The position of the house determines the direction of sunlight entering the house. Some people make the direction facing of the house as the main consideration to determine a comfortable home for them. They will placed the washing equipment in outdoor area (usually the back of the house or the top floor of the house), if the house is not directly facing the direction of sunrise and sunset. By providing transparent roof on the top floor, you can use polycarbonate, fiber, and the like, then you will protect the laundry area, as well as clothes safe from rain.

Laundry Room 2nd Floor on Open Balcony
Only the balcony area left on the 2nd floor? Don’t worry, you can still make an aesthetically laundry room, especially if the balcony area is quite large. Take some of the area in the corner and arrange it so that it can fit a washing machine, as well as folding wall clothesline. The laundry room on the 2nd floor also looks neat by using a sliding door made of wood panels. Avoid using solid sliding doors, because the drying area should get good air circulation, not stuffy.

Laundry Room 2nd Floor with Folding Window
The 2nd floor laundry room that uses a folding window is practical, neat, and healthy. Practical because the clothesline dries quickly, neat because it is in an area where the window can be closed if suddenly there are guests or an event at home, and healthy because it provides excellent air circulation for the house. The roof uses kind of materials that can receive sunlight, so the clothesline can dry easily even if the window is closed. And, the main advantage is the dried clothes invisible from the outside, use frosted glass for folding windows.

Laundry Room 2nd Floor Skylight
If you really care about security, maybe because you are live in a very heterogeneous area or in vulnerable area, then the 2nd floor area should be closed so that there are no gaps through open access. The drying space on the 2nd floor can placed in a closed area, but still bright because of the transparent roof. In other words, skylight installation. Give windows in order to smooth air circulation. Meanwhile, for the skylights installation, you can use polycarbonate roof, fiber, glass, PVC, and so on.

Laundry Room 2nd Floor Complete with Wet Area
A laundry room tools are a washing machine, clothes rack, shelves for storing things, ironing table, and wet area. Why is a wet area necessary, because sometimes there are some clothes that cannot washed using your washing machine, so manual methods are needed.
A complete 2nd floor laundry room will provide security and comfort, without any water splash around. Not only that, doing the drying process in one area will saves our energy because we don’t need watching the clothesline by going up and down the stairs.

–sh