Layout for utility room help? Pics included

Pugster 2018

3 years ago

Hi all,

I've been struggling with the layout of the new utility room and wondered if anyone might be able to suggest some alternative ideas with fresh eyes. I have thought about it so much I think I've got option paralysis now.

It's a late Victorian house and the room that will become the utility is the current kitchen. 3.1 m high ceiling and a very big window.

I need to fit in the following ideally:

Tall integrated fridge

Tall integrated freezer

A small sink

A radiator & somewhere for drying clothes (a ceiling pulley perhaps)

Washing machine

Dryer

Bootroom style hooks/cubby holes for 4 people - lots of coats and shoes

Somewhere for the dogs bed

Somewhere for the cat food

Somewhere for the dog food

Hide the boiler

I think making full use of the ceiling height is a good idea.

Below is the plan I've come up with and some photos of in reality how it is now - please excuse the state - full renovation going on here :)

Thanks so much to anyone that may have some suggestions!

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arc3d
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Hi Pugster,

My suggestion would be to put the fridge and freezer next to the boiler and have the entire wall floor to ceiling cabinets, with fridge and freezer integrated. That would also hide the boiler, electrics and boxed in pipes. I would carry the cabinets around the corner opposite the window, to give you tons of storage however I would have them raised above the ground to make small cosy spaces for the pets underneath. This would include a sleeping and eating area for the dog and an eating area for the cat. The final cabinet would house the washer/dryer stack. I would use the wall next to the door for the coats and I would put one radiator under the coats (There's nothing better than nice warm coats in the morning!). Shoes storage could be built here with the radiator on top. The space under the sink I would leave clear for more shoe storage. Over on the window side I would use the existing plumbing to add a small sink next to which I would have another small radiator. Over the window I would have a pulley clothes rack on the ceiling above the radiator and across the sink. I would make all the cabinets floor to ceiling and access the upper ones with the aid of a ladder.

I think that's everything on your list?
Ellie
3 years ago
I guess your having an extension built that will be the new kitchen so instead of knocking down walls you're just keeping old kitchen to use as utility? If that's the case, I would really think through this carefully. It's a big space, does it need to be that big? Will you not have a fridge and freezer in the actual kitchen?
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Ellie
3 years ago
It would be best if you post floor plan of house
Pugster 2018
Original Author
3 years ago
Hi there

arc3d - thanks so much for doing that, really great to see it like that. I'm not totally sure on the freestanding sink at the window but everything else is along the lines of what I was thinking. Maybe some more open shelving with baskets at high level to give some depth on the back wall.

Ellie - Here is the ground floor layout of the house. We were originally going to extend but having lived here for a year now we feel we don't need to. So the 3rd reception room is going to become the kitchen, as below.

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