This is the best remodel project ever!!!! Come take a peek into our master bathroom…
What is in the closet you say? We moved our laundry room from the first floor to the second floor. Can I tell you how awesome it is to strip down naked and just throw my clothes in the wash? Sorry for the visual, but it ROCKS!!
Ok right now it is not beautiful, but it is functional and wonderful!!! Oh my stars I am in LOOOOOOVE!
I am just getting used to it to try and figure out exactly what I want to do with it. I am thinking a drop down folding table would be DEEEVINE.
It is a 7” x 10” room so it is a nice size for a laundry room. I took down all the wire shelving from the two sides and kept one side. As I take the laundry out I will hang it and then take it to the appropriate bedrooms. Underneath is the dirties.
However, I would love to build/make/find something to stack the laundry baskets on to the right of the dryer….
I keep vacillating between making this pretty or just keeping it functional. I am the only one who will see it. What do you think?
Do you have any must have’s in your laundry room? Are you a first floor or a second floor laundry room person?
I love having my laundry on the same floor we sleep on. It just makes sense not to have to lug around baskets of laundry. I've had laundry rooms in the basements of previous homes and it's just not the same.
I think that I'd find some way to make it functional but still pretty. It may only be you seeing it, but think about how enjoyable it would be to walk into a beautiful room just to do your laundry.
Oh, that is lovely! I'd def. make it pretty! if your house is anything like mine you spend a good bit of time in there. Maye it enjoyable!
Yes, definitely pretty and functional! You have great space and can do both. I had mine on the 2nd floor in my old house. Now, the master is downstairs and so is the laundry. It's only one son upstairs left! Oh and a fold down ironing board might be great!
I went from a 1924 bunglow in MI to a new construction in Indy. Needless to say I love the upstairs laundry. In MI we had our laundry room in the yucky basement. Now it's just down the hall from our bedroom.
I think you should pretty it up so I can have some inspiration for my laundry room. 🙂
Love your blog!!
Great idea! We have the same washer and dry:)
I don't think you should choose between "pretty" and "functional", I'm sure you can have both. Go on a "researching" spree for cute laundry rooms, there's so many cool "storage" options that will make it a pleasure to go in there…after all, you're crafty, you can't just leave it "as is"! 🙂
There is a super cute laundry room redo I saw out there and for the life of me I can't remember where. But she has a built in shelf underneath the washer and dryer that holds three baskets and the shelves themselves are labeled lights darks colors or something like that. I wish I could remember the blog! But it doesn't take up much space and looks super nice!
I am seriously so jealous. I'm in a multi-level house so I "GET" to go down 2 flights of stairs to get to my laundry room. I really wonder sometimes if men who made the floor plans to my house have something against women! I hate the location. Although I love my laundry room I still need cabinets and stuff so it is not even quite functional outside of the machines. All in due time though I guess! I have a feeling you'll find a way to make it functional yet pretty … you are amazing like that I think! 🙂
Man oh man am I jealous! Ours is on the first floor but 2 of our bedrooms and kitchen and living room are upstairs. The other 2 bedrooms and laundry is down stairs. Pain in the rear! We are moving soon and that house has 3 bedrooms upstairs and laundry is still down! But it is right at tne bottom of the stairs and we throw the laundry down and my son gets to take it all the way down and sort it. I have a 3 hanging basket sorter from target and use that. My 10 yr old knows how to sort it, I told him his wife will love him for this some day! Lord knows my husband doesn't have a clue how to do laundry! But I love my sorter baskets. They don't stack but sit side by side and are mesh hanging. they might fit between your dryer and wall. Then it is already sorted and you can throw it in! I have to spray the entire red load (my daughter's clothing, she makes lots of messes, with shout before) But I still love them! And I have a hanging bar because I don't dry any of my clothes. But it would be nice to have a folding table. Maybe at our next house it will be better and I can make one! This one is a hallway to a bathroom so not much room in there for that! Have fun with your new laundry room!
Thanks for the visual! Actually, all kidding aside…this is my dream! What I wouldn't give to be abale tos trip down naked, throw my clothes in the wash, and hop in the shower. Sounds like a slice of heaven to me.
Apparently…I am, really easy to please!
~Amanda
And, note to self….I need to check my spelling before I post a comment for the world to see. I really CAN spell.
~Amanda
This rocks!! My laundry is unfortunately in our garage so I have no idea how I'd make it pretty but its nice to have the dirty clothes out of eyesight…makes it much easier to avoid them! lol…love your new space!
Right now I would give a million, bajillion dollars for a laundry on the second floor! Between us and our 6 week old twins, I do at least one load of washing every day, and lugging it up and down the stairs is so annoying!
OK, I am always backwards. My laundry room is upstairs on the second floor, but we live on the first floor.
Trying to get hubby to agree to have the Master Bedroom upstairs.
Do make the laundry room pretty. Why not.
Sandi
So awesome! We want to do the same thing here. We have the perfect place for it. Enjoy! I am totally jealous 🙂
I love having the laundry room on the floor where all the bedrooms are since that is where most of the clothes go, makes sense. I do have a question for you, Beckie, where are your clothes now?
I, too, have an upstairs laundry room, and love it! What is better is my sister's house, which she designed with TWO laundry rooms- one in her master closet on the main floor, one upstairs for her daughters to use. No lugging laundry all over the place!
Make it pretty. Mine is painted a really pretty color, and though that is all at this point, it calms me when I see what awaits inside…
I say make it pretty. If it's nice, you will want to keep it nice and you'll like being in there.
I recently remodeled my laundry room. (I only wish mine was on the second floor like yours.) But it's pretty and when you have a pretty laundry room, laundry isn't such a drag.
Here's a link to our recent laundry room makeover. http://theskinnerscene.blogspot.com/2010/03/laundry-room-reveal.html
I say make it pretty….It's something you'll see pretty much everyday, make it an enjoyable site!!
I unfortunately have my laundry room in the basement, so I drag my laundry baskets down two sets of stairs…ahh I cant wait to get my own house again, with a laundry room on the same floor as the bedrooms! Im jealous of you right now!
I vote make it pretty! If I know you at all it will be pretty eventually anyway, so why not now? : ) Plus, it's the little things that take your breath away, and an awesome laundry room would def do that for me. : )
I am oh-so-jealous of the second floor laundry room. That would make life really nice. Who did all the handy work to get it up there? (That's what she said….. OH YES…. I really did just say that. Thought about it and couldn't pass up the opportunity… hope it didn't offend you.) ; )
In our old house, we had a second floor which was nice and easy for putting things away since we have all the bedrooms upstairs. In our new house, we have a downstairs laundry room, which is also nice because I can watch tv while I fold laundry. I have liked both. . .
I'm confused – is that your master closet or do you just have a random 10 x 7 ft. closet (almost a bedroom) attached to your bathroom??? If that was the master closet where are your clothes now? Oh, and as everyone else said already… I foresee pretty in that room's future and functional – well, that's a given for you! A fold down ironing board and also a pull out drying rack would be really cool in the space. Baskets… thinking something with texture not just color. Excited for your excitement – it must be pretty cool! Mine is a downstairs after-thought of a laundry room that I'm sure was designed by a man who didn't know laundry zones very well… but at least it isn't in a closet.
We are all on one level and the laundry is off the kitchen. I have great prints hanging in there and other than those, I keep it sparse cause the clothes alone drive me crazy. I need clear surfaces. I do however use MRS. MYERS lavender soap, makes the whole room smell wonderful.
The Family Handyman has a great idea in their Feb 2010 issue.
I can't tell you the page, because the page number is cut off on my scanned picture, but it is in the "Readers Projects".
The ideas is this, use the rails for shelves, and sturdy brackets, and skip the shelves, just put your baskets right on the rails.
We put these in the closet of our kid's room, because we don't have a dresser, and it works great for us!! I can send you a copy of the picture if you want!!
we are STILL not finished with ours, but we are getting there!!! ours is just an alcove really but i DO NOT CARE, it is UPSTAIRS!!! woohoo! all is ready to move the machines, but it is waiting on me to paint, sigh-i have no one to blame now but me-better get on it this week!!! yours looks AWESOME!!
Having the laundry on the same floor is awesome. It is funny you have a laundry room post today check out UCreate at http://kari-youcanmakeit.blogspot.com/ Keri just posted a laundry room remodel, it is beautiful – I am sure you will fall in love too. They raised the washer and dryer and put it underneath! Have fun!
I've had both upstairs and downstairs. I know I'm odd, but I much perfer it downstairs. I guess because that's where I spend most of my day and I didn't like going up to change the loads. Yes, I do have to take the clothes up to put them away. I also do all of my laundry in one day. And, I can't stand dirty clothes in the laundry room. (Weird I know!) Dirty clothes MUST stay in the bedroom until it's time for them to be washed. Shannon has nice cubbies that just fit her laundry baskets.
Great job though! And where's the closet?
Oh and I definitely think it should be pretty! My laundry room is one of my favorite things about this house! 🙂
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this idea!!! I lament carrying our laundry up and down the stairs to teh basement. We've been planning to expand our main bathroom and in doing so would add on an extra additional room to the house. We originally thought it would be a small bedroom that we would make a reading room, but now I'm thinking it would make more sense to make it into a laundry room instead. Eeekk…what a great idea!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this idea!!! I lament carrying our laundry up and down the stairs to teh basement. We've been planning to expand our main bathroom and in doing so would add on an extra additional room to the house. We originally thought it would be a small bedroom that we would make a reading room, but now I'm thinking it would make more sense to make it into a laundry room instead. Eeekk…what a great idea!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this idea!!! I lament carrying our laundry up and down the stairs to teh basement. We've been planning to expand our main bathroom and in doing so would add on an extra additional room to the house. We originally thought it would be a small bedroom that we would make a reading room, but now I'm thinking it would make more sense to make it into a laundry room instead. Eeekk…what a great idea!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this idea!!! I lament carrying our laundry up and down the stairs to teh basement. We've been planning to expand our main bathroom and in doing so would add on an extra additional room to the house. We originally thought it would be a small bedroom that we would make a reading room, but now I'm thinking it would make more sense to make it into a laundry room instead. Eeekk…what a great idea!!
We moved our laundry room to where the clothes live and even though I still don't like doing laundry I sure do hate it a lot less …
I did do something recently that I have to post photos of that made me hate it even less … I put a shower curtain rod across the room and loaded it with empty hangers … so when a hanging item comes out of the dryer it goes right on the hanger … then all I have to work on later is folded stuff …
If you keep taking pictures of it, you aren't the only one who sees it! 🙂 I am thinking you'll find some way to snaz it up. Plain and Beckie just don't mix. You'll make it both pretty and functional. After you're done with yours, please come to GA and do mine.