Floor plan with laundry chute, niches, wall projections

Good morning!

The floor plan of our house is finalized for the most part, and now we are looking for useful and practical ideas that could still be considered for the floor plan. So far, we have planned, for example:

- a laundry chute in the bathroom on the upper floor, through which laundry can be transported directly to the utility room

- wall recesses as storage space behind the washbasins and the toilet as well as in the showers

- a niche in the hallway for the wardrobe and a shoe rack

Do you have any other practical ideas that we could/should consider?

Many thanks in advance for your tips!

Best regards, Timo

Show your floor plan and we might be able to help. Without an initial floor plan, generic tips won’t do you any good, that would be piecemeal.

I don’t like shelves behind sinks. The mirror is then so far away if the sink has a normal depth. But I am only 1.64 meters tall.

The floor plan of our house is set so far,

How can it be set when you are still dealing with these things?

a laundry chute planned in the bathroom on the upper floor, through which the laundry can be transported directly to the utility room

Here, for example, an optimal solution would be a utility room on the upper floor for washing.

wall projections as storage space behind the sinks and the toilet as well as in the showers

These are not wall projections, but the installation walls. Among other things, they also take up space again. Or you can deepen and/or lengthen them where it fits. Therefore, they should (also) be planned aesthetically.

a niche in the hallway for the wardrobe and a shoe rack

It is best not to plan a niche, but rather a free wall that may be somewhat longer or even a whole closet, so that one can no longer speak of a niche. Nevertheless: all three components influence the floor plan so that the design can only develop _with_ the “ideas”.

Here, for example, would be an optimal solution: a utility room upstairs for washing.

But only if you don't want to hang the laundry outside to dry. Otherwise, you have to carry the clean wet laundry downstairs, which is more inconvenient than taking the dirty laundry down. I would never recommend that.

But only if you don't want to hang the laundry outside to dry. Otherwise, you have to carry the clean wet laundry downstairs. Which is more impractical than bringing the dirty laundry down. I would never recommend that.

... says the woman with the bungalow :cool: Do you want to answer the OP's question too or just comment on my posts again?