PIP your laundry room

[Susie]

Umm. Yeah.

I'm just setting the bar nice and low for everyone else.

[munkii]

Mine is about like Susie's--very unexciting.

[cza]

Work in progress. The floor is actually our latest project. I HATE the paint color (SW Blonde) in this space. Good thing it was a freebie from my dad's painting company.

[ssmjlm]

Ours is a combo pantry/laundry room. Here's an old pic I took to get some ideas on shelving sizes. DH is going to work on re-doing the shelving for more storage/organization esp with baby stuff about to take over. The washer and dryer are full size LG stackables that are just to the right of this photo.



The plan is melamine sheving in the corner and then DH ordered a basket system from the container store to hold cans/jars and some dog stuff that will go along the left wall just inside the door.

[simpsongal]

Can't PIP but we gutted the closet in our fifth bedroom and put the W/D in there (no doors). Eventually we want to build out that space but right it's not much to look at.

[sunshineandwine]

We redid ours last year on a tight budget. Details here-
www.suburbanspunkdesign.com/2011/08/laundry-room-final-reveal-w-super-easy.html Can't figure out how to PIP on here:(

[Susie]

Dec 18, 2012 12:05:46 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Susie gets bonus points for the pallet though (oh so creative!)
So in all seriousness, why is it up there Susie? Fear of water in basement or something to do with drainage?

It's the dryer that's on the pallet, and truly, I have no idea. The sellers had it that way, and when we had to replace the dryer the delivery guys put the new one right up on there. (I didn't give any particular instructions.)

Poor man's pedestal I guess? Maybe the previous owner thought it was easier not to have to bend over so far to get stuff out of the front of the dryer?

There could've been a fear of water in the basement (we have a sump pump that runs when it rains), but there isn't much evidence that it's a real problem.

We have since had to replace the washer too, but that's the only real change since the picture was taken. We're still rocking the pallet under only one of them.

[pitterwoo]

Oh that is too funny, my setup is almost exactly like Susie's. Right down to the dryer on a pallet, except that my dryer is avocado green. I put a skirt on the utility sink to jazz it up. hehehe.

[wawa]

right now my laundry room looks mostly like this:


(except the walls have been primed and there are a bunch of doors being stored in here along with my w/d)

But eventually it'll be like this:


w/ wall cabinets above the w/d. Cabinets will be white. The box on the lower right corner is our 2nd fridge. I'm hoping to do a beadboard backsplash behind the sink and counter on the left with the leftovers from the master bath. And we're probably going to paint the little bit of wall that will actually show a nice bright fun color. Either aqua or a slightly coralish orange.

[pickle123]

Here's ours

[pickle123]

Fold down iron board

[SusanBAnthony]

Ours is full of so much crap that I am embarrassed to post it. The floor space not taken up by the washer and dryer is 3ft x 6ft. So tiny. There are cabinets above the washer and dryer (old kitchen ones I am guessing) and a cheapo wardrobe type cupboard next to the washtub.

Here is the list of what is in the room:
All our bedding. Sheets, blankets, pillows, etc.
All our towels.
Two vacuums.
Drying rack and some sweaters and bras and stuff hung up to dry.
All the stuff I canned this summer.
All the empty canning jars we have used so far.
The swimming stuff, including life jackets for the kids.
All the household cleaners and chemicals for the whole house
A few random small appliances like the dehumidifier.
A box of the most commonly used tools like screwdrivers and whatnot.

This is why I want to move! We have no space!

[mrs.jacinthe]

Ours is technically our back entryway. Fancy. I'd take a picture, but then you'd all assume we live like pigs, because our outgoing trash is also in that area and b/c of Christmas there are literally boxes stacked 5ft tall. :S

[pickle123]

Dec 18, 2012 19:55:52 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

Dec 18, 2012 18:54:59 GMT -5 pickle123 said:

Fold down iron board

Show off

lol

/jealous

haha! That was one of my must haves when building.

[thatgirl2478]

mines also my glass workshop ... and I seriously need to clean that up before I take photos... Here's a photo of it with nothing in it but the new floor, paint & laundry sink (picture a white washer & dryer to the left of the sink).