Our kitchen is now clear to enjoy entertaining
KATY WILSON, 37, is an account manager for a software company and lives with her partner Paul, 39, a project manager, their daughter Lila, four, and Paul’s son, Theo, 13. IN OUR previous home, we didn’t have a utility room, and I’d got fed up with looking at piles of washing amid the pots and pans in the kitchen. So, when we bought this house in 2015, and put in for planning permission to build a two-storey extension, we included a laundry room, for which I already had a clear idea of the striking colours, textures and materials I wanted. I threw myself into designing a glamorous space that would flow beautifully from the kitchen. The two rooms cost €39,000, of which around €6,700 went on the laundry, including bespoke cabinets finished in a deep, inky blue with gold fittings, which is striking against the light oak parquet floor. The laundry is essentially a hiding space for all the things we don’t want on display in the kitchen, where we love to entertain.