Laundry Room
Chic and dreamy basement laundry room
Basement laundry room goes from dark and unfinished to bright and beautiful
Laundry Room
Chic and dreamy basement laundry room
A dreary laundry room transforms into a dreamy space in just six weeks.
Designer Sarah Walker found herself facing the same dilemma as the proverbial shoemaker with no shoes. She’d finished countless fabulous design projects for clients, while her own Oakville, Ont., basement laundry room sat dark and unfinished. “It was such a depressing space, nobody wanted to do the laundry,” says Sarah with a laugh. What she needed was a deadline, and Sarah found the perfect one in the spring 2015 edition of the One Room Challenge, an online event where 20 designers have six weeks to complete a project. Design caution: Six weeks is an unrealistic timeline for any major renovation. “It was madcap,” she says, pointing out she had to leverage all the tricks of the trade to get the space done in time.
The design decisions
Sarah’s design style is approachably sophisticated injected with high-contrast statements. Here, the visual pow comes from the handmade cement floor tiles. “They feel modern and traditional at the same time – I love them,” she says. Black base cabinets ground the space, while the white oak of the sliding doors and floating shelf help balance the dramatic qualities of the floor and cabinetry.
The result
“It sounds comical, but now when people come over, they ask to see the space. I feel like I could serve tea down there and my friends would be pretty happy,” says Sarah.
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