The Top Ten Things You Must Have in Your New Trendy Upstairs Laundry Room – Sewing Machines Los Angeles

Regardless if you’re just building your home and working with the architect, or if you’re working with an interior designer to incorporate a trendy upstairs laundry room into your existing home, you might want to consider these top ten things that most clients want to have, either by preference or through regrets of not putting it into their original design plans.

1. Countertops for folding clothes. Many people prefer Corian or granite, similar to what they have in their kitchen. Definitely, counters were the number one priority.

2. Racks, poles, or fixtures to hang clothes on, regardless if they’re damp and need to be line-dried; if they’re dry and need to be hung up before taking to a nearby closet; and a place to hang those clothing items that require a warm iron to touch up the wrinkles.

3. An ironing board that’s stored inside a closet on the wall that can be pulled out for quick ironing touch-ups, or a pull-down ironing board with a space to store the iron when out of sight and not in use.

4. A deep sink with faucets to wash delicate intimate apparel, or to presoak soiled laundry overnight.

5. Many homeowners ask for a clothesline that’s retractable from the wall so they can put their clothes on hangers to drip dry. I’ve even heard of some people who have requested a drying rack for their swim suits, towels, or damp tennis or work-out clothes. That makes sense, doesn’t it, rather than tossing the clothes onto the floor?

6. This item that I’m about to mention comes as a result of a bad experience, so it must be mentioned here to save other homeowners from a possible disaster due to water damage. You should always request that the designer or builder installs a floor drain in an upstairs laundry room. Otherwise, if the water from the washer overflows, not only will it damage your floors, but the room could smell bad if the drain pipe’s trap overflows and the water remains there undetected for a period of time.

7. You might also want to place a liner with a lip underneath the washer to catch small amounts of water that could drain from the washer. Of course, you really shouldn’t think of putting carpeting in an upstairs laundry room; use tile, which is easy to clean, and then just add a throw rug if you need an accent color or a place for your pooch or kitten to lay on.

8. Storage cabinets that go up to the ceiling. Not only do homeowners ask for as many cabinets as possible to be installed into an upstairs laundry room, but they want the cabinets to be flush with the ceiling, so dust, bugs and other particles don’t accumulate on the top of the cabinets. Plus, the homeowners don’t want to feel compelled to dust the tops of the cabinets in a laundry room.

9. Plenty of task lights that make the room appear pleasant, but functional enough to iron, remove stains from clothes and otherwise inspect the clothing that’s being washed, dried, and ironed. For the best effect in a laundry room, install lights that hang from the ceiling rather than using harsh recessed bulbs. By installing small task lights in areas like under the counters, the light will illuminate a larger space and a potential countertop area. If the room lacks a window, then perhaps your designer could include a skylight which would bring in natural daylight into the room.

10. Finally, the trend has returned to include a small sewing machine and cabinet in the laundry room. This item can easily be added if the room size is large enough. If you’re converting an existing small bedroom into an upstairs laundry room, then you’ll have no problem designing your space to include this extra piece of equipment. It would come in handy for quickly sewing a rip or tear, repairing the hem on a pair of pants or a skirt, and even for sewing on a button. Everything would be in one place, and would only take a few minutes to make the repair, rather than taking it to a seamstress and waiting a week.

If you think of more items that you’d like to add to your trendy upstairs laundry room, then print out this list and add your items below.