Still Undecided On How To Use This Space (Plus, The Details I Obsess Over)

I’ve gone by means of a number of concept. You’ll do not forget that my authentic plan was to construct cupboards above each of them. That’s what I confirmed on this mockup from some time again.

Right here’s a visible of simply how tall the washer and dryer cupboards are. I’m solely 5 ft tall, so the counter tops on these cupboards actually come to the highest a part of my higher arm. (Please excuse my unbrushed hair and paint-covered shirt. 😀 )

My attain on this countertop is about to the entrance of the shallower closet cupboards.

If I actually stretch and attain again so far as I can, my fingertips are nonetheless about 10-12 inches from the again wall.

So my newest plan that I got here up with a number of weeks in the past was to place a pulley-style drying rack above the washer. I’ve discovered some on Amazon, and the pulley system is hooked up to the ceiling with one thing like a rope hooked up to a facet wall that will permit me to decrease and lift the drying rack. However once more, to ensure that that to be helpful to me, it must be put in in direction of the entrance of the washer cupboard fairly than be tucked into the world beside the shallower shelf unit subsequent to it.

The extra I give it some thought, the extra I don’t like that concept as a result of (1) with the intention to use the pulley drying rack, I’d should decrease the rack so low that it will virtually be sitting on prime of the washer countertop for me to put issues on it, and (2) y’all understand how obsessed I’m about symmetry, and having a drying rack hung in order that I might truly attain it will make it seen from the doorway of the room, which might not solely throw off the symmetry across the window, however it will simply look ugly in entrance of that wallpapered wall. However actually, simply from a sensible standpoint, I can’t think about it being that helpful to me with me being so quick.

I thought of placing open cabinets above the washer and dryer, however I’m proper again to the identical drawback. If I’m having to succeed in over and up, I can solely attain as far as the entrance of the shelf unit subsequent to it. So something I retailer on these cabinets would both be issues that I virtually by no means use (by which case, why even have them?), or they’d be merely ornamental.

I’m telling you, being solely 5 ft tall is an actual ache generally. 😀 I do know being tall generally presents its personal set of issues (like discovering pants which can be lengthy sufficient), however there are occasions I want I might swap my quick lady issues for tall lady issues. 😀

So I’m type of feeling caught in planning this space. I believed the answer would have offered itself by this level, however it hasn’t. And except somebody has an incredible concept for me, I feel I’m simply going to make or purchase some fairly art work to hold above the washer and dryer and depart it at that.

Or I might put up some very shallow cabinets that will serve an ornamental goal solely, type of just like the cabinets I’ve within the breakfast room.

After which I might add some colourful art work to these cabinets. However I actually don’t see these areas being of any sensible use to me in any respect.

And I’m probably not unhappy about it, to be trustworthy. This closet already has extra storage than I’ve ever had in my whole life. And I nonetheless have an island to construct, which could have a great deal of drawers in it. I’ll have extra storage than I’ll know what to do with.

And so far as hanging garments to dry, I feel I’ll have loads of room on this part of the closet…

That part is just about my “overflow” part. The opposite two hanging sections have particular functions. The middle one is for shirts (one bar for brief sleeve, one bar for lengthy sleeve), and the part on the best is for pants and attire.

And I deliberately put the one for pants and attire on the best facet fairly than having it on the left facet up towards the cupboard flanking the doorway. So I might use the “overflow” part for hanging moist garments to dry. They’ll be proper out of the washer, so it’s not like they’ll be dripping moist.

Anyway, except somebody has an excellent concept of how I can use that area virtually, I feel I’ve resigned myself to the truth that it’s simply going to be fairly area fairly than helpful area.

One other element I’m attempting to work out in my thoughts is the wallpaper. I discussed above that I’m hoping to have the middle part of the cupboards wallpapered by the tip of the day at this time, or tomorrow on the newest. And now I’m questioning in regards to the sample. So right here’s my query.

The wallpaper has a really particular 27″ vertical repeat. Does the sample on the wallpaper within the cupboard part have to line up completely (or as completely as doable) with the wallpaper sample on the again wall? If it’s hung a bit decrease within the cupboard part in order that the sample doesn’t line up completely with the again wall, will that look off? Will it appear to be a mistake?

It can make a distinction in how a lot wallpaper is required, and I’ll have to determine if I’ve sufficient wallpaper if it must be hung in each areas at the very same top in order that the patterns line up precisely.

And likewise, ought to I wallpaper the facet of those cupboards in order that the wallpaper seems to be extra balanced when taking a look at these areas straight on? Or ought to I simply hold the wallpaper to the wall areas, and paint the facet of the cupboard and depart it at that? I type of suppose that will look lopsided.

*Sigh* These are the small print that I stress over and obsess about. It at all times helps me to make these selections if I can see examples of it performed each methods, however to this point, I haven’t been capable of finding any examples to assist me determine.