Do you have a dedicated laundry area?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (207921)
United States
April 1, 2026 9:02am CST
Most people do because of course most washing machines are not mobile. I have sort of a utility closet just off the kitchen which contains my air handler, and hot water heater as well as the washer and dryer. The good thing about this area is that there are nice doors attached to it, that can be closed off, or opened as needed. The one thing I wish it had were shelves. I am really not tall enough to put some in but maybe I can get my son to do it.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
Face it your husband is just a negative guy. No ,I have a heat pump..that is what they call the indoor portion.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
1 Apr
@snowy22315 he wants a separate room for it like a mud room but he starts projects and never finishes them so I hope he never starts this one 
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@Juliaacv (55962)
• Canada
1 Apr
We have something similar to your set up.
It is a utility room, the electrical panel is located in there, the washer and dryer which are stacked, a mini fridge, a small deep freezer, a nice long shelf over the freezer and fridge, and right under that is a curtain rod that I can hang items to dry if I need to.
On the other side wall, I have a small baker's rack with a case of canned tomatoes, a case of canned beans and the pail for mopping the floor.
I have a holder on the wall in there for the broom, mop and across the top I lie the duster that has a telescopic handle.
I even have a little garbage pail near the laundry pair so that I can toss the lint in there when I clean out the collector.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
It sounds like your closet is quite a bit bigger than mine. Mine is more of a kiosk.
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@Juliaacv (55962)
• Canada
1 Apr
@snowy22315 No, not likely as big as it sounds, almost everything is touching, except a little space between the washer and everything else.
With the appliances being stack, I have a little wooden step stool to get everything out of the dryer, those dryer balls and the laundry sheets are always hiding way at the back of the drum on me.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
As long as you can get to them easily.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
@LadyDuck In my days of touring apartments, I have seem some siliar set ups.
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@LadyDuck (501074)
• Italy
1 Apr
@snowy22315 Yes, they are very conveniently installed in an area of the second bathroom.
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@JudyEv (380474)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Apr
I was really surprised on my first visit to England and Ireland to find washing machines in the kitchen, mostly front-loaders under a bench. Most of the houses here have a separate laundry. My laundry is just off the kitchen. Maybe I'll try to get a photo of it.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
2 Apr
Mine is actually just off the kitchen...in the little closet. It doesn't interfere with walking around in the kitchen.
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@JudyEv (380474)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Apr
@snowy22315 Our friend has one in a sort of cupboard off the entryway. It's out of the way too.
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@Deepizzaguy (121516)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Apr
In my home there is a dedicated laundry area near the kitchen.
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@valherma00 (3266)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
2 Apr
not a bad idea but i don't have it. the washing machine is on the floor in my bathroom, on my tiles
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@valherma00 (3266)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Apr
@snowy22315 it has some small plastic legs but, almost all people have it that way here.
@Tampa_girl7 (54706)
• United States
1 Apr
Yes, we have a laundry room. A shelf does come in handy.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
I know..I usually have to put laundry supplies on top of the water heater, not exactly the best place for them.
@wolfgirl569 (134835)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Apr
We have the washer in what most would call the mud room and the dryer is in the garage
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@Marilynda1225 (90695)
• United States
1 Apr
I have a laundry room on my second floor which makes it so convenient. No lugging laundry up and down the stairs. Until this house every other place I lived my washer & dryer was always in the basement.
Hope you can get your son to put up some shelves for you. They do come in handy
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
Yeah, we are working on getting him down here again..hopefully within the next month.
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@AliCanary (4345)
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1 Apr
We have a little area with folding doors, so there's just enough room to tuck the ironing board in there beside the dryer. But the cool thing is that it's upstairs where all the bedrooms are, so we can put the linens and clothes away easily and we don't really have to carry laundry up or down stairs except for kitchen towels and hand towels for the downstairs powder room.
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@snowy22315 (207921)
• United States
1 Apr
That works, everything is on one level here though.
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@sathviksouvik (23144)
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2 Apr
we have a washing machine when the laundry is done it is brought to the bathroom
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@LindaOHio (221475)
• United States
2 Apr
I have a small laundry room next to the pantry. Everything is one floor which is nice.
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
2 Apr
I don’t have a dedicated laundry area because my living space is small.
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