Laundry Room Blues

I hate doing laundry.   And I blame my laundry room.  You see, I love the fresh smell of clean clothes.  I like to wear clean clothes.  I like my family to wear clean clothes.  But somehow the whole process of laundering remains unappealing.  Clearly it’s the laundry room environment that’s the cause of my problem.

Yet the room itself isn’t bad.  A rather awkward 10′ x 20′ space, all brick with a 20′ wall of glass.

It’s a great view.  Unfortunately, the window sill is also my storage shelf for laundry supplies.  Treat this as a ‘Don’t’ photo, please.

So why complain?

I really can’t stand the raw red brick; it’s not that wonderful old, crumbly, exposed brick.  It’s circa 1969 industrial brick: hard, not warm.

Not good.  And there’s just zero order (okay, this part may be my fault).

I have shelves with bins from The Container Store for all the sheets.  But what of the towels, tablecloths, vintage linens, out-of-season clothes?  They’re everywhere!  I don’t even want to clean them before I need them, because I have nowhere to put them.  It’s very sad.

Clearly I need some intervention, so here’s some inspiration I’ve found:

Notice how the supplies are in pretty containers.  Note to self:  Get rid of the huge, orange box of Tide.

I also like the little caddy, nicely containing all the stray supplies.  Inspiration…accomplished!