How To Design A Small Utility Room
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How to design a small utility room. Where utility rooms are often less generously sized than kitchens you may need the space to work harder for a seamless flow when working in the room. Creating a utility room. Plan your storage solutions around how you use the room.
The water heater and HVAC furnace may also be housed in this room depending on the location and size. By name and nature the utility room area has to be a functional space equipped and ready to tackle the washing ironing and cleaning. Budget utility room ideas.
An idea such as switching out some cabinetry with doors that open out onto you with open shelving can be an effective way to make the space easier to use. Typically a utility room will include a washing machine tumble dryer large sink a place to store clothes dryers the ironing board and iron plus extra storage for coats or shoes and even additional larder space. To do this assemble a collection of practical enamelware tins with lids Kilner-style bottles jam jars and any other pretty containers you fancy.
Two will do for the washer and the dryer but you dont want to have to remove these to plug in the iron. Four sockets is the minimum for a smaller utility room but if you want to house the fridge freezer and any other machines in there youll need to add more. If you are short on floor space stacking a washing machine and dryer is a good idea.
Utility rooms are often compact so working out the right layout is important. The key to a smart utility room is banishing all product packaging from view. Swap out a tumble dryer for a smaller and cheaper-to-run dehumidifier.
Finally as the utility room is not classed as a habitable room there is no requirement for openable windows. Design a utility room layout with as much thought and consideration as you would when designing a kitchen. A laundry room will need plenty of surface space to leave washing both clean and dirty.