Another Laundry Room Makeover

After my last laundry room makeover, the laundry room was organized and functional, but of course it never stayed this neat.

And these ugly (albeit functional) brown shelves,

 well, I just couldn't handle looking at them any more.

Ew.

So one evening, while the kids had cereal for dinner, I painted them white.

(Editor's Note:  The shelves, Aunt Shirley, NOT the kids!  It's safe to eat cereal at my house again!)

A few weeks later, I inherited the crib that my grandpa built in the 40s.

It was the excuse I'd been waiting for...I tore out the cheap cabinets in the laundry room to create a space for the crib, and I only lost two inches of walkway.

(If it's quiet, and I can't find my girls, I look here.  They've been known to curl up in the crib together to read - all three of them!)

The laundry room is still not my favorite room in the house, but at least the new look makes me smile when I walk in there instead of cringing!

Laundry Room Make-Over

I finally couldn't take it any longer.

The clutter in the laundry room was getting to me.

So I decided to give the laundry room a make-over.

The only rule was that I had to use only what I had on hand around the house.

It almost...

...ALMOST...

...makes me want to do some laundry.

A New Kind of Chaos

We are halfway through a season that is new to us.

(No, it's not the dirty floors.)

(Piles of laundry are not a new sight, either.)

All four kids are playing soccer.

On four different teams.

With four different sets of practices and games three to four times a week.

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My washing machine works very well.

So does my dryer.

Don't Fold That Towel!

We have quite a collection of hooded towels for the kids.  Instead of spending hours a week folding towels, I just stuff the clean kids' towels in this hamper.  I got the hamper for a dollar at a garage sale, cleaned it up, and lined it with a spare Army-issue laundry bag.  :)

Fill 'er Up!

With two adults and four kids in the house, I do a LOT of laundry.  If I stay caught up, (which rarely happens, of course) I do an average of 2-3 loads a day.  Which means that I go through a LOT of dryer sheets.  I save the used ones in an old gift bag hanging in my laundry room, and when it gets full, I transfer them to a bean bag cover.  This bean bag cover (pictured) is completely filled with them, which makes it pretty heavy to drag around, but it is SO comfortable, and it smells great too!