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Coastal Utility Room with Wood Worktops Ideas and Designs

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Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
Noelle InteriorsNoelle Interiors
Jason Cook
Photo of a coastal single-wall separated utility room in Los Angeles with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, blue cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, a side by side washer and dryer, multi-coloured floors and grey worktops.
527 Sehoy Dr
527 Sehoy Dr
King and Society ConstructionKing and Society Construction
Inspiration for a beach style separated utility room in Charleston with shaker cabinets, green cabinets, wood worktops, white splashback, white walls, a side by side washer and dryer, multi-coloured floors, brown worktops and feature lighting.
Traditional Coastal Pantry, Laundry & Office Design Chocowinity, NC
Traditional Coastal Pantry, Laundry & Office Design Chocowinity, NC
Reico Kitchen & BathReico Kitchen & Bath
Mistie Liles of Reico Kitchen and Bath in Raleigh, NC collaborated with Frank McLawhorn to design a coastal inspired pantry, laundry and office featuring a combination of Merillat Classic and Merillat Basics cabinetry. The designs for the laundry, pantry and office blend the Merillat Classic Marlin door style in a Cotton finish with the Merillat Basics Collins Birch door style in Cotton. The countertops in the laundry and pantry area are solid wood Maple Butcher Block. Photos courtesy of ShowSpaces Photography.
The Ranch Project
The Ranch Project
GLDESIGNGLDESIGN
Inspiration for a large nautical single-wall utility room in Other with a feature wall, shaker cabinets, wood worktops, blue walls, slate flooring, a side by side washer and dryer, grey floors and brown worktops.
Mac-a-vista lake home
Mac-a-vista lake home
ShoreStone Custom Builders, Inc.ShoreStone Custom Builders, Inc.
Photo of a medium sized nautical galley utility room in Other with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, blue cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, ceramic flooring, a concealed washer and dryer, blue floors and brown worktops.
Lake Elmo Home
Lake Elmo Home
Bria Hammel InteriorsBria Hammel Interiors
Spacecrafting Photography
Photo of a beach style utility room in Minneapolis with a submerged sink, recessed-panel cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and multi-coloured walls.
My Houzz: Color and Pattern Play Well in a Missouri Family Home
My Houzz: Color and Pattern Play Well in a Missouri Family Home
Jessica CainJessica Cain
Jessica Cain © 2019 Houzz
Medium sized beach style utility room in Kansas City with blue cabinets, wood worktops, grey walls, a side by side washer and dryer and grey floors.
Modern Farm House
Modern Farm House
Brett Bulthuis PhotographyBrett Bulthuis Photography
Nautical utility room in Indianapolis with open cabinets, wood worktops and white walls.
East Coast Traditional
East Coast Traditional
Fautt HomesFautt Homes
Mud room perfect for everyone to organize after school and rainy days.
This is an example of a medium sized nautical galley laundry cupboard in San Francisco with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, beige walls, slate flooring, grey floors and brown worktops.
Sewall's Point Waterfront Home
Sewall's Point Waterfront Home
Francesca Morgan InteriorsFrancesca Morgan Interiors
Medium sized nautical single-wall separated utility room in Miami with a built-in sink, raised-panel cabinets, wood worktops, ceramic flooring, a side by side washer and dryer and grey cabinets.
Beachtree
Beachtree
Wendy Martin LivingWendy Martin Living
Expansive nautical utility room in Other with blue cabinets, wood worktops, blue splashback, glass tiled splashback, white walls, ceramic flooring, a stacked washer and dryer, multi-coloured floors and brown worktops.
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake
Timber Ridge Homes Inc.Timber Ridge Homes Inc.
Design ideas for a beach style l-shaped utility room in Other with a belfast sink, shaker cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, a side by side washer and dryer, grey floors and beige worktops.
Wildwood-Laundry Room
Wildwood-Laundry Room
Youtopia DesignsYoutopia Designs
What makes an Interior Design project great? All the details! Let us take your projects from good to great with our keen eye for all the right accessories and final touches.
Laundry Room
Laundry Room
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
Inspiration for a large coastal l-shaped utility room in Charleston with a built-in sink, white cabinets, wood worktops, medium hardwood flooring, a stacked washer and dryer, brown floors, brown worktops and green walls.
Crystal Bay Cottage
Crystal Bay Cottage
Alexander Design Group, Inc.Alexander Design Group, Inc.
Nautical utility room in Minneapolis with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, grey walls, a stacked washer and dryer and black floors.
Mudroom off entryway
Mudroom off entryway
Daniel Contelmo ArchitectsDaniel Contelmo Architects
Design ideas for a medium sized beach style l-shaped utility room in New York with louvered cabinets, white cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, light hardwood flooring, a side by side washer and dryer, grey floors and white worktops.
Glenelg
Glenelg
Urban HabitatsUrban Habitats
Colindale Design / CR3 Studio
Photo of a small beach style l-shaped separated utility room in Adelaide with a built-in sink, white cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, ceramic flooring, a side by side washer and dryer, brown worktops, flat-panel cabinets and grey floors.
Mudroom
Mudroom
Donna Guyler DesignDonna Guyler Design
Donna Guyler Design
Medium sized beach style single-wall utility room in Gold Coast - Tweed with shaker cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops, white walls, porcelain flooring and grey floors.
Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home at St. Simons Island
Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home at St. Simons Island
Georgia Coast Design & ConstructionGeorgia Coast Design & Construction
Georgia Coast Design & Construction - Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home at St. Simons Island, GA Built on a one-acre, lakefront lot on the north end of St. Simons Island, the Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home is characterized as Old World European featuring exterior finishes of Mosstown brick and Old World stucco, Weathered Wood colored designer shingles, cypress beam accents and a handcrafted Mahogany door. Inside the three-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot showcase home, Old World rustic and modern European style blend with high craftsmanship to create a sense of timeless quality, stability, and tranquility. Behind the scenes, energy efficient technologies combine with low maintenance materials to create a home that is economical to maintain for years to come. The home's open floor plan offers a dining room/kitchen/great room combination with an easy flow for entertaining or family interaction. The interior features arched doorways, textured walls and distressed hickory floors.
House on the Lake- Shorewood
House on the Lake- Shorewood
Mark D. Williams Custom Homes, Inc.Mark D. Williams Custom Homes, Inc.
Cozy 2nd floor laundry with wall paper accented walls.
Small beach style u-shaped separated utility room in Minneapolis with beaded cabinets, grey cabinets, wood worktops and ceramic flooring.

Coastal Utility Room with Wood Worktops Ideas and Designs

A well designed coastal utility room can rise to become one of our favourite rooms in the house, boasting the accolade of existing solely to make our lives easier. Few of us are fans of chores such as washing, cleaning and ironing, but with a high-spec, well put together utility design they could be a breeze. For this reason, it makes sense to design an utility room to be as functional as possible, the very model of “everything in its place”, with carefully thought out utility room storage. That, however, doesn’t have to mean it can’t look nice – even super-utilitarian appliances like a washing machine, tumble dryer, laundry basket and recycling bin can be dressed up by their surroundings and made to look great as part of your coastal utility design.

What do I need in my coastal utility room?

Most utility rooms tend to be a small room just off the kitchen or hallway, so you are likely to be working with a compact space. Your main priority will involve planning utility room storage around your white goods. A utility room is usually intended primarily as a laundry room, so it makes sense to first install your plumbed items: the sink, washing machine and, if you have one, tumble dryer. If you run short of space and can’t afford to have a separate washer and dryer, then consider an integrated washer-dryer for your utility design. Built-in storage is a great idea in utility rooms to make best use of the available space, and you might want to also consider built in ironing boards, clothes airers and retractable washing lines. These items tend to be a bit cumbersome and are forever getting in the way, so designing special utility room storage for them or fixing them to a wall so they are easily folded away is an excellent space-saver and well worth the implementation. Free standing items such as laundry baskets and clothes hampers can be tucked neatly under specially designed worktops, and a selection of stacking plastic storage boxes, tins or wicker baskets can be used to help keep the room clutter free.

How do I decorate my coastal utility room?

Decorating an utility room is the ultimate exercise in form meeting functionality. As it’s a room that, alas, invariably people spend a great deal of time in, you will want keep the utility room a calm and clean space. Utility room storage is essential for keeping this area tidy; attractively painted shelves and cupboards can be used to stow away all the bottles and boxes used for laundry and cleaning, as well as appliances such as vacuum cleaners and irons. An attractive country style utility design can be achieved by hanging bright or patterned curtains in front of wall mounted shelves – it will perk up the room and keep clutter hidden away. Floors should be hard-wearing and easy to clean (just think of those dirty boots traipsing in through the back door!) – to this end, stone, tile, laminate or vinyl flooring will be the most low-maintenance and durable. All in all, bear in mind that just because this is primarily a practical space doesn’t mean it needs to be dull – you can inject personality into your utility design in your choices of colour and decorative accessories. Consider quirky signage, blackboards for scribbling down shopping lists, and decorative bottles and boxes for stowing away household bits and bobs.

Do I need a sink in my utility room?

Utility room sinks are designed for those jobs that don’t quite belong in the kitchen – hand washing, dirty boots, watering indoor plants – and typically have a more industrial aesthetic than kitchen sinks. In fact, the iconic butler sink’s originally designated purpose was, as you might imagine, a sink for the butler, who was responsible for washing precious glassware and other items that required special attention and soaking. In case you’ve ever wondered, this is why butler sinks are so deep – for that matter, the only difference between butler sinks and Belfast sinks is the overflow built in to Belfast sinks which don’t feature in butler sinks. If the rustic charm of ceramic sinks appeal to you but your utility room would benefit a less substantial piece, French farmhouse sinks may be the perfect option; cast in French clay to produce a more refined finish, farmhouse sinks can be a thinner, more elegant alternative to their robust counterparts. As well as offering practicality, ceramic sinks make a beautiful statement centrepiece – utility rooms with a country or shabby chic feel will find the perfect complement to rustic wooden units with a butler or farmhouse sink. Smaller sinks are perfectly adequate if your utility room doesn’t demand as much from you, if you do the odd bit of rinsing instead of regularly being elbow-deep in heavy-duty washing. Stainless steel sinks are a practical choice that can withstand the bashing they will get in an utility room set up. Composite sinks are available in granite and quartz variations, both boasting superior durability and damage resistance; to boot, their smooth clean finish lends itself to an ultramodern style utility room. If you’re still unsure on your utility design, take a look through the hundreds of photos for some coastal utility room ideas from professional designers and other homeowners. You might find a design theme or some utility room storage ideas that will inspire you for your utility room makeover.
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