Trending Now: Chic Laundry Rooms to Inspire You
Bold flooring, clever storage and spaces for pets are some of the takeaways in these 10 popular laundry rooms
Bryan Anthony
July 5, 2017
Whether you have a laundry room with enough space for a dog wash or just a closet with sliding doors, these trending laundry areas provide plenty of ideas for making the most of every inch. Here are the 10 most popular laundry room photos on Houzz from the past three months, determined by the number of times people saved them to their ideabooks.
10. Blue and brass. This stylish laundry room in Toronto features light blue cabinets and brass fixtures that add a dash of pizazz to a functional room.
Design tip: Consider adding a rod or bar between two cabinets to hang shirts and delicates.
Design tip: Consider adding a rod or bar between two cabinets to hang shirts and delicates.
9. Handsome hangout. The dark wood cabinets, glass-subway-tiled walls and sleek marble floors create a classically handsome laundry room in this Tampa, Florida, home.
Design tip: Add a dog bed to an open lower cabinet to create a cozy spot for your pooch.
Design tip: Add a dog bed to an open lower cabinet to create a cozy spot for your pooch.
8. Minimalist and marvelous. If you don’t have the space for a dedicated laundry room, let this laundry closet in Melbourne, Australia, inspire you. The team at MMAD Architecture built a laundry closet at the top of the stair landing behind large sliding panels. Each panel is designed to look like three individual doors with routed door pulls.
7. Warm it up. Since you have to spend time doing laundry anyway, you might as well be relaxed while doing it. Consider a warm and soothing color palette, such as the soft browns in this Nashville, Tennessee, laundry room. The woven window shades and baskets add another touch of warmth.
6. Material matters. Designer Dana Triano transformed a tiny space next to the kitchen in this year’s Pasadena Showcase House of Design into a multipurpose laundry room with a cool blue palette, custom leather shelving, a folding counter and a hanging area for laundry. “Once I stacked the washer and dryer, it really opened up the possibilities,” Triano says.
5. Storage star. You can never have enough storage, so this laundry room just outside of Toronto makes the most of every inch. The space features three rows of cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling and four separate storage niches with canvas boxes to hold supplies.
Design tip: Add frosted-glass cabinet fronts to keep a space from feeling too heavy.
Design tip: Add frosted-glass cabinet fronts to keep a space from feeling too heavy.
4. Air-dry. If you have enough space, consider adding clothes lines in your laundry room to air-dry clothes prone to wrinkles. This stylish laundry room in Sweden features wire clotheslines that almost disappear.
3. Details matter. The brick floors in this laundry room add rustic character, but the designer feels another features is the star of the space. “Definitely the wallpaper,” Kate Regan says. “Small, functional rooms should not be overlooked. They provide a great opportunity to add some unexpected detail and charm to the home.”
2. Pack a punch. The black-and-white patterned porcelain floor tiles pack some power in this Minneapolis laundry room. “The inexpensive porcelain tile provided an economical way to give this room the punch it needed to create a space where the client would want to go,” designer Ronda Brandvold says.
1. Dashing dog wash. If you think washing your clothes or your dog is a chore, this laundry room created by designer Dina Bandman for the 2017 San Francisco Decorator Showcase might change your mind. The blue-and-white room features hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper, a window treatment from Lee Jofa and porcelain tile floors from Country Floors.
Design tip: If you own a dog and have the space, consider adding a dog wash station to your laundry room. It may end up paying for itself in the long term if you no then longer pay someone else to wash your dog.
More: Browse more trending laundry room photos on Houzz
Design tip: If you own a dog and have the space, consider adding a dog wash station to your laundry room. It may end up paying for itself in the long term if you no then longer pay someone else to wash your dog.
More: Browse more trending laundry room photos on Houzz
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Uh, that's floor TILE in # 2, not time. :-)
#7....love the colors and the feel.
Laundry rooms are a great spot to have a little fun with color and pattern!
We did these cabinets in Benjamin Moore's Palladian Blue.