What aspects are non-functional? Hard to walk around? No elbow room? Too much stored on shelves? Need more or fewer drying racks? Things too close for safety to the water heater?

Need more drying space. messy and eyesore as everything is exposed. very little space to move around. Could there be a way to utilize vertical space better somehow?

I've used this drying rack in two different laundry rooms. I hang the clothing with hangers. It was from Ballard Design, but I don't think they sell this size any longer. Expand when in use or retract out of the way.

do you have the wall space to have wall hung drying racks? These can retract when not in use -

I would try to clean the shelves up visually - even using inexpensive plastic baskets from Target to group & organize like items would go a long way in having the room feel more peaceful than all the different plastics bags and boxes

If it were me, I would have fun with the green floor and put up some temp wallpaper if there is a good wall for it - would be nice to have something cheery/whimsical in there

We have an exposed water softener in our laundry room and we use a simple white room divider to cover it up but still allow access - could that be an option?

The Brits hang clothes drying racks from the ceiling. They raise and lower them with pulleys. You can also put a pole across the top of your room and hang things with hangers. That way, someone can pull the hangers aside to access shelves.

I hang my laundry outside, except when there is snow on the ground or the weather is bad. (I also only do laundry on dry, sunny days.)

I understand the reasoning for the drying racks but I hate the racks with a passion. They’re clumsy and in the way.

Like someone else said, mount a closet rod or two across in front of the shelving and hang wet stuff on hangers. You could even hang curtains (or sheets instead of curtains) to hide the shelving.

I do not actually understand the drying racks. Whaere do you live? Is there not some place to dry your suff outside? Sorry I see no point in have a W/D and drying racks. The sheloving is great for storage but does not look readily accessible. Can you post a plan with the meaustrments clearly marked and I mean every measurement since every inch counts. Do it on graph paer show thw utility area well marked off post here in jpeg in a comment DO NOT start another post . Yes I garee there are much better choices for drying for sure.

Thanks for info.

Consider removing one set of shelves to replace them with a wall drying rack (as above). ~$200. Add a ceiling fan or wall mounted fan to reduce drying time dramatically (~$100).

The other set of shelves could be replaced with a white closed-door cabinet ~$200.

If you removed your spare freezer, you'd have more room for drying racks.

@ Patricia: in the last few years, rayon has replaced cotton as the main fiber (after polyester) in women's tops. Rayon should be line dried, not machine dried. Not everyone has a place to line dry clothes outside.

You need closed storage. HD and Lowes have stock cabinets that you can buy and create some kind of pole between them to hang wet clothing.

This has closed storage along with a pole and shelf.