What do YOU need?

For the utility sink, can you leave that where it is? A utility sink in the garage area can be very useful, as you have found.

For the new laundry room, do you look out the window while you fold? Everyone folds laundry differently. Me, I like folding on the bed because I can stack by destination as I go and the bed gives me room to do that. And, I always like working in an open space, open surface, and it doesn’t require a window.

What do YOU need?

I've never had a utility sink in any laundry room ever and never missed it (no kids or dogs, though, which makes it easier). I agree with bpath that leaving the sink in the garage makes good sense.

You appear to have no hanging space to dry anything. Most people want that, but again like bpath said, what do YOU need?

Don't design for resale; design for yourself.

Where are your plumbing supply lines located? Perhaps that is why the designer located the w/d there? On the other hand, depending on your climate, having plumbing lines running up the outside wall of your home could be a problem. Do you need hanging space? Storage space? For what? Do you iron? (Does anyone iron anymore???) What purpose is the hanging cabinet? Again, as everyone notes, what do you use when you do laundry? Where will you place your basket/s, hamper(s). Perhaps open shelving is more practical than a large pantry style cabinet. It is YOUR usage that should be the driver of the design.

You have a 6' x 13' foot space, when you ask "right side" of the room you mean end of the space/short wall and you will lose a ton of storage. You need minimum three feet in FRONT of the front loader to move!

You go back to the designer, you say:

"I am not yet comfortable with my laundry room plan"

I would lose the tall pantry entirely.

I agree with Jan have atlk with your designer not a bunch strangers with really no info as to where water lines are etc. Architects do not do kitchen and bath design well. BTW. I have never had a laundry sink and have never missed it. I do not like 2nd floor laundry usually since I spen no time in the bedroom area during the day while I do laundry but that is achoice you have to make. I do like a sink in the garage or mudroom . The washers have so many cycles the need for a alundry sink is minimal.I think counter top as big as possible is better so no tower and I agree center the W/D under the window . I also would be concerned with water lines on an outside wall unless you live where it never freezes. Your designer should know all about that.BTW I ron all the time so if you do make sure you have space for that.

An expensive cabinet order for - what? Most second floor space would have more value with that money going to bath or closet.

I will agree:

You have 8 grand in cabinetry! What you want in the real world is cleat framing for counter tops, room beneath those tops for laundry baskets, some drip dry space .

Regarding folding:

Everyone has their method. I have never needed a "place" to fold. It is reach into the dryer, fold it, and set in the basket atop that dryer.

In your space and assuming kids? I do same, give them each a tote and in it goes. Make them put it away in their own room.

As soon as they can reach the controls? I teach them The Simple Art of LAUNDRY. How to do it : )

I find base cabinets turning a corner reduces efficiency. Consider a straight run of cabinets and appliances on the outside wall, and tall 12" deep cabinets on the door wall.

There are two trains of thought on the location of a laundry. Locate it where it is convenient to change loads, or locate it where the dirty clothes are generated. Locating a laundry on a second floor can contribute to an exercise program.

No matter where you locate one? From what I see nearly every day?

Any location soon becomes :

The hard to reach stream fifty steps over rocks set in a back yard requiring three washboards, major league bucket, suds , and clothesline on which to hang it. Don't forget the laundry pins, now available in colors, lol

Raw pine color clothes pins for me.

Our laundry room was designed with our dogs in mind! Has space for dog beds, door to outside fenced area and fridge/freezer for their raw dog food. Also has W & D, sink, hanging space and lots of storage. It is closer to the kitchen and opposite end of the house from the master bedroom.

What do you need?

I have had, and not had, a utility sink in the laundry, and I prefer having one. Yesterday I had some things soaking in Oxy while other laundry was going on, and later it was easy to trqnsfe those wet things from the basin in the sink to the washer, without worrying about the drips.

What I really want, is a utility room with double utility sink (the old conrete type), counterspace, and storage, for doing repairs, washing the Christmas tree stand and muddy boots and the litter box, storing batteries and light bulbs, etc. The laundry room, with a sink, can be anywhere.

I think that the suggestion of a straight line of cabinetry is a good one. You can then center the machines, if desired, or set them more on one side so that you have a long counter for folding, etc. Put a single closed cabinet over the machines for your soap and other supplies, and then use the end walls for a pull-down drying rack and some baskets.

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If you need more utility space, the suggestion of shallow cabinets on the door wall, away from the machines so there's space to manouver, is a good one -- you could have a full-height pantry-style cabinet, 12" deep, which would store a ton of stuff from linens to cleaning supplies.

There is no sink in my laundry room. It would be very useful if there was one for tasks I perfer not to do at the kitchen sink, cleaning shoes that can't be submerged, stick vac filters and dust bin, window a/c filter for the dogs' patio room, etc. I do those at the powder room sink across the hallway, which is smaller than ideal.

I would center W/D between windows with deep counter running to both corners. When facing windows, on the right wall a long high shelf with brackets so that a hanging rod can go through the brackets, On the left wall linen storage closet as big as allowed. Depending on depth and what you plan to store, pull-out shelves so you can reach whatever is in the back easier. No sink, since you said you never use (but never say never? Or resell.).

Art between the windows. Woven material on windows - either Roman shades or inset natural woven shades. Collection of your choice on the high shelf. A nice light fixture.

After having an unfinished basement laudnry area for 20yrs, I like pretty, functional laundry rooms.

One thing we did at our last house, which was a complete remodel, was have the cabinetmaker do drawers under the W/D instead of buying the pre-made drawers. These are taller, so that a roll of paper towel would stand up in them. Also kept extra TP, microfiber clothes and more in the drawers. The cabinet to the left had a litter box behind the bottom two doors (cat entrance was on the left side, so not seen). I kept extra cleaning supplies, pet supplies, bird food and behind the upper doors.

Tall drawers for storing paper towels, etc. Laundry detergent bottles fit too.

Custom house before that one had a high shelf with a copper rod, but I did not use it for hanging. It was just for looks. Upper cabinets to left of sink.

A utility sink no matter where it is located-in the garage or LR-is very desirable. As others have discussed, it is so much more than just for laundry purposes. If you live with animals as we do, it will be very useful for that alone. Once I had my first utility sink, I knew I would never go without one again. Lifestyle does play a big role. We do our own yardwork, we have a dog, we do upkeep around our home, and I do a lot of our automobile maintenance and cleaning, so it pays for itself on day one for us. Having it in the LR is a plus because there are times when I need to soak something to be washed later.

I design a lot of lake cottages. I tell my clients to have a laundry tub so the grand kids have a place to keep the fish they catch.

I use my sink for mop heads. washing little dogs. soaking things.

The open storage is likely a waste and will look like a mess.

If it bothers you now, it wont bother you less later..have her move the cabinets over and try you design idea...not hard to do...if you have kids that need laudry soaked or a small pet to be washed a sink could help.

Do we need a sink in the laundry room if it’s right across from one of the second floor bathrooms?

No, you don't need a sink in your laundry room at all. Modern washing machines have gentle cycles that replace the need for pre-soaking and handwashing. Personally, I'd rather have the storage rather than the sink. In general, this board wants sinks-sinks-sinks, even when additional sinks make little sense.

Thoughts on the layout of the laundry room/linen closet our cabinet designer created?

- I like that the washer/dryer are on an exterior wall. Safer.

- Are you going with front loaders? They are SO BIG now. Consider that if you build the washer/dryer in the middle of a cabinet run, as you're suggesting, you're tying yourself into

- Good question about where the existing lines are. Moving plumbing is expensive, and it'd make sense to keep your lines where they are.

- I don't like those dark colors. Laundry is already a never-ending chore; I'd rather have a bright, cheery room.

- Yes to adding a trash can ... don't bother with building it into an expensive cabinet either. Someone else suggested this is 8K in cabinetry ... I don't know if that's true, but I know I'd be looking at inexpensive Ikea stuff for the laundry room. I'd consider, instead, building in a closet; a closet is considerably cheaper than cabinetry.

- I would keep the upper cabinets and pantry. This is a work space, and the storage will be useful. Looks and decor do not reign supreme in a laundry room.

- As someone else said, consider where you will fold. I definitely like to fol on the bed ... lots of space, and then things go right into the drawers. Since your laundry's on the second floor, this is probably your space too.

- Consider, too, where you'll store your "waiting loads". If you don't plan a space, you'll always be tripping over your dirty laundry.

- I do like to hang things to dry ... consider how often you do this, and allot a hanging rod somewhere.

- Love the idea of building in for the dogs. A laundry room is an ideal spot.

- I would not want to use this storage (on the second floor) for things like paper towels.

- I am not crazy about open storage. Being on the second floor, this is likely to be your place for storing linens, seasonal items, etc. This is not a place for display.

-I would not want to use this storage (on the second floor) for things like paper towels.

My point was the drawers were tall enough for (my) extra (kitchen) paper towels. Laundry detergent bottles also fit in the drawers. Storage for bulk purchased items was in the basement storage room.

Another point was the OP can decide waht they want/need nearby, included extras, and design to fit them. Wants and needs vary, and I was just giving examples that worked for me.

No word from OP..... I guess sometimes these conversations may be overwhelming.