Martina and her husband wanted to close off the exposed power stations and other electrical necessities. Before they got to work, there was plastic carpet and yellow walls in the utility room, but it also houses “very important parts for the house to function,” according to Martina. “This is where water and electricity enter the house,” she explains.
They couldn’t get rid of the unattractive utilities to change the look of the room. “I mean, we need water, heat, and electricity in the house,” she says. So, they had to work carefully. “We kind of had to build around the power stations and plug cabinets that are in the room,” Martina explains.
Martina’s husband is a handy carpenter, so they did everything themselves, with a little help from Google on the projects that were new to them. They installed a new ventilation system, moved a well in the floor, laid new tiles, and installed spotlights in the ceiling.
They built the new closet around the utilities, making sure that a technician could access them if needed.
