Laundry Room Cabinet Ideas:
Elevating the Everyday with Thoughtful Design

Plain English designs celebrate the everyday utility and beauty of hardworking areas in the house–including the often overlooked laundry room. When considering laundry room cabinet ideas, thoughtful design can make all the difference in how the space functions and feels. A laundry room or washroom can benefit from thoughtful planning to ensure the space is both highly practical when in use and is in keeping with the aesthetics of the rest of the home.

Making clever use of the space in question can ease the process of ‘doing laundry’ and make the task feel less like a chore. At Plain English, we understand the importance of considering both the form and functionality of a room. Our bespoke cabinetry gives greater freedom in how you can utilize the available space while maintaining the design vision of our clients.

Why Well-Designed Laundry Rooms Matter

A laundry room creates a dedicated space for the daily tasks of washing, drying, and folding. Our designs consider every step in this process and offer intuitive and elegant solutions to these household chores–for example, at the end of the day, all dirty laundry can be sorted and stored in baskets on wheels for convenience and separated by color and wash treatment. Including space to store and use an ironing board keeps everything in arm’s reach.

Designing with custom-built cabinetry means you can include bespoke internal detailing or storage ideas to make daily life easier. Pull-out slatted trays inside a cupboard are great for airing folded towels and linen. With custom cabinets, you can include as few or as many internal storage ‘treats’ to suit your needs and maximize use of internal cupboard spaces. Our goal at Plain English is to elevate these everyday rituals, such as ‘doing the laundry’ through carefully considering the designs of rooms in which you live, day in and day out.

Custom Laundry Room Cabinets and Built-In Design Ideas

At Plain English, the laundry room is something we are often asked to incorporate into our designs when reconfiguring a space within a renovation or a new build project. Even considering the spatial planning of the smallest of laundry rooms can enhance everyday life. Laundry rooms that also serve as a mudroom or utility room can benefit from bespoke joinery and intentional layouts. Stacking a washing machine and tumble dryer inside a tall cupboard keeps appliances out of sight and frees up floor space for a sink and laundry storage or linen baskets. A couple of well-placed narrow drawers are helpful for a sewing box or spare buttons. Bespoke cupboards help us to make use of every available inch.

Designing with built-in and custom cabinetry within larger rooms provides maximum freedom and enables us to utilize the entire space in question. When designed, a laundry room can make the laundry process far more enjoyable and make for efficient use of time and space. For larger families and households, a set of washing machines and dryers can be beneficial. A spacious laundry room can double as storage with a bank of tall cupboards with slatted or painted shelves for folded bed linen, towels, and table linens.

We often favor freestanding laundry appliances as these can be wheeled in and out of the cupboard easily for repairs or servicing. We conceal them cleverly in an ‘empty cupboard’ made to measure for the appliance or larger to allow for future options. These concealed appliances help maintain a clean and quiet space. When the timber door is closed, this design vastly reduces any noise when the machine is in use. We can work with any size of machine and ensure they are totally hidden from view.

Smart Laundry Room Storage Solutions & Cabinet Features

In designing a laundry room, we carefully guide you through the spatial planning that includes considered internal storage solutions. We understand these rooms require storage for various detergents, linen sprays, and fabric conditioners; thus, space under a sink can be utilized with our clever sink tidy, which is thoughtfully lined with a rubber or stainless steel base. We often suggest specific housings where a mop and bucket, vacuum cleaner, and other cleaning equipment can be stored out of view.

An island, if room allows, offers a perfect place to sort and fold clean laundry. If space is at a premium and doesn’t allow for a central sorting table, then an area of the worktop can be incorporated into the design, away from the sink and wide enough for larger garments and bath sheets. Slatted shelving over a sorting area can provide a great place for airing folded laundry as the slats allow air to flow from underneath, continuing the drying process. In smaller rooms designed with custom cabinetry, a pull-out cabinetry feature within a cupboard or section within the worktop can provide extra folding space.

Rooms with high ceilings can maximize storage with a row of upper cupboards fitted above tall cupboards, while a drying rack suspended from the ceiling provides drying space for sheets and towels, with a pulley rope to lower and raise it out of the way. These are just a few of the ways that we apply our individualistic approach to designing custom laundry rooms, as every Plain English design is expressly created for the specific needs of our client.

Designs That Blend Beauty and Utility

Plain English cupboards are designed to work as a backdrop to your home. We make simple, well-crafted cupboards from timber to create a timeless design solution to all of your laundry needs. We design with awareness of your home’s age and period detailing, avoiding any passing trends which will inevitably date. Renowned for our attention to detail, we create rooms that invite you to spend time in them and easily transition from other rooms within your home.

Above all, Plain English cabinetry is built to last. We select the highest quality of timber to make our cupboards, utilizing traditional joinery methods such as dovetailed drawers and properly jointed doors. We finish our cupboards with several coats of paint to ensure the softest sheen and a handbrushed finish, which can easily be touched up or entirely refreshed with a new color of your choosing.

Every element, from joinery to layout, contributes to a timeless storage design that supports daily routines while remaining beautiful for decades to come.

Bringing Your Laundry Room Vision to Life

Designing with bespoke cupboards brings greater flexibility in how space is allocated, which can be useful for working areas such as a laundry room. At Plain English, our expert design team can advise on a layout that blends functionality and flow in considering the space. We also help select the final finishes, colors, and accessories to bring your vision to life.

With over thirty years of design and manufacturing experience, our goal is to design rooms that surpass our clients’ dreams. We prioritize functionality and craftsmanship to create spaces that feel welcoming, inviting, and timeless.

Our designers are with you throughout every step of the design process, from the ideation and initial sketch concept to installation and aftercare. This knowledge of our clients’ wishes for the space leads us towards a design that is uniquely tailored to their tastes.

Your Next Step Toward a Better Laundry Room

Plain English sets the benchmark for projects of quality and heritage. We begin by understanding your needs and vision for the room in question, sharing our sensibility, craft, and methodical approach for which we are known.

Whether you’re looking for practical laundry room cabinet designs or an elegant utility room upgrade, our team will bring your vision to life with cabinetry tailored to your lifestyle.

As a Design Studio, we welcome projects from clients, architects, interior designers, and contractors. Contact us for a complimentary consultation, explore our offerings, or visit our showrooms in the US to begin your bespoke design journey.