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Organizing the HomeDesign Dilemmaseminterrato
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So much stuff, enough room, but where to put and organize?

Liz B
5 anni fa

I have a basement room that leads to a family room. Right now it just functions as a place to put 'stuff'. I also have a very large laundry room with the furnace, water heater, utility sink, electrical box, w/d, deep freezer and a ton of winter clothes storage, games, puzzles, etc.


I was recently given a smaller full size fridge and would like to create some sort of bar or kitchenette to include the fridge, a microwave, coffee maker, etc. Should I place the kitchenette in the laundry room? Should I try to place it under the stairs? Do I move the games/puzzles to the empty room and create some kind of storage there?


In the grand scheme of things this is not a real problem but I welcome the distraction of organizing/re-decorating and finding some purpose for these under/over utilized spaces.


Thanks very much!





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  • Liz B
    Autore originale
    5 anni fa
    some photos and layout. The box on the lower right is the laundry room. We never did install the low storage.

    Commenti (6)

    • PRO
      Sabrina Alfin Interiors
      5 anni fa

      Really hard to comment on this without photos. Any chance you can upload some pix of the spaces in question?

    • PRO
      JAN MOYER
      5 anni fa
      Ultima modifica: 5 anni fa

      Call an interior designer and a contractor to the SITE. Seems you deserve a better lit and more inviting laundry than what you now have. A closet would be handy as well. Why diddle with ten thousand answers, no dimensions posted and an unknown budget? Get on site help. A certainty of the games and piles and winter clothing storage amount is best determined before that on site visit. ......if not needed? Out.

    • PRO
      Patricia Colwell Consulting
      5 anni fa

      Yep best way to go.

    • talley_sue_nyc
      5 anni fa

      In the meantime, I'll join in on the mental exercises of thinking things through!

      First question: Who will use that kitchenette/bar, and for what?

      Will it be a place that people get snacks and drinks while they're hanging out in the basement room?
      I would want that kitchenette to feel part of the enjoyable living space--so, I wouldn't necessarily want it shut away in the laundry room.

      So I'd put it in the corner of the room that people will spend time in.

      (but I'll also say--I would probably decline that fridge--it takes up a lot of space, and I personally wouldn't find it of enough value. If I really was in love with the idea of a kitchenette, I'd get a little bar fridge.)

    • PRO
      Star-Doors com LLC
      5 anni fa
      It is not very clear from photos and floor plan.
      If you want to have clean place and store all stuff at the same place - build sliding doors floor till ceiling and put some organizers inside.
      It pretty easy and no mess, but pricy. Example on photos - we built mirror doors in this repurposed garage.

      I’m not sure about kitchenette, better to invest in nice laundry: organize storage for clothes, storage for detergents and cleaners, maybe a kind of pantry.
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