How to Update your Boring Laundry Room Decor

Paint the Walls of your Laundry Space

Painting your laundry room walls can instantly transform the space. You can make the room look bigger by using light colors or make it cozy with bold colors. Bright paint can go a long way towards helping you to enjoy your chores. Paint the trim a different color to give the room a finished look. You can also add character to the space with murals, posters, decals, and fun signs.

Add Laundry Room Cabinets & Shelving

As you give your laundry room a makeover, remember that storage is one of the most vital things. Increase storage by adding laundry room cabinets and shelves which can hold hangers, irons, sewing kits, detergents, and clothespins. The extra space can hold seasonal items and pet accessories. Make your laundry room a functional place where chores are tackled at once.

DIY Network has some creative laundry room storage ideas.

Browse Laundry Room Makeover Ideas

Sometimes, you need a little inspiration in order to be more creative. Browse laundry room makeover ideas and you will boost the style and efficiency of the space. For instance, you can add a folding station to minimize wrinkles in clothes, integrate an ironing board to handle simple touch ups, or store all your detergents in a lazy Susan.

Each Season Look for New Laundry Room Organization Ideas

After updating your laundry room, don’t stop there. Carry out regular laundry room organization to ensure it stays in tip-top condition. Keep your cleaning supplies in one place. You can store them in an open-top storage container or a carry-all caddy. If your pet has a lot of toys, designate a spot for them to free up space. Put dirty clothes in hampers to ensure they are not scattered in the room and place lost and found items in a container.

An organized laundry room is a cleanup command center. Whether your laundry room sits next to the kitchen or in a corner, take time to update it. Make it as clean and as organized as the other rooms in your home with these laundry room decor tips.

Here are Better Home’s & Gardens’ best tips on updating a laundry room.

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Home Organization: How to Declutter Your Laundry Room

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Build a Workstation

To keep the laundry room decluttered and organized, you have to build or designate a workstation. A proper workstation will save time and keep the mess scattering around the floor. Instead of piling up the clean clothes on your dryer’s tiny surface, use a workstation combined with a tiny table, a foldout shelf, and a built-in counter. Use them for folding or holding clothes and other accessories. Especially, a built-in shelf can be very handy in keeping the folded linens organized in neat stacks. Don’t forget to clean them on a regular basis.

Keep the Tiny Items Organized

Besides being a place for washing and cleaning clothes and shoes, a laundry room is the place for repairing these things too. So, the things like scrub brush, bleach pen, and the kits for stain removal, shoe care, and minor sewing repairs should be stored there at the hand’s reach. Keep these things in separate boxes on the lowest shelf for easy reach. For popped buttons, loose change, and other smaller things, a catchall will be perfect. You can also use a shower caddy to hold these things because it will be easy to grab and carry.

Rolling Hamper for Tossed up Items

A rolling hamper can save the laundry room floor from the mess of tossed up items. Such a hamper is so roomy that you can throw literally all the dirty clothes without feeling overwhelmed. However, keep a separate bin for items like muddy socks or sweaty workout clothes because it will be better not to mix them with other items.

Shelves for Ultimate Organization

Shelves are a wonderful solution in both keeping the clutter out and holding the clothes and other items in order. You can use any type – adjustable wire shelving, open shelves, or closet-shelves. Keep separate things in each shelf for grab-and-go. For example, keep drying sweaters in one shelf, towels in another one, and the other for stacks of folded clothing.

These home organization tips will give you new inspiration for doing a makeover of your laundry room. You will be able to keep everything necessary for cleaning and caring of your clothing in one place. They will also save your time and the precious space of that relatively smaller area.

Do you have any home organization ideas you use in your laundry room?

Simple Laundry Room Space Saving Tips 

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Space Saving Tips – Upper Cabinets or Shelving

In small spaces, it can be difficult to find floor or wall space to support all of your storage needs. If you are finding it difficult to locate space in your laundry room, looking to build up instead across the room is a concept that works well to provide that extra storage you are looking for. Installing upper cabinets or shelving is an ideal way to create more storage space within a cramped space. Today, there are several options to choose from that are not only functional but aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Laundry Room Collapsible Components

Laundry rooms function as both an area to clean and dry your clothing but also as a space that you will fold, hang, and iron your clothing. If you are a little tight on space, another tip to consider would be to create or purchase collapsible components that can be stored easily under the cabinets such as a fold out ironing board or a table that can be expanded to fold your clothing on top of.

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Slide Out Cabinets Helps Save Space

Slide out cabinets can provide easy access to items that you may be putting away as well as a way to store some items that are used frequently while keeping your workspace clean. There are many options of slide outs that assist in the daily functions for the laundry room such as slide-outs available for the laundry baskets, accordion style slide outs, or for medium to smaller sized containers. The options for slide outs to help with you space saving needs are available making it easier for you to mix and match to cater to your functional needs.

Having a small laundry room does not mean we have to endure a cramped space that we feel is a nightmare to enter or that it would cost thousands of dollars to create a space that you could love. The key to loving your laundry room is being organized and adding your own methods for organization to the space to allow you to move about freely and accomplish cleaning, drying, and folding your laundry in comfort. Adding in Upper Cabinets, collapsible components, or slide outs to your laundry room could be the solution to your space issue within your home.

What are some ways that you have incorporated space saving tips into your kitchen or laundry room?

Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Last week you enjoyed – ‘Cozy Autumn Fireplace Mantle Ideas‘ from Lisa Ketz and this week it’s time to get your laundry room organized. Nora Noorsirrat who is a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room gives you ideas for taking a utilitarian room and making it functional, organized and simplified with creative laundry room ideas!

If you’re interested in being featured see details here: How to be featured on Stagetecture’s Olioboard Inspiration‘ series.

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Olioboard Inspiration #33

‘Simplified Laundry Room Organization  ’ –  Nora Noorsirrat

Doing laundry is actually serious business. It is a long process of sorting, waiting, ironing and folding that usually takes up several hours of your day,of which all are spent in this room. It can be a stressful experience  if the room is cold, cluttered and messy. The Laundry room is an important  enough space to give attention to. Organize it well and make it cheerful and you will look forward to spending time in this room!

Shelving and mounting

A laundry room is usually small and tight. Build shelving into nooks and corners to maximize space upwards.  Stack up your dryer upon the washing machine and mount ironing boards on the wall to save floor space. Place all your washing detergents and cleaning accessories in one place, you’ll save time searching for those cleaning agents if you can see all at a glance and will make doing the laundry more efficient.

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Cover with Curtains

If you don’t like the shelves too open or afraid that you can’t keep it neat and tidy, disguise them with curtains.  Find fabrics that are light, like linen or gauze with cheerful patterns and you’ll find not only it serves as a closet door to your shelves but it will make the room bigger and brighter.

Worktop

Sorting and folding while standing is not good for your back.  A table or console top can be made a worktop for you to do your tasks. Use old tables, desks or consoles that you don’t use but love it too much to throw away. Paint it with bright colors like red,or yellow and add a high stool. Doing this will give  you a work station where you can do your folding sitting down or where you can check emails while waiting for the dryer to stop.

Double as hobby room

Part of laundry process is waiting for the washer and dryer to stop. You can fill this time by doing your hobby while doing your laundry! How efficient is that! Again, use shelving on the wall to save floor space and storage boxes to keep all your hobby items neat and tidy.

Hanging Solutions

Ensure you have plenty of hanging space for your clothes. Use coat hangers that you usually keep in the foyer in the laundry room or colorful knobs as decorative yet functional hangers. You need some style here too!

Cozy corner for Relaxing

What more could you ask for in a laundry room than a quiet corner for a well deserved rest and a cup of tea.  Place a small sofa and side table into a corner of the room for you to have  a break from the chores and a little ‘me’ time. Put  up your favorite pictures or artwork and the  laundry room will never look the same again!

“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it” Confucius

About the Author – Nora Noorsirrat

I am new to blogging , this is my first article written for an interior design blog. I spent the past 15 years doing quality assurance and accreditation audits in the education industry but my love for the creative arts and interior design has always  been in my heart. 

Recently, I left my job to follow my passion and started my own collection of decorative cushions and linens using Asian fabrics. Most of my inspiration comes from my Asian heritage,the environment of the tropical forest and  the materials it produces like teak, bamboo, jute and of course the rich colorful  flowers underneath its canopy. 

 I would like to thank the Olioboard Fan Room and Stagetecture for giving me the chance to express my creative side to share  my designs with fellow designers around the world.Also the many new friends I have made who inspire me to do what I  have always wanted to do.  To see more of my designs, check out my  olioboard portfolio . I am  currently working on my cushion collection and building up my page “The Rumah Boutique” at Facebook which will be launched once I have completed my range.

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