The kitchen and living room of a house are often the heart of the home, they are the places where you spend most of your time. More and more people are opting for open-plan kitchens, but this can involve a problem. This is because with this kitchen there is no room at all for loose items and kitchen appliances. Therefore, you can also furnish your pantry and put your other stuff here. A well-decorated pantry does well in every home! A utility room is a space that can be used for multiple purposes. Often this space is located to the living room. It is often used as a storage area where the washing machine is located and cleaning supplies. A utility room is also important in terms of hygiene.
After all, you wash your hands there an awful lot and you leave your dirty clothes and shoes there. In the pantry, clothes are washed, dried and sometimes ironed and folded. Furnishing a utility room is therefore not a luxury if you are going to use the space often. Most people do not spend much time decorating the pantry, it is often a mess. Often there are different types of cabinets, a washer, dryer and stuff stored there. Fortunately, you can easily give your utility room a makeover. You do this by painting the cabinets in the same style as that of the kitchen. This will make your home more unified and give you a calmer atmosphere. Loose items can be placed in the cabinets. If you have open shelves, you can put decorations and other things there. For example, think about storage jars, pet snacks and your blender.
Utilize the space your utility room offers
Furnishing a utility room and making the best use of the space can be quite a task, but it is essential if you want to make the most of it. If you're planning to design and build a whole new utility room, it's a good idea to first consider exactly what you want to do with your available workspace and cabinets. If you have a small pantry, then you should use the height of the space. For example, you can have a wall cabinet installed up to the ceiling. You can access the items in the cabinet by using stairs. A corner cabinet can also ensure that you maximize the space. For example, consider a washing machine closet.
Here you can stack the washer and dryer on top of each other and incorporate them so that they are completely one with the rest of the interior. You can also place them side by side under a kitchen worktop, or you can build them into the wall or hide them behind a cabinet door. The choice is entirely up to you. A pantry exists mainly because it is easy to store things there. Therefore, it is important that the utility room is a room that is comfortable for you and that you can do your thing there in a pleasant way. You would therefore do well to place the washer and dryer at a height, because that way you will never start to suffer from your back. You can also arrange the pantry in a way that you can easily sort your laundry. For this, you use different laundry baskets that you can take out of the closet and put back when you are done.
Lighting, costs and more
You could adjust the lighting in your utility room if you want to according to why you are there. For example, during the day you can use work lighting so you can easily see what you are working on or what you need to look for. At night, you exchange this work lighting for mood lighting. Here you can think of open cabinets equipped with LED lamps, an illuminated kitchen worktop and lighting in the upper cabinets. Of course, furnishing a utility room is not free and there are costs involved. You can decide how expensive or cheap you will furnish this space.
It's up to you to decide how ambitious your plans become to furnish the utility room. In fact, you will already make a big difference in the interior by installing a wall with cabinets to hold your washer and dryer. This is an inexpensive way to furnish your utility room, because the only cost you will have is the kitchen cabinets. The appliances you use in the pantry such as kitchen stuff, dryer, washing machine, etc., you had anyway and don't need to buy them again if they still work well. With an extra closet space, you can easily have an extra refrigerator or freezer installed. In short, it doesn't have to be difficult or expensive to give a utility room a makeover!
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