Thursday, January 19, 2012

Creating Your Ideal Laundry Room

Laundry room is definitely one of the busiest rooms inside the house. Creating your ideal laundry room needs research and planning at the same time. There are new laundry room ideas you can choose from depending on your personal preference. Moving along, the types of furniture, fixtures and accessories will be discussed for you to have an overview of how your laundry should look like, whether you’re remodeling or creating a new one.

Initially, you need to come with the design, whether you prefer a modern or contemporary look. There are establishments in the furnishings industry which provides products which you can build in your own or the do-it-yourself projects. However, you may need to check the cost if it actually fits your budget. You do not want to end up overspending on your laundry room.

After considering the design and the budget, you can start painting the room with your preferred shade. It would be smart to paint the wall first prior to putting all the furnishings and appliances. For color consideration, you may want to have a light yet bright shade which feels comfortable and homey yet full of energy at the same time.

Once you are done with the paint, you can start filling up your laundry room with the furnishing you need. Start with the shelves where you organize and store your laundry necessities such as your detergents and other cleaning products you need. It would be best not to have storage on floors to avoid crowding since you need ample space when doing your laundry.

The shelves and cabinets are best to be mounted on walls or on top of your washing machines and dryer. This will give you enough space for other furnishings like the laundry baskets, ironing board, basins and pails.
If you have enough space in your laundry room, it would a smart idea to have a separate basket for each clothing category. Ideally you can three baskets systematically assigned for your underwear, colored and the white ones.
Shelves for clean clothes and freshly ironed clothes should be available too. You can create a space where you can hang neatly ironed clothes and have available drawers for other garments. Cupboards would be a good idea too for shelving purposes. 

For a more generous laundry rooms, you can have sewing machines installed for your garment repair needs. If you happen to be in the laundry room as often as you can imagine, try having a television set to keep you company while you take care of the laundry. It may sound a little vicious but still a good option.

There are a lot of available laundry room ideas online; it is just matter of knowing what you want and what you need. One major consideration is of course, your budget. Remodeling or building a laundry which is convenient and functional is not as easy as it sounds that is why you need guidelines to make it work as planned.

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