Utility room

[7] The utility room is a modern descendant of the scullery where important kitchen items were kept during its usage in England.

The term was further defined around the 14th century as a household department where kitchen items are taken care of.

[8][9] 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.

[11] A 1944 Scottish housing and planning report recommended new state-built homes for families could provide a utility room as a general purpose workroom for the home (for washing clothes, cleaning boots and jobbing repairs).

[12] An American publication, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on July 24, 1949[13] reported that utility rooms have become more popular than basements in new constructions.