With little more than paint, sunlight, and a few photographs, it's become one of my favorite places in the house. I love ironing in this room. I keep the blinds open to let the sun stream in, and can look out upon the neighborhood and a shady yard while I press our shirts.

I bought the photos from Allposters.com and framed them with inexpensive mats and frames (that I spray painted white) from Hobby Lobby. All Posters has a great selection of laundry photos, and I ordered each of them in the same size. Remember when choosing to get ones that have similar orientations - either horizontal or vertical - if you want them to match as I have done. There were some superb ones that were oriented vertically, but because I had my heart set on using the tank, the others needed to be horizontal as well. As an aside, they had fantastic customer service, and I will buy from them again.

It took some doing to scrape off the 4 layers of different wallpaper border that had been successively painted and papered over! The wall you don't see was turned into a make-do floor to ceiling cabinet by the previous owners, with deep shelves and whole sheets of plywood on hinges for doors, which close with screen hooks. I just painted them the same color as the walls
and they melt away from view.

Above the windows, hanging plant brackets hold the coat hangers while I am ironing, then fold away when done. I got these brackets at the Dollar Store for $1.50 each, whereas special decorative hooks from the home improvement stores were around $12 each. These work perfectly for their purpose.


stores and older grocery stores - you will be amazed!
The embroidered blue bird laundry bag is a vintage one. This is also the room in which I keep a vintage calendar that corresponds to the current year. It is a perfect escape tool for daydreaming while ironing - happy days indeed!
Lovely! And color me insanely jealous. :) You'd be horrified if you saw my dark, damp basement set-up. Enjoy your new space! Blessings, Debra
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much Debra. These old homes always surprise us with how they turn out. I can't wait to watch what you do to your basement when you get to that project. :-)
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If I had a laundry room like that I might not dread it so. It's beautiful! I love, love, love the idea of a bank to catch the loose change. I may steal that. ;)
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Amanda! I must admit, when my 3 boys were at home, the laundry was never ending so there wasn't much time to think about making a cute space for it, so my first bank above the washer was a coffee can with a slot in the lid! Heh!
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