Laundry Room Design Basics

Vicki Ingham

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Easy as 1-2-3

To design an efficient laundry room that saves you time and effort, think about the tasks involved -- sorting clothes, washing, drying, folding -- and arrange work surfaces and appliances to facilitate that flow. Here open shelving (hidden behind a pull-down shade) holds baskets of pre-sorted dirty clothing adjacent to the washing machine, so loading the washer is a snap. The wash proceeds to the dryer, and the countertop provides plenty of space for folding clothes as you take them from the dryer. Minimum steps, maximum efficiency.

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