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I am currently trying to decide what to do with my really large laundry room/small bath.
February 6th, 2007
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Full question:
I am currently trying to decide what to do with my really large laundry room/small bath. The room is approx 24X15. This room was part of the new addition we put on our 70’s ranch. I love the size, but it is very very ugly. Right now it’s painted a cream color and the floor is concrete painted white. The room is right now broken up in areas. One wall has a pedistal sink, toilet and shower stall, plus one of those things that fits around the toilet with shelves. On the south wall is the washer and dryer, plus a old wringer washer that I have towels rolled up in.
There is a shelf running most of the length of that wall above the washer/dryer. The north side of the room has a bowflex. I have my ironing board set up near the bowflex. There are a couple of shelving units that I have plastic baskets on to hold the extra stuff like shampoo extra.
Besides being horribly ugly it is constantly messy. Not enough places to put stuff or just not as organized as it should be, or both!!
I am planning on painting, just haven’t come up with a good color, possibly sage green w/white? Have any good organization ideas for that room? Or something/anything to make it look better than it does?
My answer:
I’m going to suggest that you further “separate” these areas into actual “visual rooms”, instead of what now sounds like one room with three (or more purposes). I’d start that process with folding screens, and I’d screen off these mini rooms within a room.
Folding screens can be made from so many things - three ( in some cases, pieces)of any of the following and a few hinges, and you have a folding screen:
* Shutters
* Doors
* Window
* LARGE picture frames
* Headboards
* Gates
* Fencing
By doing this, you make more “wall” space, where you could shimmy up tables, dressers, hutches - furniture that would provide you with storage.
You could drop curtains on rods hung from cup hooks in the ceiling to create “doorways” to these spaces. I saw Christpoher Lowell do something similar so I tried a “Nancy” version in one of my libraries and I can’t TELL you how many more bookcases I could get in that library after working with “faux” walls.
You also make it HARDER for ALL the area to be cluttered because it’s harder to get to the spaces - not so much harder that it would be a pain to USE them, but more effort than most people would make to drop clutter.
Hope something here is useful!
Your Frugal Decorating Diva,
Nancy
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