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Last week I asked for your feedback about what room you wanted to work on next, and the crowd has spoken. We will be tackling our laundry rooms!
My laundry room is in a constant state of disarray, which has led me to one conclusion: We have too many clothes! Honestly, I’m not sure why we even have closets in our home because the laundry just seems to stay in the laundry room or on the floors of our bedrooms. We’ve established some very bad habits, but that’s what this entire process is about, breaking those bad habits, retraining ourselves, and making progress.
My goals for my laundry room are:
Monday & Tuesday: wash, dry, fold, and put away all laundry that’s currently dirty or sitting in baskets in the laundry room
Wednesday & Thursday: Empty, sort through, and clean cabinets cabinets
We store our cleaning supplies in our laundry room so we’ll be talking about those this week too as well as various storage ideas. I’ll be back tomorrow with some inspiring laundry rooms to get our creative storage juices flowing. We’ll also be talking about adding pretty touches so we’re more inclined to keep our spaces clean and organized.
As for my entryway closets, pictures will be coming soon (you can see some of the work in progress pics, including what my poor husband came home to one day, here).
We’re in this together, and if you feel like quitting please remember…
Do you use your laundry room for anything besides washing clothing, such as storing cleaning supplies? What are your favorite tips and tricks for creating and maintaining an organized laundry room?
We don’t have a laundry room. Our house came with hookups in the garage. Our home is old, so the way to the basement is through the garage as well. So pretty much the laundry is always in a pile out there and sometimes gets stepped on if someone needs to go to the basement. BUT I would much rather it be in my garage than have to walk up and down scary concrete basement steps all the time. 🙂 So yeah, our garage is mainly storage, basement access, and laundry room.
I have no tips or tricks. I’m a disaster. That’s why I’m here.:)
Welcome! I hope you were able to get some useful ideas from the laundry room and entryway organization posts. It’s always hard when a space serves multiple functions.
What fun! Have you share this at my party today? If not, PLEASE do. Many of my readers are organizing enthusiasts. They will love it.
Right now we live in a rental with the shared laundry room on our floor so we have no choice but to be organized 😛
We hang most of our clothes to dry on our clotheshorse thingy in our bedroom since we don’t have much space to put it. We try to put the clothes away the next day (when they’re dry) and it keeps the place from looking too cluttered. We also generally follow a laundry schedule… lights on Friday, and darks on Sunday. That usually gets us through the week (it’s just my husband and I). We do towels and bedding semi-regularly (probably not enough, but it’s a pain with shared laundry!!), often on the same day as we’re doing other laundry. I seriously cannot wait until we have our own laundry room when we move.
I think just keeping on top of stuff helps reduce laundry clutter. Don’t let it pile up. Force yourself to put it away. Also, if you have fewer clothes (and they’re ones you actually like), you’ll have less work. You will be less tempted to leave them in the laundry room if you have nothing else to wear or really enjoy wearing them.
I don’t have a ton of clothes, but my kids have waaaaay too many! I really need to weed through it and keep just a few items (and I’m saying this after giving away 5 bags of clothes a few months ago!). I’m also horrible about letting things pile up. I don’t mind washing, drying, or folding laundry, but I hate putting it away for some reason. It’s so silly because, at that point, I’m almost done, but I hate it. Why can’t I just plug my brain into something like The Matrix and automatically have new and better habits?