Modern Upstairs Laundries – Will or won’t this interior design trend stick?

If you live in a two-story or multi-level home, and your laundry room is located in the basement or on the first floor, you would probably like to have a modern laundry room upstairs, right? This latest interior design trend, some say, is here to stay, while when we hear from others complaining about having their laundry rooms upstairs, we wonder if the trend will endure.

Let’s look at the pros and cons of having a laundry room on the same floor as bedrooms, and then we’ll explore design considerations if you want to have your laundry room on the top floor.

Everyone knows that if you carry heavy laundry baskets up and down, continuously, week after week, you start to wonder if you shouldn’t turn that spare upstairs bedroom that no one uses into a laundry room. It’s possible? Yes. But is it practical? If you decide to sell your house later, will having the laundry upstairs be a deciding factor or an improvement factor?

After talking to various groups of people who redesigned their homes to include a fancy upstairs laundry room, I found that those who were in favor of it didn’t mind going up and down the stairs to put their clothes in the washing machine and then remove it from the washing machine. The dryer. So they didn’t mind the stair climbing exercise, but most of the time they said they appreciated being able to quickly hang their clothes when they came out of the dryer and then they could walk only a short distance to hang everything in nearby closets. . The same convenience was valid for having a folding table upstairs and having the privilege of putting clothes in drawers or armories that were very close to the laundry room.

Another advantage of having the laundry room upstairs is that you can dump out a quick load of laundry before going to work, or better yet, you can toss that wrinkled shirt or blouse in the dryer while showering and next to the toilet. washing machine. Once you’re ready to get dressed, all the wrinkles are gone and you didn’t have to walk more than a few feet to do it. Many of the people I spoke to appreciated that time-saving bonus.

If you are considering converting a guest room into a modern bathroom with all the mod cons, you might think that one of the biggest challenges would be to install the plumbing, but that is an easy solution for most interior designers who understand and have had experience. . with such a conversion. The short answer is that a slat can be installed in the wall that will house the pipes leading up from the ground floor.

When you ask an interior designer for their appliance recommendations, they will most likely tell you their preferences, but then they will tell you about the differences between American-made and European-made laundry equipment. Most American-made washers are top-loading, making the openings larger and allowing larger loads of laundry to be washed. The downside is that American washing machines tend to use more water than their European counterparts.

Most European front-loading machines conserve more water and their spin cycles are faster, but the machines are much louder than American-made ones. A clear downside to European front-loading washers is that if you want to add an extra garment or two, you can’t open the door in the middle of a wash cycle, or all of the water would spill onto the floor and carpet. at the location above. Likewise, if for some reason the washing machine were to break, you would have to empty the laundry tub into the washing machine with a hose.

For now, the trend is still an advantage for homeowners of having an upstairs laundry room, but what would you think of having the opportunity to speak directly to an interior designer to ask about your home remodeling?