Is the ugly box for your washing machine’s hoses visible in your laundry room? This simple DIY will cover up washer hookups beautifully!
Every laundry room is laid out a little differently, isn’t it?
AnnMarie and I used the same builder for our homes but we have different floor plans.
Her laundry room is on her first floor and mine is upstairs.
When she installed gorgeous shiplap walls in her laundry room, she just cut the wood to go around the washer hookup box.
The box that was place behind her washing machine.
I’m not sure what our builder was thinking when they installed my hookup box!
If we placed the washing machine to cover the hookup, then the dryer vent hose would be exposed.
As you can see in the picture below, we opted to leave the washer hookup box exposed.
And then we did what any good DIY couple would do: we built a box to cover up the washer hookups!
Because that ugly box did not go with the French country laundry room vibe I envisioned.
Our builder also put the outlet for the washing machine up high on the wall, even further from the washer than the hookups!
What on earth were they thinking?
We had to modify the drying rack we built to accommodate that outlet, including cutting a hole in the bottom for the cord.
We had some trim left over from building the window valance and enclosing the space over the cabinets.
And some beadboard left over from the drying rack and the garage drop zone project.
Yeah.
No drop zone was the only down side to having my laundry room on our bedroom level!
But we created a space in our garage that’s been wonderful!
Of course, that has nothing to do with a way to cover up a washing machine hookup box, does it?
Sorry for rambling!
Building a Box to Cover the Washer Hookups
This is the box we built:
It’s just a simple box.
We nailed beadboard on the front to coordinate with the drying rack.
To leave room for the hoses: a simple cut out on that side of the box.
Pardon the fact that the inside isn’t painted and neither is that cut out…
Because you’ll never see it!
And by the time we got to this point in the laundry room makeover, I was so over painting.
Here’s another view of the washer hook up box.
At the top, there are two holes which are how the box hangs on the wall.
After hanging the box, we realized we needed another little notch for the electrical cord.
A drill bit did the job.
We probably could have attached it more securely?
But this box is 100% designed to cover up the washer hookup box.
It’s actually pretty secure, and also very easy to remove in case we ever need to access the hookups or the drain hose.
The shelf over the washer and dryer is where the pretty stuff all sits.
Now those hoses just blend into the background.
And the washer hookup is invisible.
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I like this idea! Our plumber left just a hole in the wall, no frame, nothing!
Oh geez, sometimes you wonder what these builders are thinking! Hope you can use Anne’s directions to make your “hole in the wall” look pretty! 🙂
Very clever. I don’t know what builders are thinking.
Seriously Cindy…why wouldn’t they have put the hook up behind the washer/dryer area!? Thanks so much for reading our blog…it means so much to us.
Looks fantastic
Thank you Katrina! This idea could be used for anything you need to “hide” in a space. Thanks for reading the blog! 🙂
This is a great idea! I like seeing the connections hidden.
One item I would change:
I would reroute the power cord so that it doesn’t touch any metallic surfaces like your braided water supply lines.
Thanks so much, Mike! I’ll have to have my husband take a look at rerouting the power cord. Thanks so much for the heads up!