Combined laundry and pantry

Hi everyone

We are looking to renovate an old house to renovate. At the moment according to plans, there are pantry and Laundry adjacent to the kitchen.




A friend has suggested to remove the wall between the pantry and Laundry to create extra storage space. The image is below. I am worrying about the condensation in the pantry from the washing machine.

Any thoughts about it will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks Wylie. Yes it is the outside wall next to the washing machine and another bedroom is on the other side of the laundry. I am trying to keep the reno cost low so I am not sure how much extra would ducts cost. or another option I am thinking is to have doors on some cupboards in the pantry. Would that work ?

 

On another note, I see your kitchen plan has all cupboards with opening doors. Please do yourselves a favour and pay the extra to have a bank or two of drawers instead.

 

I think putting doors on your pantry cupboards defeats the purpose of a space with open shelves. But it should serve your purpose here. In my home, I have a window next to my laundry door which lets out all the steam - I keep it open for most of the year here in Brisbane (depends on your weather).

 

I really like the plan. I know some people are funny about laundries with kitchens etc but I think its convenient and a good use of space.

 

Different types of dryers (I think they fall into three categories?) produce different amounts of condensation. I’ve had ones that have turned the laundry into a sauna and others that have been fine. I can’t remember which is which but some googling will give the answer.

 

I agree drawers are better almost everywhere. However I've found it's definitely better to have cupboards under the sink - cause over time as you're upgrading it (boiling water systems, filters, mulchers) it's hard to predict how much vertical space you'll need. I think this is really the only exception to the rule though.

 

I'm a big fan. I do stuff like this quite often.
If the dryer is a heatpump or condensor it will produce a lot less condensation as they both collect the water rather than expelling it into the air.

 

BTW I probably wouldn't have the wall next to the sink and the pantry section unless you need it. I would have one full length bench all the way along one wall then shelves at one end and potentially some shelves above the bench top in the pantry zone so that it can also function as a scullery.

Here is a tiny one that I did - it actually has the dishwasher in there too

 

@wylie it is 1540mm x 2500mm

It's pretty squishy with the dishwasher door open/down but it's an apartment so the dishwasher tends to get used a couple of times a week.

 

Like this?

 

I never understood the desire for large laundries. I don’t spend more than 5 mins a day in mine, if that.
Just checked the laundry cupboards, 3/4 of them were empty and the only one that something in it had one container of laundry liquid and one container of vanish.

 

My kitchen is similar to your original plan, has a sliding door on laundry but one normal sized door to the WIP. I'd hate to have dirty washing near food, etc. The boys play with cars then wash the grease off in the laundry.

 

Yes I hear you!! Our current laundry is huge and seems to become the junk room. It’s a pleasure to shut the sliding door.

 

I have always been curious as to why the laundry is usually located near the kitchen rather than the bedrooms in so many designs when the bedrooms and bathrooms generate most of the washing.

In my parents home (built late 1940's) the laundry was only accessible from the back porch with a laundry hatch allowing washing to be moved to the laundry through the hatch which was located outside the bathroom.

The house also had a nifty little removable cover that allowed the open fire ashes to be swept into a bin down in the garage below.