Laundry Room Updating Essentials

Every room needs an update every once in awhile, and let’s just be honest with ourselves, our laundry room is always the last room to be updated. Not to fear though! You’ll love updating your laundry room with our fun, trendy ideas!

Paint

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The best way to really make a difference in any room is by painting. Different paint colors give off different vibes causing the look and feel of the room to transform. It’s also pretty much the most inexpensive way to change up a room. In a laundry room, we personally think the best way to go with paint is a very light blue-green color, such as Sea Foam by Benjamin Moore or Copen Blue by Sherwin Williams.

Storage

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We all know storage is absolutely vital in a laundry room, and sometimes even though we have so much room, it still isn’t enough! If there’s an empty wall or a wall with artwork you don’t care for much anymore, bring down the artwork and add shelving there. You’ll be surprised at how much space it really opens up for you to use.

Staining the Floor

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If you have a basement laundry room, lots of the time, it has a cold concrete floor. Not only is it cold and uncomfortable, but it also darkens the room. Go ahead and paint over the concrete or stain it and add a rug to help out with the comfy aspect. It will be much easier on your feet and your eyes! Check out our post about staining concrete to make it easier on you.

Sock Finder

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Everyone is aware that all washer and dryers eat socks. No one knows where they go. They just disappear, but not anymore! We have two ways to solve this problem. You can make a sock jar and put all socks that lose their friends in a jar. At the end of laundry day, dump it out on the counter and find the matches. The other way to can solve this problem is by making a cute β€œSock Finder” line that hangs in your laundry room, and you can clothes pin all the lost socks to it until you find their other half. You’ll never lose a pair again!

Lint Can

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Accompanying your trashcan in your laundry room, you should have a lint can. What is a lint can, you might ask. It’s pretty self-explanatory; it’s a can that holds lint. Here’s the catch, though. You can use an outdoor box and hang it up right next to the dryer. You just empty it at the end of laundry day, and voila!

Detergent Dispenser

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This idea we actually found and think it’s completely genius! We all know it’s annoying to lift the detergent jug all the time, and it tends to get on the side and can be messy. Instead, pour the detergent in a beverage dispenser. You don’t have to move it anymore and it just pours out with the lift of a small handle. The best part: you can do it with your softener, too!

Hopefully, you will enjoy one of these ideas that will give your laundry room a new look and feel. Our last tip: any change in dΓ©cor may work as well!

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4 Helpful Ways to Organize Your Laundry Room

Which room do we all wish could be cute and charming, but somehow, it just seems impossible? The laundry room, of course! We’re here to inform you it can be cute and charming, though! Here’s how…

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Pick out an adorable jar or DIY one to keep track of all the change that comes through the dirty clothes.

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Give the room a style. Since the trashcan is really the only other statement dΓ©cor item, let it flow with the style. If the room is too small, attach a lint box to the wall so you don’t have to walk far every time you change out a load of laundry. It adds cute character to the tiny room.

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Create a command center. Have it hold everything you could possibly need on shelves and in bins. This will keep everything organized in what is normally the chaos room.

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Keep separate loads separate! Have three or four different bins (or really however many different loads you typically do). Have a separate bin for your whites, darks, towels, jeans, etc. Label them so the kids know what to do with their clothes and which bins to put them in. Side note: this will also help teach them good laundry habits for later on in life!

I hope we have helped you step up your laundry room game! This is by far the hardest room to keep clean, so hopefully you can use these tips to help you not get overwhelmed when it comes to laundry day!

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