laundry room in kitchen

6 years ago

Hello we have a laundry room at the end of our kitchen. We’d like to close it off and make it a laundry / pantry. We were thinking about barn door style someone already did that kind of work?

P.S. we will more than likely remove the door and build the wall in the middle of the existing rough opening.

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Beth H. :

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

if you do a sliding door, where is the door going to slide? Imagine two doors that are, what, 36" wide each?? you have an exterior door there. how are you going to install a wall that will hold the sliding doors?

and when it slides, you'll only be able to access one side since the other will be covered.

when you say build a wall, how? you have a very tight space here.

is there no where else for the laundry? can you add on anywhere?

only way I could possibly see this working is to remove the sink and do stackables.

you'd have to lose the sink and push everything over to the right to be able to access both with the door open. then to get to the pantry portion you'd have to slide them to the right.

unless, you're going to make that portion of the room another room. but you'd have to bring the wall out to the fridge area and lose that coffee bar station. then just do a regular door where you'd open it and walk inside.

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rob art8
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
For a start, even the way it is right now is still way cramped than ideal. The best thing if you are looking at a pocket door maybe replaces the laundry machine with just one washer & dryer combined, or stack them on top of each other, and then add stackables to the side. Ideally, I don't think it would be ideal to marsh up laundry and pantry unless you really have to.
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J OBrien
6 years ago
Is it possible to use the shelving space on the left of W&D for a stackable laundry set? If your laundry tub is a must, could you put it in a cabinet? You’ve not given dimensions. You will lose space if you put in a wall.
deb s
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
In looking at the space I thought "a roll UP door!) googled is and lo and behold they are available - something to look into -- not the garage door type there are several lovely wood ones
lmmcnitt
6 years ago
The roll up door is genius. For a cheap fix, how about installing a roll up bamboo type shade to the ceiling and keep it pulled down when you want the room tidy and are not using the laundry. When it is pulled up it will still look nice and be out of the way.
wilson853
6 years ago
Another option would be to disguise the washer and dryer and then add cabinets down to the countertop which could be used for food and small appliances.
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bpath
6 years ago
Isn't the door on the right to the garage or back porch? Wouldn't you miss it?

I like Wilson's first picture, but I wouldn't bring the cabinets all the way down to the countertop. Make the countertop removable so it's easier to service the machines. And you'll want the cabinet doors to slide back into the spaces between the machines and the way or sink. It's there room for that?
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Design Interior South
6 years ago
I think your project is a much larger construction project than you are anticipating? I am wondering exactly what your question is? Has anyone done that kind of work? Well yes plenty have but what are you asking us specifically? Will your door to I assume the outside have to go? Yes. You would also likely have to lose all your cabinets above laundry units, the pantry to the right of fridge as well as have to move the fridge. If you were to install one standard 36-42" opening you would have to have wall space for a barn style door to slide to. SO lets say you build the wall and the wall can accommodate the door sliding onto it because you have relocatedthe pantry cabinets, existing door and you now have your cabinets on the right siting against the new wall and the door is sliding to the left where the fridge no is.......and you're standing inside your new closed in laundry room. Can you open the doors to the front load machines?

My question is before you open this can of worms, what is on the other side of the wall the laundry units and sink are sitting against? What is on the other side of the wall the fridge is on? It might be a better solution to reconfigure by considering where a new doorway can be installed. For example can you create a laundry by adding said wall across back of kitchen with an entrance from where the open shelves are sitting against? Can you stack the units? There are too many variables and just adding a door and wall isnt going to be an easy solution for you .
R M
6 years ago
You can keep the layout you have by getting bifold with full access hinges.
I have these and love them several friends have copied the idea.
Mary Glickman
6 years ago
We have exactly what @R M suggests with the bifold doors. Works perfectly, closes away so no one knows laundry is in kitchen (except when husband and / or teen decides to do laundry ;)).
Ben Hrz
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you for all your answers. I really like Wilson853 idea.
The wall behind the machine is an outside wall, to the left it’s a bedroom and to the right where there is the door it’s the patio.
We have a big sliding door on the other side of the kitchen (that we’ll remodel).
The idea is to hide the laundry room, reduce noise of the machines, and keep as much room as we can.
wilson853
6 years ago
Glad that you like the idea. With separate cabinets one can be designated for your laundry supplies.
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