Ready to transform a utilitarian laundry room into one that is stylish, functional, and designed specifically for your household’s needs?
Here are some must-have design tenets and home trends to consider before finalizing design plans.
Mix-and-Match Home Trends for Laundry Room Design
Look over these current laundry room design trends and see if any would optimize your future space.
1. Design for Personalized Functionality
We honor the same design tenets for a laundry room as we do for a kitchen or bathroom remodel. That includes thinking about how you and your family use the laundry room and using that information to guide placement, flow, functionality, and aesthetics.
For example, if you have pets, we’ll think about dog bathing, feeding, or food/accessory storage. Do you have a professional job requiring pressed/ironed clothes? We got you covered. If you still have little ones running around, hardwood floors aren’t the best option since dripping bodies straight from the pool, along with discarded wet bathing suits, destroy the finish.
Make lists of everything that drives you nuts about your current laundry room, as well as a wish list. We’ll review these together during initial design consultations and make it happen to the best of our ability in regards to the space available and budget.
2. Make it Safe and Accessible
As referenced above, laundry rooms can get pretty wet – especially if they serve as a mudroom or way station between outdoor spaces and the home. Then, there are all different tasks they accommodate, including folding, ironing, dry hanging delicates, washing up from the garden or yard play, pet entry/exit/sleeping, etc.
We recommend using slip-resistant flooring and accessible placement so anyone can move comfortably in the space. In addition, using variations in shelving and cabinet heights makes it easier for kids, grandparents, or those who are temporarily or permanently in a wheelchair to feel competent when helping out.
3. Focus on Personalized Function
Let’s take a moment to focus on personalized function using a range of our most common client requests:
Lifestyle-centric
Do you garden often? Are you a surfer? Do you have a backyard pool and a host of swimmers coming in and out of the house? In that case, design a laundry room that is streamlined with easy-to-sweep/mop/wipe/clean surfaces.
A mudroom sink is always a smart addition, as are ample hooks or hangers along the wall for dripping suits and towels. Finally, ensure the flooring is non-slip, such as options designed for bathroom showers.
Kid-Friendly
If you have a household with small children, a customized laundry room is game-changing. Take a look at this one, which includes hooks and cubbies.
During the school year, they are the backpack and school gear organizers; by summer, they serve as the spot to hang wet or dirty outdoor clothes. Year-round there are shoe cubbies to keep the outside from tracking inside. Again, note the lower cabinets and drawers, making it easy for smaller children to access laundry room items when they’re old enough to help out.
Pet-Hub
A pet-friendly laundry room design is a significant bonus for households with dogs or cats. This family’s laundry room is where laundry and pet care occur. They’ve thought of everything, from their dog kennel to the pull-out stair drawer making it easier for Fido to get up to the bath station.
They’ve also included pull-out drawer food storage and easy-to-clean surfaces. With all that, there’s still plenty of room for the humans in the house to get the laundry done and store everything they need – from laundry accouterments to craft supplies, seasonal items, and general storage overflow.
For the Fashionista
Does your wardrobe require care beyond the typical wash/dry/fold routine? Then you need to consider a space-efficient design that accommodates ironing, steaming, and hang-drying.
And if you think you don’t have room for that, this space-saving laundry room shows how you can pack quite a bit in a small laundry room without sacrificing anything.
Standard Design Tenets Still Reign Supreme
Finally, all home trends and design tenets governing interior design still reign supreme in the laundry room. You’ll also want to focus on:
- Contrasting paint, fixtures, and finishes
- Varying textures
- Mixing up the elements (stone, wood, metal, ceramic, glass – and don’t forget there are plenty of water-friendly, no-slip textured tile options that look just like hardwood).
- Adding personal design touches
- Stylish yet task-oriented lighting
Notice we put the “standard tenets” last? That’s because personalized, functional design should always be the priority.
Ready to Design a Laundry Room You Love?
The team at Fogle Constructors has a knack for designing utilitarian spaces into stylish and attractive rooms homeowners enjoy spending time in. Contact us at 386-279-0901 to schedule a design consultation that encompasses needs and wants aligned with current design home trends.
