If the size of your bathroom allows, organize your home laundry there. Hint: the area of the bathroom can be increased by a corridor or hallway. Another life hack: the washer and dryer fit perfectly on top of each other, saving a lot of space on the floor.
In the closet
For those who are confused by the placement of the laundry area in plain sight in the hallway, there is an option to hide the utility corner behind the cabinet doors.
in a niche
Another solution that allows you to hide a mini-laundry room, as well as gain some more space for it in the hallway, is a niche. Please note: so that household units do not overheat, you should not move them close to the wall, leave some space behind and on the sides for air circulation - so electrical appliances will last longer.
As part of a storage system
There is also a compromise option that allows you to partially hide the laundry area in the hallway, while maintaining quick direct access to the washing and drying machines - built into household appliances. It looks very aesthetically pleasing, while access to the units does not need to open any doors.
In the kitchen
Many consider the kitchen a good place for. Why not go further - and place a full-fledged home mini-laundry room right here? Everything you need will be perfectly hidden behind the facades of the headset, and the transfer of wet areas, coordination and redevelopment will not be required.
under the stairs
Fashion has made it very popular, and the organization of a mezzanine bedroom in small spaces is becoming an increasingly common solution. Does your small apartment also have a staircase leading to the second tier, floor or mezzanine? Use the space below it to good use: place a home laundry there.
Reception can be adopted by those whose housing is located on the attic floor.
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In a separate room
Do you think that only owners of country houses and very large apartments can afford to organize a laundry in a separate room? Not at all! Even in a small space, you can separate a small corner, placing everything you need there.
Of course, you will have to sacrifice a small part of the space. But in a dedicated utility room, you can transfer all household items, organize convenient storage of household chemicals, think over the aesthetic sorting of dirty laundry and finally determine a place for an ironing board and iron. Agree, a good compromise?
Please note: no matter where you decide to organize a mini-laundry at home, it is important to provide good ventilation in the chosen room, waterproofing the floor, and also treat the walls (if they are not tiled) before painting or a special primer that prevents the appearance of fungus.
LAUNDRY ROOM
Modern housing increasingly allows you to organize a separate room for the hassle with linen - a laundry room. What is she now?
This is a specialized room where the hostess will be able to fully deal with table, bed linen, wear linen, put in order bedspreads and covers, curtains and street textiles.
Here the linen is sorted, if necessary, soaked and bleached, washed, dried and ironed, sorted again and sent to the "points of direct deployment" - the shelves of cabinets and wardrobes.
LOCATION AND EQUIPMENT
The laundry room is out of sight. In the house, a room is allocated for her in the basement or on the second floor, that is, where there is no free access for unauthorized people. An uncomfortable corner suitable only for household tasks will do. The area of \u200b\u200bthis room should be sufficient to accommodate all the necessary equipment and furniture. When choosing a place, the distance from the water supply and sewerage risers is taken into account, the closer the room is to them, the better.
For the laundry room, it is very important to have good ventilation and heating, because you will have to wash and dry things in the winter. Waterproofing is done on the floor, a ladder is provided for convenience - it will be easier to maintain order with it and, if necessary, it will quickly drain water from the room. Sometimes the ladder is used directly to drain water from the car.
Laundry finishing is carried out with easy-to-care materials, most often tiles. You can opt for washable panels, painting.
FUNCTIONAL FIRST
This is a working room where everything should contribute to a more convenient implementation of its main task. It is worth providing a countertop where you can leave a stack of clean linen or make out dirty. Furniture is better to choose simple and comfortable. It will accommodate everything you need, especially chemicals for laundry care: powders, washing liquids, conditioners, starch, bleaches, ironing products.
The layout of the furniture should ensure minimal movement of the hostess around the room, for example, by hanging a locker directly above the car, you can take the necessary product from it and immediately put it into a ditch. In the laundry room, especially located on the residential level, you can arrange a small storage for toilet paper, napkins, paper towels and other necessary items. Place here means and items for cleaning, a mop, a dustpan. In a special closet, "register" a vacuum cleaner with all its facilities - replaceable bags and filters, nozzles.
It is better to place baskets for storing dirty laundry closer to the entrance, so that household members, without making unnecessary movements, leave things that need washing here. Some housewives try to immediately collect white and colored cotton, delicate items, work clothes in which they garden, etc. separately. Therefore, if space permits, there are taken to be several baskets, so you don’t have to sort the laundry once again, and at a glance it will be clear whether the load is being collected or not.
For already washed laundry that will not dry in the dryer, you need to organize a system for unfolding and hanging. Decide where to store already dry clothes before ironing. And of course, equip an ironing corner with a steam system and a good ironing board with a high chair.
WASHING NEEDED
A special faience sink is installed in the laundry room - it is slightly different from those used in ordinary bathrooms. Its trough is deeper, the walls are straight, although for intensive washing, an inclined ribbed wall can be made like old washboards.
Washing is necessary for individual work with linen, soaking individual items, for removing stains, light hand washing of especially thin and delicate items.
WILL SAVE
The main attribute of the room is a washing machine and a dryer. The algorithm for their selection should include two important points. First of all, the units must be economical. This parameter is always specified by the manufacturer. It is designated by the Latin letter from G to A. Most of today's washing machines have the highest energy efficiency class - A, and in practice they turn out to be even more economical (by 10, 20, 30 and even 50%). The parameter evaluates the energy and water consumption of a standard cotton wash at 60 degrees (this is the longest cycle, and it comes with heated water). For dryers, class B is currently quite good, devices with class A also already exist in the premium segment.
In homes where a two-phase meter is installed, a timer may be useful. This device will allow you to put off washing at night (for the benefit of sleep, the car standing behind the closed door does not fit) to use electricity at lower nightly rates.
DON'T FIGHT OVERWEIGHT
The second most important indicator is loading. Ideally, both machines should have the same load so that the washed laundry can fit completely in the dryer and not wait in line in the basket.
Compact and narrow laundry machines are rarely bought, here 15-20 cm do not play a significant role. Therefore, more often the choice falls on full-size models with a width, depth, height of 60x60x85 cm. They are designed for 7-9, or even 10 kg of laundry. There are devices of large dimensions and, accordingly, loads, for example, up to 12 kg.
FOR COMFORT
For laundry, two types of machines are used - front-loading and top-loading, and often these are activator devices. The first ones can be placed under the countertop, the activator ones are not suitable for this, they have a lid and a control panel located on top.
Sometimes, an activator-type washer and dryer are sold as a pair as a lounge center. They are placed one on top of the other, while the center control unit is located at eye level.
Frontal machines are also set this way, but the control panels for these devices are separate, and you will have to turn the dryer on and off by stretching your hand up (the panel will be at a height of 160 cm). Installing machines one on top of the other saves space, the washing machine goes down, as the most frequently used, besides experiencing more stress from vibration during the spin cycle. A column of cars can be placed in a niche.
If the choice falls in favor of a machine with horizontal loading, you can pay attention to the models installed on the box. Their hatch is located higher, you will have to bend less when loading and unloading linen. To raise the car, you can arrange a podium, including with a retractable box. A number of manufacturers have machines with standard dimensions that have a higher hatch point, such as Candy. In this regard, verticals are somewhat more comfortable, since they load from above.
DRYING
It is easier to choose a drying machine for a laundry room than for a regular bathroom - you can take any type of unit - condenser or bypass. Drain-type dryers work very simply, they simply remove air filled with moisture through a hose into the ventilation. Maintenance on these machines is minimal. Condenser machines collect moisture in a special container, which will have to be constantly cleaned; the device filters will also require the attention of the hostess. But you can simplify this moment by arranging the removal of condensed liquid through a hose into the sewer.
There are also special drying cabinets for drying clothes. Drying in them is due to the active circulation of air flows due to the operation of the fan, with little or no heating of the air. A drying cabinet is used for delicate drying and airing of things, removing odors (a fire, for example). The closet is designed to care not only for clothes, but also for shoes. which will allow you to spend much less time ironing.
Choose a large board with adjustable height, so that if necessary, quickly, standing up, put one little thing in order, or sitting comfortably on a chair, iron the whole batch. It is convenient if the board is equipped with an iron stand and a tripod to guide its wire so that it does not interfere with work.
The board can be active, equipped with a special fan that provides the desired effect: suction - to fix things, for example, a children's skirt with pleats and blowing - to straighten things of complex shape, they will be ironed as if on weight. The board can be equipped with a heating function, its temperature is low or spraying - vaporization. These functions make it possible very carefully, literally with your hands, to sort out delicate gizmos.
In families with a large household, ironing presses or machines are purchased, with their help, simple (in terms of geometry) products are quickly ironed: sheets, tablecloths, curtains.
COMBINE USEFUL AND PLEASANT
The laundry room can be turned into a mini-workshop equipped with a sewing machine, there is a place for a collection of threads and small things for sewing, as well as a corner for a mannequin, on which it is so convenient to adjust things and measure their length.
Many housewives have to spend more than one hour of their time in the laundry room. To make this time more enjoyable, you can hang a radio or a small TV on the wall.
Alexey Kuzmin, copying only with reference to the first
Agree, having a special room for washing, drying and ironing things at home is convenient and practical. Yes, and doing business in it will be incomparably more pleasant. Is it possible to find a place for a laundry in a small apartment? And what needs to be taken into account so that everything in it is thought out to the smallest detail? Recommendations are given by the architect-designerAnna Reems .
Even in a small apartment, you can find a place for a laundry room - the minimum area of \u200b\u200bthis room is 2.2 square meters, for example, if you combine a bathroom with a toilet in an ordinary standard apartment, this zone is obtained in place of the toilet. Also, a laundry room can be arranged in the kitchen (if there is no additional toilet in it), and in the hallway area. If a very small apartment, you can create a laundry closet. But today we will dwell in detail on a separate room - a home laundry / laundry room.
From professional experience :
I suggest placing a washer-dryer, or a washer and dryer stacked on top of each other, in a column. Raise the cars on a sturdy podium with drawers - so you don't have to bend over to pull things out. Under the car, make a pull-out shelf - a basket for wet things is placed on it. Use the drawers under the pull-out shelf to collect dirty clothes. Household chemicals - store above, so that children do not get it. Bring forced ventilation - in order to avoid overheating of equipment.
Install a deep ceramic technical sink (or undermount) under the stainless steel worktop. Use the sink without sides, install it under the countertop - this saves space and deprives us of the need to constantly wash the joint between the sink and the countertop. It is convenient to use such a sink for soaking things, as well as for washing shoes and floorcloths. At the top of the sink cabinet, make a U-shaped drawer inside or a folding shelf. So it will be convenient to store sponges, bags, etc. In the lower part - make a retractable laundry basket or install a cat litter box and a place for feeding pets.
If you have animals - provide a special tray for washing dogs.
Use a faucet with a flexible spout for water, closer to the floor, at a level just above the bucket, so as not to lift weights once again. This becomes especially relevant with age or in the presence of injuries.
Use cascading shelves. Above the tabletop - shallow and, and above the level of the head - deep, with backlight. So the countertop will be lit evenly.
Hang perforated wall panels. They are ideal for the role of a functional apron. There will be shelves for charging your phone, and a holder for paper towels, and scissors on a hook, etc. - Everything will be at hand! Add eye-level USB sockets to connect your tablet with TV series or music. Or maybe a compact TV!
Shallow hanging baskets can be placed on the inside of the door.
Put the ironing board in the unfolded form. I don’t know people who like to lay it out) And it’s rational to use the space under it (for things that need to be ironed) and above it (cascading and closed shelves).
Create a drying zone. Get a “warm floor” on the wall - then things will dry faster. The hanger for delicate things can take only 60 cm and be attached to the wall or lowered from the ceiling. It is important to think over the attachment points in advance so as not to damage the cable inside the wall.
Provide sockets and electrical outlets for the steamer, ironing board, washing and drying machine, small heated towel rail, forced ventilation, boiler, floor and wall heating controllers, sockets with usb connectors.
If a mine with communications enters the laundry area, do not close it with a hidden hatch with tiles. Hinged shelves, for example, will interfere with opening the hatch, it is more convenient to make a sliding door. It saves space and can be mirrored - this will visually increase the space.
Despite the fact that in the laundry room you can leave all the shelves open, it is better to hide the abundance of items behind the doors, and organize storage in
In modern apartments, you can not do without a pantry. As a rule, not only pickles and jams are stored in such a room, but also all temporarily unnecessary things (bicycle, skates, etc.). Unfortunately, in most cases, the pantry is cluttered and its interior is far from the design of the rest of the house in terms of harmony. If you bring the utility room in order, it will become much more aesthetic and functional.
Putting things in order
Before you start developing the design of a pantry, laundry or utility room, you need to conduct an audit in this wonderful corner and get rid of unnecessary rubbish. Of course, if the apartment was not bought in a new building. Here are some helpful tips to help you transform your home on a budget:
Spring-cleaning. It has already been mentioned before. Without cleaning, it will not be possible to rationally plan the space.
Redecorating. Usually there are no window openings in the pantry, so the room especially needs antifungal and antibacterial treatment. The most suitable material for arranging the interior of the pantry is ceramic tiles, which cover both the walls and the floor.
Provision of a ventilation system. To maintain a normal level of ventilation in the room, install a modern ventilation system in it.
Lighting. A windowless room needs good lighting. An ideal option for a pantry is a luminescent module.
If there is no utility room, where to make it?
The design of any utility room is carried out depending on the location of the room and the functional load assigned to it.
Pantry adjoining the kitchen
If the room is located near the kitchen, it is advisable to store food in it. For convenient storage, we recommend equipping the room with hanging shelves, built-in baskets and modules with drawers. All containers are best placed along the walls, so it will be possible to provide free access to each of them.
Utility room next to the bedroom
This arrangement makes the room ideal for a dressing room. To determine the ideal design of the space, we recommend that you look on the Internet for photos of the interior of the pantry-dressing rooms. If the area allows, place a closet in the room. In miniature rooms, it is appropriate to use floor and hanging shelves, as well as various hangers for clothes, hats and accessories.
Pantry next to the living room
The utility room adjacent to the living room is best to “turn” into a library or study. Even if the room is small, it will probably be possible to place a computer desk with a chair and a bookcase (if necessary) in it.
Storage room next to the bathroom
In most cases, the owners, guided by the proximity of the sewer and water pipes, make a laundry room in the premises. You can wash, iron and dry clothes in it. The design of the laundry rooms implies the placement of appropriate furniture and appliances (washing machine, ironing board, laundry cabinet, dirty laundry basket, etc.). Since things are sometimes dried in the room, when designing the interior of the laundry room, special attention should be paid to ventilation. Otherwise, the room will be very damp and unhygienic.
Utility room next to the hallway
The owners of apartments with a pantry located near the hallway are very lucky. After all, the hallway will be able to perfectly “unload” by placing shoes and outerwear in the utility room. If the pantry is also spacious, it can store not only some things from the hallway, but also household utensils.
Thus, by rationally approaching the arrangement of the utility room, you will definitely be able to make it a practical and functional room, the presence of which will greatly facilitate the life of all households. Interesting options for the design of pantries can be found by browsing thematic photos on the Internet.
Every self-respecting hostess imagines her house, in which all things would be in certain places. To do this, you need to equip even small rooms for important items. For example, build a dream laundry. It can accommodate everything that interfered in other rooms. Let's say, for example, household appliances.
Necessary equipment
It often happens that there is enough space in the houses in order to place the desired utility room. It is important to look around and find out for yourself what dimensions of this room you need.
In preparation for the work, you must purchase:
- washing machines with several automatic modes;
- apparatus for rinsing clothes;
- clothes wringer;
- steamers.
This technique can be placed separately or built in if the area does not allow you to place all the items. When the dimensions of your laundry are considerable, you can even install a dryer.
Does the apartment need a separate laundry room?
There are many opinions on this matter. For someone in the house, one washing machine is enough. They allocate one day a week for washing, spending a lot of electricity. And it will seem more correct for someone to equip a special room for washing cases.
As often happens, laundry equipment is placed in the following places:
- kitchen;
- bathroom;
- bathroom.
The equipment occupies a large area, and it looks unattractive. To maintain the right look and atmosphere, it is worth thinking about a real laundry.
Requirements for the premises
Most people believe that you need to allocate a separate room. Better, of course, to do so. But if your home is still under construction, you can plan ahead to build it and furnish it the way you want. In such a room, the following must be present:
- heating;
- ventilation;
- surface treatment;
- competent placement of equipment;
- necessary communication devices.
These conditions are mandatory if you plan to use a lot of equipment.
Ideal dimensions
If your house already has a special room, then you should only take care of its proper functionality. But if the laundry room is only an idea, you should think about what area is needed:
- 2 sq. m;
- 4 sq. m;
- 6 sq. m.
These dimensions are optimal for creating a laundry. Large areas will not be used rationally.
What is needed for a small hozblok?
Basically, it is equipped in a pantry or similar utility room. A maximum of two washing machines can be installed. It is important to install them correctly, because vibrations noticeable during operation will adversely affect their service life. To do this, it is important to place them at a distance of 6 cm.
Then, you need to install a separate opening for water and sewer pipes, its main pipe should be the largest in area. More importantly, a good filter should be put on the pipes. If in an apartment with a small area, only the door is the source of ventilation, then expect trouble. Over time, the moisture in the machine will grow into mold. Make sure this doesn't happen.
If the construction of your house is in the planning stage, you may want to consider building a laundry room in advance. The following areas are possible:
- square;
- rectangular.
It will be more convenient to build a square-shaped laundry room. It is easier to fit all the necessary equipment in it more conveniently, while saving more free space.
Do not delay with such important points as:
- supplying electricity to all connection points;
- the exact number of equipment, size;
- take care of a flat floor surface.
An important point. If the floor is curved and slippery, the equipment will most likely move and malfunctions may occur. This also reduces the life of the devices.
Then communications, that is, pipes, are connected to the equipment. Each piece of equipment must have its own input. If water enters the room only through a well, then it is better to connect another filter that cleans it. Then you need to install the wiring. In order to avoid problems with pressure, it is better to put plastic pipes with a diameter of 6 mm.
It is very important to install ventilation. It will get rid of musty and damp air, which is the cause of mold.
You also need to think about heating. It is of the following types:
- gas;
- converter;
- water.
