Very Narrow Utility Room Layout

5 months ago

First of all, Happy New Year! We have bought a small flat that has just too many toilets for the number of square meters, and we are trying to transform one of the cloakrooms into a utility room (much needed).
The room is 80cm wide on 225cm long, and a high ceiling (270cm). I fear that by having the dishwasher and dryer at the back, and leaving 60cm for their service + our passage, it renders the rest of the place a little useless, with only shallow hanging shelves available to us. Unfortunately, we can't touch the surrounding walls.
Any ideas on how to make the best of the place?
Many thanks!!

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minnie101
5 months ago
I think it will be fine although you won’t be ironing in there!

Could you change the entrance door to open the other way or even a bifold door?

If you stack the machines behind a door, you could have narrow shelves on the back of the door (leaving enough room for the washer/dryer doors to open fully and have a shelf over the top for your laundry basket. Alternatively have narrow storage to the side for your detergent etc. A pulley maid would take advantage of the ceiling height and if you need more drying space there are slim wall fix ones around.

I would add heating and an extractor too
tab darcy
5 months ago
I'd remove the door (if possible), IKEA kallax units are only 39cm deep, you could attach them to one wall at 50cm off the ground, mop bucket and step stool etc can be stored under, washer and dryer stacked at the back as planned. This depends on 40 cm being an ok compromise to squeeze through sideways?
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Hi there, We had exactly the same problem about 6 months ago and despite all the squared scale paper in the world, I just couldn't imagine how it was going to look and went round and round in circles! Have you considered a concept planner? We used one and despite the fact I was standing in 3 separate rooms with doors, windows and openings in completely different places, she worked off the architect's plans and came up with photo quality 3D renders showing exactly how the different options would look. We even had a YouTube video of the 4 different layouts, so you could see how it would look as you walked around the room. The pics below show the room I was stood in as our concept planner did the 3D renders, how they actually looked and how the room as turned out. I am a huge fan and find the whole thing quite fascinating- it's like looking i to the future :) Thanks to using them, we were able to order our kitchen before the building work was done, so didn't have to go without a kitchen for ages! How the 3 separate rooms looked when the plans were done by our concept planner... A few of the 3D renders that she did at exactly the same time... And how it turned out.. It's completely cheating but it makes it a lot more fun and in our experience a lot less stressful :) Best wishes, Claire
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Wumi
5 months ago
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- Stacked washer dryer with pull drawer shelf in between.

- 15cm tall cabinet with pull out drawers next to washer dryer.

- Can you change door to open outwards?

- Extractor fan, towel radiator radiator and hanging dryer on pulley as suggested above.

- IKEA FLISAT/ BEKVAM shelves for storage and potentially install a slim shoe rack near the entrance. IKEA HEMNES or TRONES are 22cm/18cm deep. Not too tall so should’t block passage to washer washer/dryer. Could be used for linen, towels etc.

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