the short wall (the 1.4m wall) you won't be able to have corner units / a turn as in the pic you've posted - you'd have to have them stacked in order to have a corner. If your dimensions are larger, given that it incorporates the under stairs it might work, but I would draw it out and consider opening on machines / walk ways. Also consider the positioning of the door and how that affects it.

If you have them on the long wall, you won't be able to have any cupboards opposite them as 1.4m isn't sufficent for the depth of say the washing machine, the depth of a standard cupbaod and enough space to open the washing machine.

Ours is more or less those dimensions - about 2.7m long x 1.4m wide. We have a pocket door so none of the space is used up by the door opening. I have one straight run along the long wall - washing machine, then dryer (with worktop over and wall units above, then a base unit which houses the laundry basked and then a floor to celing cupboard which houses shelves (with clean laundry baskets for each member of the family), ironing board, mops etc.

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Imtoooldforallthis · 12/01/2023 14:19

Africa2go · 12/01/2023 13:49

You need to be careful with the dimensions. If you have the washer and dryer on the short wall (the 1.4m wall) you won't be able to have corner units / a turn as in the pic you've posted - you'd have to have them stacked in order to have a corner. If your dimensions are larger, given that it incorporates the under stairs it might work, but I would draw it out and consider opening on machines / walk ways. Also consider the positioning of the door and how that affects it.

If you have them on the long wall, you won't be able to have any cupboards opposite them as 1.4m isn't sufficent for the depth of say the washing machine, the depth of a standard cupbaod and enough space to open the washing machine.

Ours is more or less those dimensions - about 2.7m long x 1.4m wide. We have a pocket door so none of the space is used up by the door opening. I have one straight run along the long wall - washing machine, then dryer (with worktop over and wall units above, then a base unit which houses the laundry basked and then a floor to celing cupboard which houses shelves (with clean laundry baskets for each member of the family), ironing board, mops etc.

The washing machine and tumble dryer will fit under stairs with shelves above , the door will open against the stairs at the low end leaving the long wall for units.

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