Laundry Room
Overhead clothesline. This laundry room in Stockholm, Sweden, contains a feature that is very practical for winter weather: clotheslines placed overhead to enable several rows of clothing to air-dry. This overhead line setup is common in Sweden and Switzerland. Clotheslines typically hang down from the ceiling low enough so you can reach the line and attach clothespins to secure laundry. Alternatively, you can place items on the lines using hangers, as this image shows. The radiator on the left, under the window, can blast some heat to help clothes dry faster. Some homes even have fans mounted to help the air circulate.Find a variety of clothesline typesFreeze-Dried Clothes? Houzzers Share Their Winter Laundry Tales
Rollout wire baskets. The wish list for this laundry room remodel was long: folding area, drying rack, storage, pullout laundry baskets, a stackable washer and dryer, a utility closet, cat food storage, pet water station and a dog bed. But the project now includes all of those elements. In the center of the image are rollout laundry baskets. The homeowner can fold clean clothes on the butcher-block folding table and then stack them in each family member’s basket. Pullout baskets: Rev-A-Shelf; vintage rug: Jamal’s Rug CollectionRead more about this laundry room
1. Roll-out shelf. In this compact laundry room, a stackable washer and dryer left plenty of room for storage next to it. The extendable shelf can be pulled out as an ironing board base when needed. Designer Amy Storm says she designed the shelf so that her client could stash a small portable ironing board there and use the shelf as a base for the board. For quick touchups, she could also throw a towel on the shelf and iron an item on it.MoreKey Measurements for a Dream Laundry RoomGet More From a Multipurpose Laundry Room
Raised washer and dryer. The owners of this Cincinnati, Ohio, home complained about having to bend over to load and unload their machines, so designer Candice Mayhall at Sunday Home Interiors devised a plan for the front-load washer and dryer both to be raised. Beneath the two machines is storage. And yes — this setup required some extra work to guard against potential leaks. Mayhall made sure the storage cabinets underneath the washer and dryer were not attached to the rest of the cabinets, making replacement easier should those cabinets get damaged. Mayhall also left a few inches around the appliances to make things easier if and when the machines need to be moved.Read more about this laundry roomCabinet paint: SW 9109 Natural Linen, Sherwin-Williams; wallpaper: Garden City wallpaper in Putty Rouge, Walnut Wallpaper; wire hanging organizer: Marshalls; custom cabinets: KraftMaid
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