2024 Interior Design: Specialty/Small Space Winner: Laundry Oasis
How do you make doing laundry enjoyable for your clients? Create a practical, happy and tranquil oasis with a bit of pizzazz. This once drab space was transformed by adjusting and painting the client’s existing cabinets in a pale green and adding trim so that they now extend to the ceiling. A shelf with additional storage below was also added to provide space for folding clothes. Rather than settle for a traditional white on the ceiling, it’s painted in a high gloss turquoise. Next, a textured weave of natural raffia wallpaper was added to all the surrounding walls but one, which was covered in an enchanting wallpaper of country cottages that wind toward the sea. Composed of muted sand and green colors, it pays homage to the surrounding Portsmouth Strawbery Banke area. Lastly, two brass ceiling fixtures were added for a touch of formality.
What the judges said: Doing laundry never looked so good – soothing colors and great finishes make this a place where you want to spend time.
Weekender House
Portsmouth, NH
603-427-8658
weekenderhouse.com
