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Laundry Room Reveal - The Cabinets

Second in the series in the Laundry Room Reveal. Click here for the first post.

I knew I wanted all enclosed cabinets in this space - and as much as I could possible squeeze in. I know many people are opting for open shelving now and that is fine if your stuff is pretty but my laundry/pantry stuff is functional. It needs to be behind closed doors! I decided to work with a kitchen design center because there is little room for error. I have never ordered cabinets before and the expertise was appreciated. I brought in my floor plan indicating all the places I wanted cabinets and the Design Center East helped make that plan become a reality. I put in tons of cabinets! The line is Buyer's Choice in Quebec style cabinets with Pearl White finish. The clean shaker style is perfect for me and our house. I decided to use laundry room grade cabinets - not kitchen grade because this is the laundry room! We settle on Buyer's Choice by combining my unique measurements with the options available from different lines. We knew many of the cabinets would be unusual sizes, but the cost could be kept lower if fewer were custom.  The Design Center did the balancing act for me. In the end, I could get the most for my money with the Buyers Choice line.

Here is the original plan put together by the Design Center. It went through 5 iterations but this plan met most of my requirements. The important things I needed were the following:

Some things changed as we went along.

Here are more cabinet photos.......

Looking in at my folding counter you can see large double cabinets overhead, the space conveniently left for hanging clothes, and the three tall pantry cabinets at the end of the room. Here is what those pantry cabinets look like on the inside....... Such beautiful storage space!

To the right of the pantry closet is the upper corner closet which we use as wine and other bottle storage. The wine fits easily through the skinny door. Continuing to the right even further is a large double upper closet and I've done some organizing in here...... There is also large single door cabinets below and a generous deep cabinet above the fridge. Facing the door, just off the kitchen is the recycling closet. It fits a larger Rubbermaid tub perfectly so we fill it, and then take it out to the garage and bring in a replacement. There is paper recycling on the top shelf for junk mail and magazines as well. Do I have enough cabinets? For the time being, yes but as time passes.....probably not!

Other Posts in the Landry Room Reveal:

Other Laundry Room Redesign Posts - Planning and construction:


Posted by Marji Roy at 7:13 AM