12.06.08
Utility room passion
This week, a trade magazine featuring “award winning†home plans crossed my desk. I was amazed and disappointed once again. Nearly all of the plans contained a small laundry room entrance from the garage. That is to say the only way to enter the home from the garage was through a narrow laundry room. This feature and its benefits elude me, why do we continue to build this arrangement?
Consider:
The homeowner uses the garage entrance more than the grand front entrance.
Welcome home to your own personal laundry mat.
Welcome home to the machines and dirty clothes that await your attention.
Oh, and if you plan on leaving before the task is complete you may not get back in because the sorted clothes and machinery will likely barricade the door.
Is this multi-purpose utility and mud room really a benefit?
How often do you remove your clothes upon entering the house?
Hum, this may actually explain a benefit for a few, it may inspire newlyweds to hurry home.
I am a little more traditional, get a real room and leave the entrance a little less revealing!
Consider:
Make sure that your “award winning†home will win your accolades after the new-home honeymoon.
Before you build or remodel a home spend some time exploring how the home functions. Make sure that all of the people you consult with are not red personalities that only want to start building now. A well thought out and designed plan makes a well thought out and loved home.
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