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Our 3-day Laundry Room Reno, Day 1

4/13/2019

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And so it begins. The 12-year-old LG front-loading washer sang its swan song this week, triggering a series of events that will culminate in a stacked washer/dryer. The goal is increased accessibility to the appliances and a little vintage storage in this tiny laundry room. Here are the gory "before" photos of the hot mess....because we believe in keeping it real. 
Before picture of a small laundry room during reno
Before picture of laundry room remodel with washer and dryer sketched in
Laundry room renovation view 3
It's hard to imagine how ridiculously small this laundry room is. And even worse, it's in a 3000+ SF home built only a few years ago. A pox on the builder who scrimped on this space, and shame on the homebuyer who approved it. Here's an etch-a-sketch topdown view. 
laundry room renovation topdown viewLaundry room renovation topdown view of the "before" layout
With a mere 56" of depth, a 29" deep washer and dryer left barely 2 feet of walking space in front of the pair. The width isn't much better - standard washers and dryers are 27" wide each, leaving a mere 20" for the door to swing closed. So it didn't. - it remained open 99% of the time.

Morale of this story? If you're building or renovating a home, don't "short sheet" your laundry space. Along with the kitchen and bathroom, it's one of the hardest-working and most-used rooms in the house. Bumping out this space an extra foot booth ways would have resulted in a much more useful and flexible room. 

Since knocking out load-bearing walls isn't in our weekend plans, we're going to work within the footprint of the room. Stay tuned...the next phase will be easier on the eyes.

​We're glad you're following our journey - feel free to drop us a comment below!

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SirLinda Smith
4/13/2019 10:40:16 am

So excited to see the progress as it unfolds!

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Terry
4/13/2019 07:48:32 pm

We're excited, too! (Actually we're ready for the whole-house disruption to be over!!!!)

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CristiLee
4/14/2019 07:29:20 am

Oooh I can’t wait to see! I’m working on a small remodel of my own washer/dryer space. Which was spurred by when the 3 year old washer started to leak 🙄

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