| Dogs Rule said: I just found out today that many Europeans have their clothes washers in their kitchens... Why is that? Here in Quebec, we keep ours in the bathroom, in the basements, or in recesses behind closet doors in hallways. The bathroom is the ideal place. That way, you can take off your clothes and stick them in the washer, get a shower, then reach into your dryer and pull out a fresh hot towel from the dryer. Europeans would have to get naked in the kitchen, while avoiding getting mustard on their genitals (that burns) go get their shower, come back to the kitchen dripping water all over the floor if they want a dryer fresh towel. I'm all for nudity, but function must be at the forefront. So where is your washer and dryer?
Also, while I'm discussing appliances: I've always thought about having two dishwashers(A and B) instead of cabinets. One dishwasher (A) contains your clean dishes. As you use dishes, you put them in dishwasher B. When it is full, you start a load and reverse the process. Gone would be the days of taking dishes from a place they will wind back up in anyways. |
We have a washer-drier, (except the drier part is broken but we can ignore that for this)
it is in the kitchen.
Why in hells name would you keep it in the bathroom, if you take a shower/bath then sure, the washer is right there to put clothes in, but generally people try not to wash things like whites and light colours and darks and delicates together, so what do you do then?
That however is beside the point, a bathroom can get steamy with all the hot water so an electrical appliance doesn't seem like a good idea to me, there is a reason you don't see many normal wall light switches in bathrooms (ours is outside the door, most people have a pull switch instead)
Same goes for keeping a drier in there.
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The reason people here in the UK have washing machines in the kitchen is because most homes don't have room for an additional utility room, nor have a cellar/basement.
