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Laundry/Mudroom Area

While we were working on the secondary bathroom, simultaneously, we were also working on the laundry area of the house. This particular area was/is a bit of an awkward space. The area is pretty much all windows, the plumbing is bumped out a fair bit into the space because of the way the house is built, and, as mentioned in a prior post about the secondary bathroom, the wall for the bathroom stuck out so far, that the walkway between the bathroom and the laundry was only about 20 inches wide. 

The laundry "room" as it stood the day we moved in. The space doesn't look as narrow as it really was between the pony wall and the wall of the bathroom, but no laundry machines were going to fit through this opening.
Initially, we thought we'd incorporate the entire space (laundry and bath) into the primary bedroom, eliminate extra walls, and make the pony wall one that reached the ceiling, but after a small amount of debate, decided to instead keep them separate, for a variety of reasons.

The area where the washing machine and dryer would need to sit, before we started work.

The space was fairly dirty/gross, including torn up mini-blinds, but we knew that tearing things out would improve things significantly. We also knew that the space was going to quickly be ate up by the washer/dryer, so we tried to figure out a way to make the space usable, but remain functional and not look too odd.
The mud-area that leads to the bathroom/laundry area when we moved in.

The walk space (pictured above) to the laundry room would be incorporated as a bit of a mud area, so that when the pup (and the humans) come in with dirty feet, things can be cleaned up before heading into the rest of the house, since we will primarily enter from the bottom of the stairs.

It's easy to see in this photo that a fair amount of the corner of the bathroom wall had to come out to make the passageway more usable/effective for everyday use.

Taking out the corner of the bathroom wall was an early project, as was removing the falling-apart-blinds so that both spaces (bathroom and laundry) would have the base ready to go for their respective spaces.

Next, paint started going up on walls, and trim.
Then, the tile flooring went in, replacing the dated, torn up, and quite scruffy/dirty vinyl flooring.
I am mildly infatuated with this tile for some reason, and kind of wishing we'd put it everywhere.
What we hadn't anticipated with the tile (versus using vinyl or something more flexible) was that because the floors are both wavy and not level, there were some gaps after installation between the sub-layer and the tile that were creating creaking and flexing issues. We knew that this was going to affect the overall lifespan of the grout and potentially cause breakage to the tiles, so we had to figure out a solution to this before we could move on. Ultimately, we found a fix to fill in the space and hopefully, will make for an as-sound-as-possible floor over the longer term.

After grouting was complete and dry, we went ahead and put the washer and dryer in place to be able to skip going to the laundromat. The baseboards were able to go in soon after and we were able to work on painting the wood stairs up to this area. Next, of course, small bits of furniture were able to be brought in so that we can functionally use this space as a mud area and have a place to put shoes/hang jackets, etc.



Now, we are able to use the space, though there are still a few things that need to be resolved before it can truly be called "done." Overall though, things are moving forward and it's very nice to have a usable washer/dryer again.
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