…so much that we basically duplicated it in t he beach house mudroom, shown below). We really liked our top-loading washer in Richmond… We also made the decision to go back to a front-loading washing machine so we could earn that huge stretch of counter space back. Who remembers waaaaaaay back in 2007 when we busted out the bi-fold doors that concealed our laundry appliances (I think it was our first wall demo ever?) and added a simple plywood counter and woven blinds that concealed lots of stuff on those storage shelves. In fact you could say that our new laundry closet was directly inspired by our first house’s setup (seen below) because it worked so well for us: It was also located right near the door that we came in and out of everyday – and thanks to some shelves and a big ol’ counter it packed a ton of function & storage into a very small space. It’s an unusual spot for a laundry room but our first house (which was closest in size to this one – just around 100 square feet smaller) had a laundry “nook” that was actually pretty similar. This closet is located just to the left of our front door (seen below from this post where I am a cell phone model just waiting for Tyra to call me). All of this empty space above the washer and dryer was basically mocking us as box after box came in from the pod and had nowhere to be unloaded. When we moved in, our laundry closet looked like this. It’s extremely doable and your home improvement store might even be able to cut things for you so you can just go home and screw them right into your studs. And since many of you asked for the DIY details, we’re going to cover why & how we built these shelves. This closet is a complete workhorse (and dare I say a showhorse? I mean look at those bottle brush trees). Like there was a point on Day 3 or 4 of unpacking where we were faced with the reality that nothing else could get put away until we added some shelves to the narrow hall closet next to the bathroom and this laundry closet.Īs soon as these shelves & our new counter were up, we were amazed by how much we could store. We mentioned on our podcast a few weeks ago that we had to quickly implement some storage systems in our new house just so we had a spot to unpack everything.
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