Home laundry: features of arrangement and design examples

Every year, new trends in interior design appear, which more and more people follow. Relatively recently, the fashion for a dressing room in the house has gone, and now almost everyone has it. Undoubtedly, such innovations make our life easier, add coziness and comfort to the house. One of these is home laundry.

In our country, rooms specially designated for laundry are rarely found, as we are used to seeing in foreign films. Our laundry room is usually divided into several parts. But in this article we will consider what is the use of a separate room, how to equip it correctly and with which room to combine.

Before you change something in the interior of your home, you need to think carefully about everything, find the pros and cons. A separate laundry room in a residential building is a rather global solution, so it would be appropriate to consider its advantages and disadvantages, to get to know this idea better.

Let's start with the obvious benefits.

1. If you allocate a separate room for washing, then there will be no clutter in the house. Everything will find its place: gels and powders, dirty and clean laundry, an ironing board, and so on.
2. Since the laundry room is a utility room, you can store cleaning tools and accessories, sports equipment, tools, etc.
3. Everything will be close at hand, you will not have to carry things from room to room, you will not hear the noise from the washing machine.
4. The size of this room can be small, which means that the laundry can be done even in an apartment building.

The disadvantages are also worth taking into account.

1. You will need additional funds, because you need to competently equip the linen room, besides - additional lighting, decoration of the room, installation of a water supply system, proper ventilation also require money.
2. One of the problems is dampness in the linen room. If the ventilation is not properly equipped, then mold may appear, which will subsequently spread to clothing and finishing materials. It is also very important to clean regularly to prevent dampness and dampness.

Often a house project simply does not provide for a separate utility room for washing, so you have to sacrifice some other rooms or combine several zones at once.

Let's consider a few examples of successful combination of a laundry room with another room without sacrificing functionality.

• Laundry can be organize in a separate room that has no purpose... It is best if such a room is located near the kitchen or bathroom, so it will be more convenient to carry out the necessary communication system and do the work.

• If there is no free space, then it is quite easy you can combine the laundry with another room... Often they combine linen with a pantry or dressing room. This is a very convenient and practical solution, because clothes and all equipment will always be at hand.

• You can also equip a boiler room for a laundry, then some problems, such as dampness, can be avoided.

• If the layout does not allow for a dedicated space, the home linen room can be installed under the stairs, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, in the study and even in the nursery, the main thing is to take care of ventilation and sound insulation.In general, in any corner of the house, you can organize a mini-laundry, even with an ironing board.

Organization of a laundry room takes a lot of time, because you need to choose the right furniture and materials to decorate the room. It is important to take into account that this room should perform as many functions as possible.

Now we come close to the subject of equipment for the laundry room. As mentioned above, the laundry room should perform as many functions as possible, but the design of this room cannot be ignored.

It is important to choose the right furniture and equipment for linen, consider what can be located in it.

• Washer with vertical or horizontal loading (or two machines) - as you like.

• Drying machine - optional. Remember that not all things can be dried in such a device due to the possibility of damage.

• Baskets or containers for sorting dirty laundry.

• Shelves or containers for clean linen.

• Table top and drawers for storing detergents, washing powders, soaps and other household chemicals.

• You can install a sinkto remove stains, wash small items, rinse your hands.

• Folding dryer - in this way we usually dry clothes. If the laundry room is fairly spacious, then several dryers can be installed.

• It is advisable that the linen room has ironing board... So it will be convenient to immediately iron the washed laundry and temporarily put it on the shelves.

If there is little space allocated for the laundry, then mobile and sliding structures can be installedthat will allow you to store and hide items when they are not needed. And to hide the mini laundry in the room, use textiles or sliding doors.

It was mentioned above that the design of the linen room cannot be ignored, consider the ideas of the interior of a laundry room in a private house.

• In a small area there is a washing machine, dryer, ironing board, wardrobe and even a small TV.

• A washing machine, tumble dryer and a tabletop can be placed along one wall to put something on. A storage system for clothes and household chemicals is also organized.

• Here the room for the boiler and the communications connected with it is combined with the laundry. It turned out to be a cozy utility room.

• The laundry room is equipped to fit not only clothes, but also cleaning equipment.

• An unusual option for combining a laundry room with an office. It looks very natural and calm.