So, when we bought our house last year I didn't give the laundry room much thought although I have always wanted a larger laundry room than we have had in the past. The room is rather small and serves as an entrance from the garage - one door in front of the washer and one door to the side of the dryer... With the doors there is literally no room to keep a laundry hamper in there because the doors won't open without hitting it.
I also have no where to fold laundry other than on the couch or love seat and with a dog in the house that is not great idea - hello hair, smell and random socks disappearing :)
Anyway, I came up with a project about 3 weeks ago that my husband didn't like from the very beginning. My project was to get each of the kids there own small laundry basket so that they can carry it up and down the stairs and to install some sort of shelf or table top on top of the washer and dryer. My reasoning for the table top was to have somewhere to fold the laundry and not worry about it falling off the side or back of the washer or dryer.
Well, after a bit of help from my husband for helping me determine how high to install the shelf and to my neighbor for making the first rough cut based off of my not so accurate measurements I finally finished the project by myself and I couldn't be more proud!!!
I purchased all of the products from Lowe's - a nice, thick piece of plywood that wouldn't sag while being used, 1x4 boards (I purchased 2), a gallon of white kilz, and a couple of brushes. Here is my finished project!!!
I also have no where to fold laundry other than on the couch or love seat and with a dog in the house that is not great idea - hello hair, smell and random socks disappearing :)
Anyway, I came up with a project about 3 weeks ago that my husband didn't like from the very beginning. My project was to get each of the kids there own small laundry basket so that they can carry it up and down the stairs and to install some sort of shelf or table top on top of the washer and dryer. My reasoning for the table top was to have somewhere to fold the laundry and not worry about it falling off the side or back of the washer or dryer.
Well, after a bit of help from my husband for helping me determine how high to install the shelf and to my neighbor for making the first rough cut based off of my not so accurate measurements I finally finished the project by myself and I couldn't be more proud!!!
I purchased all of the products from Lowe's - a nice, thick piece of plywood that wouldn't sag while being used, 1x4 boards (I purchased 2), a gallon of white kilz, and a couple of brushes. Here is my finished project!!!
As you can see, there is not much room for anything fancy but I am so happy with the final result. There is a bit of room in between the shelf and the washer/dryer and that was created on purpose. For one, the cord for the dryer loops up and I didn't want to fold it down or have it relocated. Second, it allows me the option of having smaller baskets to hold 'lost' socks or even used dryer sheets/lint.
The cloth baskets are what the kids use for their laundry baskets so that they are responsible for putting up their clothes and bringing the basket back down.
Now on to the next project!!!
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