I’ve spent the previous few days ruminating on the totally different points I used to be going through with my closet/laundry room combo, going over all your ideas, brainstorming with my mother, tweaking the ground plan, and dealing to remove all of these roadblocks that have been maintaining me from leaping in with each toes and beginning on our bed room suite. And I’m thrilled to say that I’ve all of them discovered!! And now that these roadblocks are out of the best way, I really feel very enthusiastic about getting began on this challenge. My plan is to work on cleansing up the realm and ending the doorways at this time, after which hopefully beginning on the flooring tomorrow.
The very first thing I did was make a slight change to the ground plan. The plan I had every week in the past had two floor-to-ceiling cupboards in-built entrance of the washer and dryer to separate the laundry space from the closet space like this…
In my remaining plan, I made a decision to remove these cupboards altogether. I spotted that I didn’t actually acquire any cupboard space from them because the facet cupboards are 20 inches deep, and people small cupboards sitting on the edges of the washer and dryer would solely be 20 inches large and 14 inches deep. So principally, I used to be giving up 14 linear inches of house from the 20-inch-deep closets on the facet as a way to acquire 20 inches of linear house in these sections that have been 14 inches deep. There’s no storage profit in that, particularly contemplating that I used to be creating much more awkward nook storage, which I prefer to keep away from if potential.
So the brand new plan appears like this…
And though I received’t be utilizing IKEA Pax wardrobes for my closet, I made a decision to borrow from them (since these photos are really easy to create utilizing their wardrobe planner) and alter the scale to suit my closet. So the main points of my closet will look a little bit totally different so far as drawer faces, trim, and so forth., however I might a minimum of use these to get the final format. So once you stroll into the room, the left facet of the room will look one thing like this…
This facet is the place all of my hanging garments will go. Every of the three clothes sections will likely be 46 inches large. I’ll have one part on the far left for coats and lengthy gadgets like clothes with a number of drawers. The center part will all be for tops — one bar for lengthy sleeve, one bar for brief sleeve. After which the proper part will likely be for pants and denims. I need to have the ability to hold them full size in order that I don’t have a crease the place they fold over a hanger. After which all the best way towards the window wall would be the dryer with a dangling bar above it the place I can hold garments to dry.
The wall on the proper facet of the room will look one thing like this…
Once more, every of the three bigger sections will likely be 46 inches large. The center part would be the one with the drawers as much as about 34 inches excessive, after which the part above may have the beautiful wallpaper and mirror. I’ll in all probability add some fairly sconces there as properly. After which the sections to the proper and left of that will likely be all cabinets. I like sneakers and purses, so my sneakers will in all probability refill one total part. I’ll use the opposite part for my purses, after which in all probability have some cabinets left over for gadgets like sweaters and different clothes that I don’t need to hold.
I actually wished so as to add some closed storage someplace within the room, so these will go on the entry wall. Every part will likely be 30 inches large, and I’ll put doorways on these sections. The nook storage (the place the X’s are) will likely be accessible in these sections, and I can retailer issues in these corners that I don’t have to entry often. The cupboard doorways in all probability received’t look precisely like this, however this provides you an thought of what I’m speaking about…
After which so far as the dresser that I’ll be constructing as an island in the midst of the room, which will likely be 72 inches lengthy and 30 inches large, I need to use this dresser from Grandin Road (affiliate hyperlink) as my inspiration.
Eliminating these two cupboards on the edges of the washer and dryer will make accessing the again of the dryer for hookup a lot simpler, in order that solves one of many issues that was stressing me out.
And so far as worrying about leaks, I’m simply going to make it so simple as potential. I’m going to place hardwood flooring all through the whole room, after which I’ll put each home equipment in a pan with a drain hose and put leak alarms on every equipment. (My dryer has a water connection for the steam operate, so the dryer additionally has potential for leaks.) After which I’ll someway disguise the pan with some trim that may be simply eliminated if and when the washer and/or dryer should be pulled out for service.
And with that, I’m READY TO START!!! I knew that I couldn’t begin till these choices have been made, and I’m so glad that I gave myself time to determine them out. Had I jumped in and began on the challenge earlier than I used to be prepared, earlier than I had the main points discovered, and earlier than I used to be in the proper mindset to deal with such an enormous challenge, I might have made errors. And these would have been pricey errors–the sort that aren’t so enjoyable to redo. However now, I really feel like I’ve a transparent imaginative and prescient, a stable plan, and I’m able to get began. I’m so excited!!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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