The Laundry Room

Does anyone really love to do laundry? If so, I have yet to meet them. I have owned two homes in my life and in both houses the washing machine has been in a yucky basement with a cement floor and it was miserable and dreary to spend much time there. This picture shows where I have done laundry for the last seven years. Not so pleasant. So how wonderful would it be to be able to design my new laundry area?

As we worked out the plans for our partially finished basement we knew we still had to have the washing machine, dryer, deep freezer, sump pump and dehumidifier in the room somehow. Everything stretched along the far wall and I assumed there was nothing we could do. It wasn't until our contractor suggested building a laundry closet and reconfiguring things a bit that we realized we could have a "real" family room down there. Coming into the room you'd likely not know what was behind the louvered doors.


Tucked in the corner is everything neat and out of the way.

Best of all, I got to think about how I like to do things and Bob the Builder (that's what the kids call him) figured out how to make it all work. My favorite thing is the two levels of drying racks and shelves so that I can easily hang laundry. I'm proud to say one day this week I ran three loads of wash but only one load in the dryer.

For once my new laundry room is exactly the way I'd want it. I won't go so far as to say I enjoy doing laundry now, I haven't completely lost my mind, but if you have to do it, you might as well enjoy the space you are in!