Laundry closet

If you are like me and you probably are there is a never ending cycle of laundry. You probably enjoy it less too because it is blah and empty and well boring. Mine was. Before I started I just had the plain white walls and the shelves above the washer and dryer and that was it. No fancy washer and dryer for me just the kind that work (and sometimes a bit too slowly for my own liking lol). Anyways I decided to perk it up. I spend loads (haha) of time down here so I should have a pretty view right? I thought so.

I took two flower pictures that I had gotten several years ago and decided to put them right above the washer and dryer. Pretty huh? No more ugly blank wall to look at. After that I organized the junk (cleaning supplies, rags, light bulbs, batteries, storage bags, Ironing stuff etc). I already had these bins and sorted things so it would be easy to get to. I wasn't satisfied with the white bins up there all alone so I added a pretty floral box that I had and decided to use that to store light bulbs in it. After that I took a basket that I already had and put all my ironing stuff together. I don't iron often but when I do grabbing one basket is so much easier than grabbing a handful of different items.

I found a cute little wicker style storage box at Goodwill for $2.00 to store my clothes pins in. After all that I decided to use a tension rod (yep you guessed it that I already had) and hang it in the doorway to my little laundry closet. I don't have doors as this is part of a basement room that also houses the water heater and other fun stuff like the air conditoner and all that. Anyways I decided to put up two sheer curtain panels (yes I had these already too) to give the space a more formal feeling.

The curtains are easy enough to move and because of how light they are it actually allows the light to come through to the other part of the room in a nice glow. I love my new little space and couldn't be more happy with how it looks. What you can't see in this picture too is that I used a hallway runner that I had upstairs in front of the washer and dryer. It adds a punch of color and it also gives me something to stand on instead of the cold tile floor while I'm folding laundry.

Oh if you are wondering what the clear plastic thing is on the top shelf it's a bag of other clear bags. :) I keep the bags off of sheets, bedding, socks, basically anything that has a zipper or a button closure on it that can be used again. I can't tell you how many times I was glad I kept them and they get used often.

Total cost for this project: $2.00