Do you not ever use your sink? It is a handy thing to have for gardening, working with cars, home or art projects or an area to rinse something you would not want to rinse out or clean in your kitchen. I love ours and would never not have a utility room sink. There is a lot you can do in that little space to spruce it up and give you some more storage without losing the sink. Your idea of bench/hooks looks like it might fit where that wicker basket is. If you do make the decision to get rid of the sink, I would suggest at least leave the plumbing and cap it off for a future homeowner if you think you may one day sell the place.

Room dimensions?????

@ci_lantro it's 14.5' x 5'.

@armjim this is the first home with a sink in the laundry room that we've had, we are big DIYers and honestly thought we'd use it more. I find we rinse our paint brushes and things outside with the hose 99% of the time. A bench/storage wouldn't work where the basket is it would have to be very narrow to get by it to get to the laundry machines.

I like your idea. I've never had a laundry room sink, but those who do seem to love them.

Do you not ever use your sink?

I'll take the opposite side of that argument: I've never had a laundry sink and have never once wished I had one. My mom had one when I was a kid, and it was literally never used as a sink -- it was full of clutter; a cabinet top would have been more useful to us. You can soak, etc. in a washing machine. I'd take that sink out in a heartbeat to get more storage.

As for the rest of the room, you already know it's very narrow, and I'm guessing that changing that isn't an option? With that in mind, I like the idea of moving the doors so you have a "straight shot" into the house /don't have to squish by the washer/dryer to get into the house. Seems like a great improvement.

Additionally, I'd add an Elfa drawer stack on the end ... after all, you don't need access to the water heater on a regular basis, and this would be a very cheap way to add massive storage to this spot. I've included a picture of a 10-runner drawer stack below; you can choose the size of baskets you want to use in this pull-out drawer system ... it would be a great way for you to store "waiting loads", etc. You can put wheels on this drawer system so you can easily scoot it out of the way when you need to get to the water heater.

I am a big believer in doing what makes you happy first and thinking in terms of resell second when you are enjoying your home. The idea of the doors being opposite each other itself is appealing. Go for it, but I still recommend capping the plumbing just in case. It will be behind the washer or dryer anyway so not visible.

@armjim yes will just cap it for sure!

@Mrs Pete thank you I like that idea! I do wish we could widen the space a foot or two but that's a much bigger project than we want to do right now. There is a weird 2" bump out behind the dryer that you can't see in the pic so hopefully we can flatten that and recess the vent to gain a few inches.