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Your Laundry Room can Double as Another Space. Here's How

Do you need some extra storage space? Or have you had your eye on a home office but just don't have the room for one? With a few changes your laundry room can be transformed and serve two purposes.

Storage Room

With a few shelves, cupboards and hooks, you can turn your laundry room into the perfect storage area.

Mudroom
Laundry rooms that have an outside door are ideal for mudrooms. Add a rug, some cupboards, a coat rack and some shoe storage and you're all set.

Home Office

Freshen up your laundry room with some paint, decorations and good lighting. Then, add a desk or table and chair and you have a home office!

Potting Room

If you're a gardener at heart, a deep sink, lots of shelves and some storage for gardening tools can make your laundry room a potting area.

Hidden Kitchen Laundry Area

If you don't have a laundry room, or want to use that room for something else, hide your washer and dryer in a closet or behind cupboard doors in your kitchen.

Pet Shower Area

Add a some tile and a short shower stall and you have a perfect pet shower for giving Spot a bath.

Bathroom

Big laundry rooms can double as an extra bathroom. You can leave the washer and dryer out in the open or you can hide them behind cupboards or in a closet.

Adding features to your laundry room to make it double as another room can be simple. For more pictures and inspiration for transforming your laundry room, visit the Pat Dolan Plumbing website. We are a professional plumber on Long Island that specializes in remodeling, so we can help with your laundry room makeover.

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