Delightful Dwelling: laundry room ideas

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Laundry a Chore No More!

Ok, does anyone really like doing laundry? I know I don't. All the cramming of clothes into the washer and then pulling out wet clothes to stuff into the dryer and somehow make they all fit. Not to mention all the yucky dryer lint to clean out that sticks to everything in my laundry room and seems to multiply on every surface. I realize it's a fairly simple activity that doesn't require too much effort, but it's one of my least favorite chores.

Of course, my laundry room is also the home of the cats' litter box, so I have to work around that and avoid dropping any clothes in it. (Eww!) It's also the only room in the house we never painted so it's drab and dirty and full of miscellaneous clutter and cleaning supplies. Someday I hope to get a stackable set of front loaders so I have room for a mini mudroom area as well as hide that stinky cat box in the corner. But for now our 15 year old washer and 20 year dryer hand me downs continue to chug away. Of course it takes about 2 hours to dry a load of laundry so I'm not sure how economical it is, but until they finally give up and die or I win the lottery(not likely since I've never bought a ticket) I'm stuck with my little laundry room devoid of cheer.

I came across a few rooms that might make laundry less of a chore because of how bright and pretty they are. I love all the organization in these areas as well. Anyone else feel like washing some clothes now?

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