Laundry Day

Our Laundry room is finally done, after much blood, sweat and tears, and I do mean all of those literally, although the tears are a result of the blood (on my part, not Lee's), word to the wise, sharp metal = hurty. Moving on, I hope you like it, here's what we did.

First we Lee removed the washer and dryer, kinda necessary in order to paint, although my dad would make the argument to paint around it :) (Love ya Dad).

Once they were out we cleaned the wall with warm water and a cloth, you should have seen the dust and lint that accumulated behind there, okay, I'll show you the picture, if only to inspire us all to vacuum behind our dryers more often (I've turned into the vacuum police).

Ours was last vacuumed out, just under a year ago, when we replaced our broken washer and dryer with the newer, slightly used model you see here.
Next we taped off some large stripes (apparently my new favorite thing to do).
 Painted in those stripes a yellowy color , I thought about painting a bright vibrant color, like the Mudroom, but Lee vetoed Hot Pink, or Fushia as I tried to sell it, and we both settled on Yellow.

The chrome baskets on top of the dryer hold, the dryer balls (the chemical free way to fluff you laundry), and dog towels. I put non slip pads on the bottom of the baskets so they don't slide around and scratch up the finish. And as a bonus they are the matching baskets to the ones in the bathroom holding our extra towels, the bathroom and laundry room are very close to each other and I thought it would be good to have a little continuity.

We bought this ironing board holder from Kmart, it's fantastic. It holds the board up and out of the way, it also hold the iron on top with a spot to coil the cord, keeping it all nice and tidy, and it has two spaces to store spray bottles, I keep our stain remover in one spot and our lavender scented linen spray in the other.

 I also keep a luggage rack tucked beside the machines so that I don't have to bend so far down when doing the laundry, it makes folding straight out of the dryer a breeze!

Laundry Room Mini Project, completed, I was even a little excited to do my first load of laundry in the new Laundry Room Closet.

 Max likes Laundry too now, and could wait to get his freshly laundered toy out of the basket :)

This photo best illustrates his efforts to dig to the bottom for Elmer Elephant.

To find out the recipe for our homemade laundry detergent follow the link.