Sneaky Ways to Hide Your Washer and Dryer

Barn doors painted the same bold orange pack a punch in the laundry area of a New Jersey beach house. "The doors to the laundry room could have been a lost opportunity — just another pair of white doors," designer Mona Ross Berman says. "But we felt they shouldn't be an afterthought. Painting them orange made them very visible and special. They read as art."

The washer and dryer are tucked into cupboards painted in Benjamin Moore's Black Latex Chalkboard paint in Andrew and Yvonne Pojani's Southborough, Massachusetts, bathroom.

Put that empty space beneath your staircase to good use. It's the perfect, tucked away spot, like in this house designed by architect Ridley Wills of the Wills Company and decorated by Brockschmidt & Coleman. From Houzz

The laundry area of Kristin of The Hunted Interior's house was in the dining room. She cleaned up the space by painted the bifold doors a glossy black. The finishing touch was adding a skinny shelving unit and applying a fun wallpaper to the back of it. See more of the transformation here >>

Heather Bullard hid her washer and dryer with linen curtain panels — it's an easy project for those who want a quick concealing fix. She also added a few decor accents to personalize the tiny space, such as a mirror, a plant, and an antique box that holds dryer sheets. See more of the small laundry spot here >>

For her laundry area, Christine of Bijou & Boheme created a chic spot with floating shelves, white subway tile with dark grout, and vintage doors to conceal the space. I added some much needed character to the space with a set of amazing vintage doors from Hungary," she told Style Me Pretty. "To make them even more special, I painted them in a high gloss black and had etched glass with the words 'laundry room' installed in the door openings." Tour the rest of her home at Style Me Pretty >>

In David Kaihoi's New York City apartment, the "his" side of the closet houses a compact washer and dryer set.