Laundry room

In a modern home, laundry rooms are often equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing of delicate clothing articles such as sweaters, as well as an ironing board.

Laundry rooms may also include storage cabinets, countertops for folding clothes, and, space permitting, a small sewing machine.

[4][5] The term utility room was mentioned in 1760, when a cottage was built in a rural location in the United Kingdom that was accessible through Penarth and Cardiff.

[8] An American publication called the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on July 24, 1949[9] that utility rooms had become more popular than basements in new constructions.

Most houses in the United Kingdom do not have laundry rooms; as such, the washing machine and dryer are usually located in the kitchen or garage.

[citation needed] In Hungary, some older apartment buildings and most workers' hostels have communal laundry rooms, called mosókonyha (lit.