Laundry room layout design help

3 years ago

We have a very small laundry room in our new construction home. We have framing done and plumbing is going on. Need help with the laundry room layout design. In first option I feel the room for loading unloading will be very narrow and smaller storage cabinets..

the second design has a stackable option but flow is much better.

All experienced designers, please help ..

Room dimensions - 5 ft wide X 6ft 10inch long. the entry door is a pocket door on the longer side side.

Layout option-1 -

Place laundry machines side by side and have a smaller cabinet space with a small sink on the other side.

con - cabinet depth is just 1'2", won't be that useful to store laundry hampers

sink size will be small

Layout option-2 -

Place stackable laundry machines on one corner, and have a counter next to it with a sink about 3'10" wide.

pro- bigger and useful counter for folding cloths and bigger sink. space under the counter for storage. will fit standard size cabinet depth

con- stackable laundry

Option-1 layout and render

Option-2 Layout and Sketch

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
Do you have to have a sink? I have never had a laundry sink and now IMO with all the cycles on washers even less important. I think the stacking leaves you a bit more room to move around and if no sink a place to unload at least . The other layout looks okay on paper but really trying to open dyer and actully sand in front will not happen in 34"
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Jennifer Hogan
3 years ago
My current laundry room is similar spacing to your layout 1. I have a 12" deep pantry closet on one side of the room and washer/dryer/sink on the other side, with 32" from the front of the W/D to the Pantry Doors.

I have a top load washer, front load dryer and when the dryer door is open there is no room to walk past it, but I don't leave it open and don't need to walk past it when I am tossing wash between the washer and dryer and when unloading the dryer the basket fits under the door, so I fill the basket, close the door. I may fold the clothes on top of the w/d or carry it back to my bedroom if it is hanging clothes.

I also have bi-fold doors on the pantry - can't have more than one person at a time in the room. It is not ideal, and I will be renovating it along with the rest of the house, (bought an end 2 end fixer) but it functions well enough that it is one of the last rooms I will be renovating.
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acm
3 years ago
How tall are you? Do you prefer a front-loader washer?

I am short and would hate to deal with a stacked washer all the time, but I know others love it. I also have a top-loading washer and a front-loading dryer, and my experience is much like Jennifer's -- no problem with access. Just put theh dryer on the far side, opening toward the wall. The other advantage to using the short sides is the extra space for hanging stuff to dry -- there are always bras, and bike shorts, and other things that want special care. Plus, you get a lot more space for storage in your shallow cabinets, which could be all kinds of household stuff.

But you can do the long wall side-by-side too (letting go of the sink) and treat theh whole thing as a reach-in space, maybe with an arm for hangers on one wall. It's just preference. I have my laundry under the stairs, and I fold things while watching TV in the family room just down the hall.

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