Looking for all our utility room style ideas? Whether you’d like the rustic charm of a country utility rooms, something clean and functional like a modern utility room or the classic styling of a traditional utility room, we’ve got it covered!
This attractive, modern, grey utility room fits perfectly into the minimalist aesthetic of a white-on-white kitchen and has an air of understated sophistication about it. This feel is further enhanced by the use of handleless cabinetry. The functional design tends to keep the attention fully focused on the outdoor views.
Cabinetry
Art House Creative Interiors
Floor tiles
Stone Vale Masonry
Wall paint
Farrow & Ball
In this traditional utility room, a ceiling-mounted airer, foldaway worktop and eye-catching clean-laundry drawers make sorting out the clothes a much less chaotic and time-consuming exercise. This bright, user-friendly space provides ample scope for juggling all of the family’s washing in an orderly fashion and helps cut out any clothing clutter from your home
Similar airerCast in Style
Kitchen cabinetry
Town & Country Interiors
Ironing boards covered in cheery, make-me-smile fabrics make ironing a pleasure in this country-style utility room. The green wall paint makes the other colours pop, so even the drying laundry becomes a design feature. A vintage-style water can will help to tackle stubborn creases and sit pretty on a shelf, too.
Wall paint
Fired Earth
Beech ironing board (foreground)
Garden Trading
Ironing-board cover fabric
Mitas & Co
Stylish dispensers, carafes and jars keep surfaces looking lovely in this utility room. Hide appliances behind a country-style curtain and hang handy hooks for extra storage. Tongue-and-groove wall panelling creates an instant country feel and is easy to update with a lick of paint in a fresh new colour.
Wall paint
Zoffany
Curtain fabric
Romo
Add some colour to your utility room with pastel washing baskets and beaded hangers. Choose retro style jars and containers to complete the look. Empty household and laundry essentials into labelled tins and boxes on shabby chic shelves to keep the look neat, tidy and streamlined.
Take a look at our other shabby chic design ideas.
Shoe shine box
John Lewis
Use simple wall-hung shelving in the utility room to instantly up your storage capacity. Then add a mix of storage jars, wire trugs, enamel and metal tins and glass jars so that there’s a place for everything. Go for candy shades, florals and polka dots for a pretty vintage-style look.
Take a look at our other shabby chic design ideas.
Shoe Shine boxJohn Lewis
Stylish white shelving and practical storage boxes and jars keep this utility room organised. Metal trugs are ideal for storing all those cleaning essentials – and you can just pick them up and go when you’re ready.
Shelves
Ikea
Washing tablets tin
Garden Trading
Housekeeping trug
Marks & Spencer
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration
This neutral utility room is beautifully organised with accessories that are practical and good-looking. Start with pale green classic metro tiles, then add glass, wood and a pretty patterned material in a harmonising tone.
Sink unit and cupboard
Butlers
Shelves
Ikea
Roller towel set
The Garden House at Not on the High Street
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration
This modern utility room is fitted with hi-gloss white units for a fresh look, while retro signs add a touch of colour.
Kitchen units
Ikea
Similar retro signs
Live Laugh Love
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration
A butler’s sink and white brick-effect tiling are practical choices for this traditional utilty room.
Similar wall tiles
Fired Earth
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration
White leather laundry bins and a wooden storage unit work well in this pastel blue utility room. A hanging drying rack offers a practical solution for tackling the small space.
Laundry bins
The White Company
Marmoleum floor tiles
Forbo
Browse our utility room decorating and shopping galleries for more inspiration.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest homes and interiors trends, news and competitions.
In this traditional utility room, a clip rack on the inside of a cupboard door keeps mops off the floor and dusters in place.
Ironing board
The Conran Shop
Vacuum cleaner
Oreck
Browse our utility room decorating and shopping galleries for more inspiration.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest homes and interiors trends, news and competitions.
A simple gathered curtain made from a 1950s-style fabric conceals the appliances in this utilty room. Vintage containers and linen sprays are displayed on open shelves above.
Curtain fabric
St Jude’s
Browse our utility room decorating and shopping galleries for more inspiration.
Well organised storage makes light work of keeping home essentials accessible, such as mops and brooms, as well as cleaning products. This unit offers a tall space with open shelves.
Padstow hall unit
Marks & Spencer
Owls storage bin
Lula Sapphire
Browse our utility room decorating and shopping galleries for more inspiration.
This practical utility room features a bench for sitting on to remove shoes, coat hooks with a hat shelf above and a wall cupboard to keep the space clutter free.
Cabinetry
Lewis Alderson & Co
Paint
Farrow & Ball
Browse our utility room decorating and shopping galleries for more inspiration
It’s worth searching out quirky accessories to make washday fun. These bird-shaped clothes pegs from Pedlars look stylish on a white line.
PegsPedlars
Hand-tumbled tiles with a mackerel motif lift the mood in a small washroom. Roughly finished paintwork in grey gives it a rustic vibe.
Tiles
Hooper & Shaw
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration.
Fun, colourful tea towels are the perfect way to lift a rustic, shabby chic look. Hanging them in a row on hooks adds interest.
Stripy tea towels
Gudrun Sjoden
Embroidered tea towel
Anthropologie
Shelf
Josephine Ryan
A pastel worktop is contrasted by wood cladding and an oversized clock for ultimate country style.
Worktop
Corian
Clock
Willow & Stone
The soft green paint in this utility room creates a traditional look. The subtle addition of colours in the jugs, ironing board and towels finish off the netural mid-century style.
Similar paint
Farrow & Ball
Similar ironing board
Baileys
Laundry sign
Dotcomgiftshop
Browse our utility room decorating galleries for more inspiration.
