Fresh Laundry Room
One of my most popular posts from last year looked at a great example of a laundry room/mudroom combination. Today I’m sharing my latest fresh and clean laundry room design!
![A mostly-white laundry and mudroom, with a backsplash of pale blue subway tiles and circular patterns on porcelain floor tiles. The white washer and dryer under a white countertop with upper and lower cabinets are closest to the viewer, with a sink and window on the far end wall. A mirror adorns the back of a small closet door, and a plant sits on the counter. Two windows allow light into the space. Everything except the plant is white or pale blue.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Blog-Fresh-Laundry-Room-580x387.jpg)
The light and airy feeling is accomplished with bright whites and pale blues. White cabinetry, pale blue subway tiles, and a simple circle pattern for the porcelain floor tile creates a space that’s crisp and playful.
![All-white washer and dryer appliances sit underneath white upper cabinets, and next to white lower cabinets, plus the under-mount sink and gooseneck faucet in silver.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Blog-Fresh-Laundry-Appliances-580x387.jpg)
White as a color lends an air of total cleanliness and sophisticated taste, while practical finishes keep surfaces easy to clean and maintain.
In addition to laundry, this space serves as a utility storage room, and as a drop zone for coats, shoes, and handbags when you enter the house. Tall cabinets flank both sides of the room, with cleaning supplies stored on one side, and coats and jacket storage on the other side, all concealed behind tall cabinet doors. This laundry room is a hard-working space!
![Wide view of the white countertop, drawers, and shelves with silver metal baskets to corral shoes. Drawers and cabinets conceal cleaning supplies. The countertop is perfect for folding clothes. Clothes for adults are on higher pegs, and clothes for children are on lower wall pegs. An open doorway shows stairs leading upwards outside.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Blog-Fresh-Laundry-Shoe-Storage-580x387.jpg)
Dedicated shelves and bins are for storing shoes when you enter the home, and the additional counter space above is for folding clothes or setting up a drying rack for delicates.
Drawers store small house utilities and tools that would normally clog up a kitchen drawer, and pegs accommodate quick-grab jackets and bags, mounted at two different heights for children and adults!
![White countertop, drawers, and shelves with silver metal baskets to corral shoes. Drawers and cabinets conceal cleaning supplies. The countertop is perfect for folding clothes. A dark leafy plant in a pale blue container sits on the white countertop beneath a black framed artwork of a house in the same color pale blue.](https://kimballstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kimball-Starr-Interior-Design_Blog-Fresh-Laundry-Shoe-Storage-Closeup-580x870.jpg)
Every item has a thoughtful place and has been designed around durable finishes with a cheery twist. After I finish designing a space like this for your home, you’ll look forward to doing laundry! Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves… LOL
Kimball Starr designs for contemporary homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.