The best laundry room shelving fits the way the space is used. Store detergent and stain remover within reach, reserve closed cabinets for cleaning products you want out of sight, and use shelves or baskets to organize smaller items. From asymmetrical wood shelves and antique-style furniture to sleek custom units, these ideas make storage part of the room’s overall design.
Chunky Shelves
Multiple Shelving Combinations
Unconventional Shelf Shade
Light-toned wood shelves sit between the blue laundry room cabinets. Wicker baskets and a plant vase fill the shelves. Homeowners commonly choose white or gray cabinets for laundry rooms, but a colorful cabinet hue is another option.
Floating Shelves With Color Accents
Laundry Room Contrast
The overhead cabinets have a pink undertone and a wood finish. Black appliances contrast with them in this farmhouse laundry room. Two open shelves add decor.
White Laundry Room Surfaces
A small storage piece helps keep the countertop clear. The room has closed cabinets and a wood countertop, while the brick wall, shiplap, furniture, and ceilings are all bright white.
Industrial Modern Farmhouse Laundry Room
Cool gray cabinets are paired with a steel washing machine. The laundry room has a cool neutral palette and sufficient storage, including an open shelf in the corner for aesthetic display. A brick backsplash and patterned floor tile complete the room.
Cabinet Integration
The white cabinets, drawers, open shelves, brick wall, and appliances form a monochromatic white palette. A Moroccan-inspired rug in black and white rests in the cabinet area, while colorful decor accents and potted plants add interest to the shelves.
Whole-Room Coordination
Wooden shelves anchor the room, joined by a wood barn door and a wood countertop. When the room is not in use, the door can be shut. Matching wood materials across these elements keeps the arrangement cohesive.
Pieces with Antique Appeal
Mixed Elements
A compact laundry room combines open shelves with closed cabinets. The dark shelves sit beside a dark framed sign, while the cabinet is gray.
Casual Energy
White shiplap covers the wall, set against golden-brown wood shelves. Install the shelves asymmetrically.
Function First
Arrange the stored items neatly. Floating shelves can hold clean laundry, stain remover, and laundry detergent. They are commonly used for aesthetics, and neatly arranged storage can resemble stylized open shelves.
Ideas From Earlier Eras
A rustic wood cart sits between the appliances and provides storage. It contrasts with the neutral room, as does the wall-mounted rustic wood open shelf. A cottage-style cabinet serves as shelving too, so use unique furniture for storage.
A Strong Centerpiece
The wall uses floral wallpaper and white paneling as its accent treatment, so use wallpaper for the wall treatment. Two baskets coordinate with the wall, the wood shelves, the vase, and the sign framing. They sit atop the wood shelves.
Neutral Color Scheme
Across the modern farmhouse laundry room, two bright white floating shelves hold potted plants. Match the shelves to the existing decor. Subway tile, black light fixtures, and rustic wood accents complete the room, while black and white are associated with farmhouse style.
Statement Creation
White walls surround wooden floating shelves filled to capacity. The shelves hold laundry essentials, galvanized buckets, wicker baskets, and decor pieces. Their contents serve both functional and decorative purposes.
Storage Maximization
In the laundry room, base cabinets and floating shelves are present. It also has wall-mounted cabinets and houseplants, a handful in all. Laundry rooms are compact, and compact laundry rooms are clutter-prone, so maximize available space.
Aesthetics
Light brown artificial pampas grass sits in the laundry room with light brown bamboo baskets, artwork frames, and a pet bed. These pieces complement a feature wall covered in textured wallpaper. The remaining walls are blue.
Style Definition
Two custom-built, light-toned floating shelves fit into a tight corner. Black and white colors with vintage galvanized metal canisters create a modern farmhouse style. Farmhouse style can work regardless of your home’s existing style.
Decoration
A whitewashed brick wall sits behind the floating shelf. Three potted plants and an unspecified number of white vases are placed on the shelf. Decorate the floating shelf, and consider using a single shelf to fill unused wall space even when the room has ample storage.
Distinctiveness
An arched hutch combines closed cabinets with open shelves. The closed cabinets store cleaning products and keep them from view, while the open shelves display decor pieces.
Labeled baskets and plastic canisters are recommended because labels improve retrieval of stored items. Consider this kind of unique storage solution.
Minimal Style
Wall-mounted floating shelves above the washer keep laundry essentials within reach. Use the open shelves to display a few items, and store everything else in closed cabinetry. This approach avoids using floor space, which helps in tight spaces.
Fresh Laundry Room
Keep the countertops clear for sorting laundry and folding laundry. In the airy baby blue laundry room, install multiple storage solutions if space allows, such as open shelves, lower cabinets, and wall-mounted cabinets.
Varied Storage
Bamboo woven baskets group products and knickknacks while adding texture and organic character. They also complement the vintage wallpaper in brown tones. Custom-built shelves provide the storage, though open shelves can become messy quickly.
Existing Room Style
The minimalist-inspired laundry room has a simple Scandinavian style. Sleek shelves complement the room and work with a mix of laundry essentials and decor accents for functional use.
Decor Display
Chunky wooden shelves hold candle holders and framed signs, along with potted greenery. Use floating shelves for decor accents as an alternative to increase storage.
