The little laundry room that could

Before the renovation, our washer and dryer were located in the basement. There isn't a laundry room down there; rather, it's as if a galley kitchen was planned, and at the last minute someone tucked a W/D hookup there and called it a day. Doing laundry pre-reno consisted of gathering up dirty clothes and heaving them over the stair rail. Then eventually when I couldn't postpone it any longer promptly I would head down to pick them up off of the steps and walk them back to the laundry area. Clean clothes would live down there until someone was desperate enough to need something. Except for sheets. I'm fanatical about washing those at least once a week.

I just felt you should know from whence we came. Laundry room-wise that is.

It never occured to us with the renovation we could actually have a laundry room upstairs. It wouldn't be big, our architect was careful to tell us, but certainly big enough. And she was right. Presenting, the laundry room.

It's not particularly big. I'm guessing (because I'm too lazy to consult the plans) it's somewhere in the 6' x 8' range. It features custom hung cabinetry, a small marble counter, open under counter storage, a hanging bar, and of course space for the W/D. The storage is incredible! We store our bed linens, laundry detergent et al, light bulbs and flash lights, and we still have room left over.

Doing laundry now consists of walking it to the laundry room, putting on a load, drying and folding it, and putting it away immediat...okay, relatively quickly (change takes time people!). It's a convenience we definitely enjoy. Hope you do too!

Sources:
Paint color - Silver Charm
Tile - Himichal White Raja ceramic tile, $2.99 sf, Moonlight grout
Cabinets - custom, Keystone Millworks (Georgia)
Cabinet hardware - Madison 3910ORB, 1 3/16" cabinet knob - oil rubbed bronze (included in cabinet pricing)
Marble counter - Atlanta Marble Manufacturing (this was cut from the slab we purchased for the bathroom counters)