My laundry area is located in the passage between the kitchen and garage. Also my water heater and furnace are across from the W/D. It does make for challenges. In my space i had the clearance to put rolling shelves in front of the furnace to store my laundry baskets. That way i can roll aside to change furnace filters

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IKEA wall cabinets over the washer and drier to keep the cleaning products out of sight will make that area seem less cluttered.

Make sure to leave clearance for the generator panel door to open.

A picture is worth 1000 words. Obviously I don’t understand the room set up, and it would help if you posted a scale drawing with dimensions of washer, drier, water heater, furnace, which way the doors swing, how high up the wall the electrical and generator panels are and the clearance for the door swings. This rendering is obviously wrong...

I agree a scaled drawing is needed. Consider closed storage. Open storage makes things look cluttered in small spaces.

Been pondering your dilemma and realized...2 doors into the laundry area is 1 too many! If you wall-in the less used door, (or cheapest option is to replace the pass through door knob with a locking one) that gives you 32” x 8 feet of vertical storage space. Be sure the remaining door is wide enough for removal of the washer, drier, furnace, water heater when it comes time to replace them.

Thanks for everyone's input so far. I've done a drawing to help show the layout of the room. This room is sandwhiched between my kitchen and my attached garage. I cannot remove either of the entrances to this room. Also, both of the doors swing into the room. Above the dryer is the panel for my generator and on the wall above the dryer and common to the garage is the electrical panel and the dryer vent. So I can really install shelving or cabinetry here since I need access to the panels. On the opposite side of the room are the mechanicals. Like my plan shows, I have a 40 gallon HW heater that I'm thinking of replacing with a tankless hotwater heater. At that time I will ask that the water lines that are converging between the HW heater and the furnish be rerouted somehow to free up floor space and provide me with some additional space for storage. It's a very limiting room so I have to think outside the box. My neighbors in similar style units don't have generator panels so have more flexibility with storage and in some cases, their utilitiy rooms are a little larger. Thanks for all your input. I just love this forum.

Thanks for the drawing, that is huge help. You say both panels are over the drier, so can you install a cabinet above the washer? Do you have 7” between the washer and drier to fit this roll out cart?

Can you add a 3rd wire shelf over the washer? Put everyday cleaning and laundry supplies on the bottom shelf, shorter items in plastic baskets on the middle shelf, and your extra supplies/occasional use items on the hard to reach top shelf?

I’d there enough clearance on the water heater side for the door to fully open if you use an over the door organizer?

Can you make better use of the back of this door?

I have open shelving above the washer that has utility items as well as the components for my Sonos stems, router, etc. I do love the rolling cart idea but even if I remove the trim around the doors I won't be able to get 7 inches. On the opposite side of the room in between the furnace and hot water heater is a mess of piping including the water meter, water line to a hose bib in the garage, condensate line and the main water service. I'm hoping to get all of that reconfigured at some point.

I found this cart only 5” wide, would this fit?

Your drier silver vent hose runs all the way up the wall. You would free up wall space if the hose could be rerouted through the wall at the same height as the vent hole in the drier. Is that a possibility?

Hmmmm, maybe. This is super helpful. You are so sweet for giving me all these suggestions. This is great,,,

Thanks for the kind words!

I am replacing the washer and dryer and my installer said that I’m limited with options for venting. We need to leave it as is. And with cide

Codes i cant reduce size of vent pipe

I assume the shop light hanging from the clothes rod is just for these photos and not your only light source?

you might want to consider a ventless dryer, if the vent is a problem. You can also buy them just 24" wide, and they can be stacked or not, so might be a bit more versatile

Is there any room in the garage to add a few storage cabinets - or open shelves? This would clear up some of the stuff in this room.

Maybe the shelf you use to store detergent could be deeper. And when you replace your washer you get a front loader, you could make a flat surface counter to span the two machines

Good suggestions, Dreda. I am going to add more shelving over the laundry and am consolidating some of my a/v components. Also light in laundry room is an overhead; shop light is only temporary since motion sensor switch needs replacement. Also plan to buy some pretty bins to hide items and add some color.

Beautiful! Thanks so much for the ideas. I love the light fixtures!!!

Excellent, thanks for the tips