We recently completed a laundry room/ mudroom update.
We started with linoleum flooring and a basic closet with bi-fold doors; the opening was standard door height of 7 feet. The first pic shows the basic starting point, though the doors and trim are already off.
I opened up the closet opening as wide and as tall as it would go, gaining another 2 feet of space above and about 6 to 8 inches wider.
I ripped up the linoleum floor and put down 12x24 porcelain tiles, and went with a modern-looking trim using 1x4 Maple. We also changed paint from basic beige to light blue-gray. This pic is where the washer and dryer go.
And here is the end result (I did everything else but hired out the building of this unit; didn't want to mess this up). It's a fully custom built-in made of Maple; it has a 7-foot tall wardrobe on the right with two racks for for hanging coats, five full-depth cabinets (24 inches deep) on top, bench with shoe storage underneath, and then coat hooks on the wall behind the bench.
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