My laundry room is usually the last room unpacked and the one I am most excited
to have done; there’s something about weeks and weeks of
trying to get the wash done admits chaos.. then wa-la.. order!
The lack of storage and the fact that the mirror/coatrack (a garage sale find)
that’s hung near our backdoor for the last seven years broke in the move
inspired me to buy some paint and shelf paper and go a little over the top coordinating.
Our laundry room is right off the kitchen.. here is a view from there.
The door straight back leads to the garage.
Here’s a close up of the back wall. I made the clock for our kitchen in FL.
All my left over decor ended up in here so it’s mix matched.
See the tall plastic thing with the polka dots?
I bought it at the Container Store for our last house. It opens up.. (see below)
A family of six can never have too much space for hanging clothes.
Here’s a view from the garage. The door on the left is a pantry.
I use it to store our vacuum, light bulbs.. etc.
If I re-mat the “Train up your child” verse over the
window in blue, it might go a little better.
This is what the shelves looked like before I recovered them
with the new polka dot shelf paper I found at Target.
The shelves held Josh’s rock collection and dinosaurs among other things for years.
For the last two houses, Josh hasn’t unpacked the stuff
that goes on the shelves, so I repurposed them.
My friend, Suzanne, gave me this cute breadbox
that she found at a garage sale in Germany (I think).
My dusting supplies are in it now. I hung the selves so it’d just fit.
The little covered can next to it is a little trash can for my dryer lent.
I found the canisters years ago at Goodwill.
They are too fussy for my new kitchen,
so I am using them to hide my dry cleaning supplies etc.
I labeled them so I can remember what’s in which.
I found the plastic carafes at Target and made labels for them on the computer;
there’s one for bleach, softener, vinegar.. and several for detergent.
Two or three times a year I buy this huge bottle of Ecos laundry detergent
at Costco that washes a whopping 150 loads.
My new front loading washer (love my new washer & dryer) uses half as much
detergent and washes almost twice as many clothes in a load than my
old washer and dryer (that broke in our last move).
There are so many small detergent bottles because I divide up
the large, heavy bottle of Ecos into smaller bottles to make it easier to manage.
I moved my gift rapping supplies from my closet into this basket in the laundry room..
I am not real happy with the way the two baskets look together..
I moved two Raggedy Ann ornaments from my bathroom vanity
to the window sill to make a collection. I like them all together.
I made the message board from a frame I found in the trash.
It’s hung over my kitchen sink in our last two houses.
I need to find coordinating fabric to re-cover it and dress the window.
I use the trash cans between the washer and dryer for sorting whites etc.
I got the wash rags in a white sale at Kolhs. They cover the washer drain hose nicely.
The rags I’ve had for 20 years all but bit the dust.
I bought the mail box years ago as a place to put videos in
that need to be returned to the store.
We have Net Flicks now and I am not sure what to do with it.
I bought the laundry baskets years ago to sort the kids’ laundry into.
I color coded them with ribbons. The idea was that they were to take their basket
and put their things away once a week, but instead they just use them like drawers.
They hardly even use their dressers for clothes anymore.
The posters are from DoorPost.. I don’t use them any more..
I need someone to give me a rule about what to keep and not keep for grandkids.
I am keeping plastic shopping bags in the container with the blue lid..
found it in the neighbor’s trash a couple weeks ago.
I made the shelf from left over parts from a porta-crib I slept in as a child.
I used most of it when I made Joel and Josh’s beds a couple of years ago.
Here is my inspiring mirror. I had a new piece of glass cut for it.
It was a darkly stained, oak mirror with brass hooks before I painted it to match.
I used dots from the shelf paper to dress it up.
The raincoats are handy for we have to walk Sally in the rain.
The door on the left houses our AC and the one on the right is to our half bath.
Judi’s claimed it as her bathroom and keeps it locked so no boys can use it.
If it were up to her, it’d have a shower, too.
One last piece of the porta-crib is currently holding family photos..
One day when my photos are more organized I’d like to change them up.
Last photo.. I love this broom/mop holder..
so nice to have the stuff up off the floor where it won’t fall over.
I miss it when it’s packed away.
That’s a lot of photos for one of the smallest rooms in my house.
Don’t know if you’ll ever really be able to get a sense
of the lay out without coming to visit in person.
We are sure looking forward to Mom and Dad coming next week.
Miss you all,
J
Aren't polka dots just so fun?!?!