But I believe something along those lines was the thought, and perhaps the reasoning given to LK, for the laundry room redo.
Here's what the laundry room looked like before I started the project. And yes, Mandy is right when she says most 1756 sqft homes don't have a laundry room like this- it is truly a miracle of storage and design. And yes, prior to the updating it did look this junky on most days.
Does that place inspire anyone to do laundry? Yeah, I didn't think so.
But ... what about this?
Since the painting I did for the living room didn't really work with the scale of the wall I had wanted it to go on, I moved it to the laundry room, where it perfectly completed the look. I had some black and silver hooks to put under the painting for hanging backpacks, but since we are now moving, I decided I like them too much to leave them here so didn't add them and will take then with me instead.
This laundry room has extra little touches too like a built in dog crate. Since I have a small dog, and I was tired of always stepping over her crate, and I had ample storage space in the laundry room, I created a built in doggy crate inside the cabinetry. (Please pardon my dirty-Ewok-of-a-dog, she's due for a haircut.)
And notice the black-planter-turned-wrapping-paper-holder. Yup, I was pretty impressed with that idea.
But one of the best extra touches is the motion-sensing light switch. The door into the house from the garage is at the other end of the room from the light switch and I was tired of walking in the dark to turn on the light when coming inside at night but when I left the light on, knowing I would return after dark, I just felt wasteful. So the solution was to swap out the old switch with this handy one. But buyer beware! I'm totally spoiled now with the light switch and wonder why all the other lights in my house don't automatically turn on and off for me.
Now, I think I have some clothes in the dryer from Thursday....
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