Best to search laundry room on Pinterest. Tons of ideas there.

Thanks. Didn't think of that. Anything for my space in particular?

Hi,

I would use white (or anything light color) for modular storage cabinets.

This will brighten up the space. The laundry room can feel bright and clean!

And if you really want to, you can add a cheerful color to liven up the space!

The following are images from Pinterest.

***Last picture (stacked washer and dryer for more space)

Time for some customization.

Pick up a hanger, put a shirt on it, and stand in front of the dryer. How far up can you "hang it"? That's where a clothes rod can go. With any luck, the shirt tail won't hit the dryer top. If it does, consider a fold down valet rod instead, mounted on the side wall.

Pick up a bottle of laundry detergent. Hold it over the washer as if you were getting it off the shelf. Are the machines too deep to use a shallow cabinet above? Or just fine for a 12" cabinet? A combination of cabinet over washer and clothes rod over dryer would probably work just fine. The clothes rod should be wood, cut to fit from a standard closet rod after installing the cabinet.

Fold down ironing boards are convenient. You may have a choice of fold down ironing board or pull down clothes rack for the space on the left.

Are you able/interested in stacking the w/d? I am working on our laundry room where we have 65" across the back. Stacked the w/d almost all the way to the left and put a stainless steel rolling worktable to the right that holds 4 laundry baskets on under shelves. I pull it out alongside when emptying the dryer for folding table and putting clothes below in each person's basket. To right of w/d I have a 9" wide shelving cart for detergent, etc. I'm not done "styling" the room but I love the functionality (and I'm a sucker for stuff on wheels).

We have that much width and we are going to stack the w/d and put a broom closet to the right of them. The cabinets above the W/D were proving difficult to reach and get maximum usage out of.

If you put in a set of cabinets to the right or left of the stacked set, like sf_treat says, I would think it would be more functional. You could even do something like m_gabriel has except all tucked into a cabinet, with storage above the pull out folding counter. You could have hanging space hinged on the wall and expand out when you need it for drying.

Here's my setup. Not perfect, but pretty functional. The utilities are accessible through the false wall in the cabinet with the electrical outlet. Just some ideas.

The shelf without the led lighting is the self that has a short depth and breaks down to get back to the water shut off and dryer vent. very handy. The very bottom open shelving does not have a back, and I can take out that stuff and access the power outlets easily:

The shelf is cleared and lifted up. The vertical partition at the bottom of the picture comes out, being held there by clips:

I only have about 44" across for my setup. If I had it to do over again, I'd probably just skip the ironing board. but it does come in handy as a folding space. Because of the location, I iron backwards, and its not comfortable. I know that going in, so was not a surprise. You could mount an ironing board on the wall along with a hanging rack that folds up out of the way. Or you could have a panry pull out on the side of your set, if you stack, that could hold an ironing board, brooms, shelving for supplies, etc. It will be fun to see what you come up with .

this one looks like it has a drop down shelf:

@beverly, the op only has 5' width to work with, so your examples won't work in her situation.