Browse Forums General Discussion Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 22Jan 01, 2011 6:12 pm Quote: Quote: Remember a broom cupboard, linen cupboard, etc are best located elsewhere. Thats an interesting thought - I always think a broom cupboard in the laundry is the best place. (and ours is there) Our linen cupboard is in the back hallway, near but not in the laundry. I'm with you Helyn- in my opinion the most logical place for a broom cupboard (and linen cupboard) is in the laundry. I find that the most convenient place. I use an enjo mop and I find that as I mop through the house the last place I mop is the laundry where I take off the floor fibre and chuck it in the wash....so it makes sense to pop the floorcleaning pole away in there. I tend to wash sheets and replace them in the same day so I don't have lots of spare sheets/ blankets etc. and what I have I store in a drawer or shelf in the kids rooms (they have their own linen to match their rooms) The linen drawers in my laundry will probably store things like swimming towels and again the laundry seems like the most logical place as the kids can enter through the laundry from the pathway to the 'proposed' pool area without having to walk through the main part of the house dripping wet! We opted not to have a Walk in pantry in the kitchen area because my goal is try and keep the kitchen area nice and neat and organised- just food, crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils etc. I'll probably have a few cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink but everything else can go in the laundry. How lucky we all are to be able to design our homes (or select designs) that suits our lifestyles best! Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 23Jan 01, 2011 6:34 pm Have to agree, the enjo mop does go best in the laundry. Think I can still squeeze it in beside the washing machine. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 24Jan 01, 2011 8:33 pm I actually didn't think too much about it Now that I think about it , I wish I had gotten overhead cupboards. The main thing that I wanted was a bench and not to have a hot water system inside! (Stupid 1981 rental... ) Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 25Jan 01, 2011 9:22 pm sleven My broom and dust pan are kept in my walk in pantry grab it out after we clean up after dinner. I keep my cordless vacuum in the pantry to quickly run around the floors after meals ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 26Jan 02, 2011 6:37 pm Casa2 Does not need much storage. Remember a broom cupboard, linen cupboard, etc are best located elsewhere. IMHO laundries only need a little storage for dirty clothes and clean clothes waiting to be ironed. I just had a look in our laundry over head cupboards... we have the sewing basket, vases, assorted household nasties (DS is a bit old to worry about him getting into them... but more habit to have them there) assorted washing accessories, the iron... heaps of stuff that doesn't get used so much so don't want it in the way in the kitchen. I would hate all that stuff clogging up other areas/cupboards... laundry seems like the logical place so we need the storage. Where do other people put that stuff? And I would have thought that the laundry is the logical place for the broom cupboard. Linen not so much, but the broom cupboard. I've never lived in a house with it anywhere else. Where do other people have them? I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 27Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm joles Casa2 Does not need much storage. Remember a broom cupboard, linen cupboard, etc are best located elsewhere. IMHO laundries only need a little storage for dirty clothes and clean clothes waiting to be ironed. I just had a look in our laundry over head cupboards... we have the sewing basket, vases, assorted household nasties (DS is a bit old to worry about him getting into them... but more habit to have them there) assorted washing accessories, the iron... heaps of stuff that doesn't get used so much so don't want it in the way in the kitchen. I would hate all that stuff clogging up other areas/cupboards... laundry seems like the logical place so we need the storage. Where do other people put that stuff? And I would have thought that the laundry is the logical place for the broom cupboard. Linen not so much, but the broom cupboard. I've never lived in a house with it anywhere else. Where do other people have them? In our old place we had it 'hidden' away where ever it would fit (very, very lacking in storage) ... in our new place we've got a 3m linen/storage cupboard in the hallway for linen and items we want to access everyday, another 1.5m cupboard in the rumpus room for games/toys. The laundry will have the linen cupboard (vac, brooms, mops, iron/ironing board etc) and then we've got a pull down ladder going into the garage manhole and flooring will be layed in the roof above the garage and other stored items that we don't need everyday will go in there. ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 29Jan 02, 2011 7:11 pm Casa2 People appear to want large laundries for storage. Why not have small laundry and storage elsewhere? That's what I did ... cut the laundry down a little (it was out to the edge of the eve and I cut it back have the eve), cut the small storage out of the laundry and put in a full length bench instead. Then added the storage in the hall/rumpus/ceiling. My husband does all the ironing and refuses to iron in the laundry, so didn't need to allow for that space, only needed a bench (to put baskets/fold clothes), built in hamper, broom cupboard and then overhead cupboards for chemical storage (small children). ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 30Jan 02, 2011 7:18 pm Casa2 People appear to want large laundries for storage. Why not have small laundry and storage elsewhere? Because it seems illogical for how we live at our house. The cat is fed in the laundry..... there for his food and kitty litter is stored there. Mops can be wet, therefor they get stored in a wet room....the laundry.... seems logical to keep the mops and brooms in the one place. Dog food, animal medicine, leads etc I would prefer not to have in the kitchen and near our food. Better to have them near the garage/laundry door for when they go in the car/vet out for a walk. I cut flowers or unwrap bought flowers in the laundry as the bins are outside the laundry door, therefor it's more logical to keep the vases there. When doing laundry is when you often notice loose buttons, small tears, etc, therefor the sewing kit is there. Different household chemicals, when there are littlies around, seems safer in an overhead laundry cupboard than under the kitchen sink. It would be really inconvenient to have all these things in other places. For us it's was far easier to add a few cupboards to an existing room (on the plan) than to worry about adding extra storage elsewhere or compromising other storage areas such as the WIL or the WIP. Everyone's needs are different though. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 31Jan 02, 2011 7:56 pm I'm with you Joles. Of course everyone's needs are different but for me and the way our family lives- the laundry seems the most logical place to have the storage for all the bits and pieces that I think are best stored in the laundry (the kinds of things you've mentioned joles- cleaning supplies/ iron/ patch ups/vacuum cleaners/ buckets/ baskets/ step ladders.... I guess the kind of stuff you want to have in your house so it is on hand rather than getting dirty in the shed but not cluttering up other places in the your house like the kitchen. (I want the kitchen to be for food, appliances and crockery etc not cluttered up with other stuff that isn't connected to food and eating) I also find that we often have lots of bits and bobs (often small items) that you want to have on hand in the house but they may not necessarily have a logical 'place' to go elsewhere in the house..umm let me think.........replacement light bulbs, batteries, sewing kit, kids swimming goggles, basic tools like a screwdriver, medication for pets, sticky tape, torches, extension cords, spare hats and bottles of suncream. I'm not someone who likes to have a lot of unnecessary 'cr$p' in the house but if I want to replace a battery or a light bulb I want to be able to put my hands on it quickly and easily. I'd rather have those bits and pieces together in one place than scattered all over the house wherever you can fit them in...but that's just me! I think storing them in the laundy gives them a 'home' Fortunately we have plenty of storage elsewhere in our new house but plenty of storage in the laundry was also a priority for us....for the way we chose to live! Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 32Jan 02, 2011 8:07 pm I just wanted to add- I never knew I had so much to say about a laundry! Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 33Jan 02, 2011 8:11 pm joles Casa2 People appear to want large laundries for storage. Why not have small laundry and storage elsewhere? Because it seems illogical for how we live at our house. ...... Everyone's needs are different though. You mean how -you- live your life. As you said, everyone's needs are different but I find the garage handy for a lot of things. 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 34Jan 02, 2011 8:22 pm lisanne joles Casa2 People appear to want large laundries for storage. Why not have small laundry and storage elsewhere? Because it seems illogical for how we live at our house. ...... Everyone's needs are different though. You mean how -you- live your life. As you said, everyone's needs are different but I find the garage handy for a lot of things. I did say clearly that I was talking about how we live at our house. No-one else lives here so I wasn't talking about anyone else. I really don't understand your point. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 35Jan 02, 2011 8:30 pm joles lisanne joles Because it seems illogical for how we live at our house. ...... Everyone's needs are different though. You mean how -you- live your life. As you said, everyone's needs are different but I find the garage handy for a lot of things. I did say clearly that I was talking about how we live at our house. No-one else lives here so I wasn't talking about anyone else. I really don't understand your point. I realise that, I did quote your post in case you didn't see ?? You took Casa2's reply as if he was talking to you directly. I wanted to show people that you don't have to store everything in the laundry and the laundry doesn't have to be fancy and the place for everything. 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 36Jan 02, 2011 8:47 pm sleven My broom and dust pan are kept in my walk in pantry grab it out after we clean up after dinner. Oh and I have a dustpan above the bins in the kitchen. Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 38Jan 02, 2011 9:12 pm Er, I think you'll find that there are only two requirements for the PERFECT laundry: 1) NO DIRTY LAUNDRY!!! 2) NO clean laundry waiting to be folded and put away. For a functional laundry though, I'd like to have space to store brooms, mops, the vacuum, assorted buckets, basins, chemicals and miscellaneous cleaning equipment, pegs, clothes horses when not in use, sun creams & mozzie repellants, batteries, lightbulbs, medicines & first aid items, catfood, loo rolls, room for a huge nappy bucket, soaking tubs (I don't want to use the sink and have someone wash oil covered hands over my soaking laundry!), a container for bibs (they need to be separated otherwise you get food in the dirty laundry basket and it can smell), benchtops for resting baskets of clean clothes before folding and putting away & for storing dirty clothes under in my pull out baskets, some form of ventilation, a duct, near the kitchen and with access to the back yard for drying clothes, oh.... and space for a washer and dryer Currently, I have to use big storage boxes for half of it and stack them as there is no cupboards, shelving or benchtops. Plus, our only toilet is in there and we have no heat, so it's a generally misreable and horrid place to spend time. Especially when there's mountains of washing because of the kids and a mountain biking husband. Not sure which of them spends more time playing in the mud! :S Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 39Jan 02, 2011 10:43 pm Oh Kerry- You described my ideal FUNCTIONAL laundry but you also described the PERFECT laundry in two simple statements! Ah - if only! Quote: 1) NO DIRTY LAUNDRY!!! 2) NO clean laundry waiting to be folded and put away. Re: What makes a perfect laundry? 40Jan 02, 2011 11:53 pm sleven Not near a bedroom... and ours has a walk in linen - very very handy! WIL - I wish! (maybe next time)... A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ We used a smaller qld builder who went bankrupt about 12 months after completion of ours. 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