Would you have multiple laundry rooms?
By DIY Maven
In the 80's laundry rooms moved up from basements to first floors. In the 90's they moved from first to second floors to be near bedrooms. Now the trend is to have multiple laundry rooms. And not just two but three. The third servicing walkout basements that lead to pools and guest areas.
So, this is the question, if you had the space and the cash, would you have multiple laundry rooms?
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baconthecat
lafemmedramatique
I can say that, as I never plan to have more than two (or maybe 3) children, I see no use for this. The only reason why you would even think of having more than one would be if you happen to have an insane amount of people living in your house... but even then, I dissagree with it, now that I think of it!
I'm currently living in a dorm building where we have one washer and one dryer on our floor, and 63 girls sharing it... we have fun little sign up sheets and we can have up to 3 hours a week each to use it... so my answer to this is no... if i can get my laundry done while sharing with that many girls, then I do not, and never will need more than one laundry room.... that's just silly....
balubalu
What kind of question is this?
If I had the cash someone else would do my laundry :-)
jasimar
DIY Maven
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malleron
Well, it depends. I can definitely see situations where you would actually want more than one laundry room. For example, what if you run a business out of your home -- like say a cleaning or catering service? If you have the space, it makes sense. In that case, each laundry room serves a different need (commercial vs. domestic) and would be a good way to keep personal things like underwear away from the tablecloths and cleaning towels.
But for strictly domestic purposes? Perhaps, but you gotta admit the useful scenarios are pretty thin here. On one extreme, more than one or two might be necessary if you have a huge family -- maybe you're part of an intentional community, or maybe you have 16 kids, or maybe you live with your immediate and extended families altogether. Hey if you have the space, it makes sense. I can see one "main" laundry room on the ground floor with lots of storage, sinks, hanging rack, etc. and full-size appliances, and then smaller laundry rooms on the upper floors. The smaller ones being little more than closets with smaller, stackable appliances and perhaps a cart for stashing soap and dryer sheets.
But multiple laundries just because? Forget it. Even in the walkout basement example you gave, I'd categorize that as a Martha Stewart type of luxury. It might be useful at first blush, but if you look a little deeper, it's really just an excuse to put up a decorating show to stroke the owner's ego. Which is fine if that's what a person's into....but for me that would just be way too wasteful.
tmgeorgo
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