yeah, right

It would be so lovely to have a laundry room like this. That way my maid could really enjoy doing laundry.



What world do these people live in?? (From the new Pottery Barn catalog, btw).

I dunno.

I think the front loaders are the most expensive bit.

I think you could do the cabnitry pretty easily from stock at HQ or Ikea.
Paneling looks like regular stuff just turned horizontal.
Sisal rug.
Old fashioned linolium tiles.
Accessories from Target and Ikea.

My old laundry room was 12x12 and we could have done this treatment on around $1000.
All you need is an unfinished walkout basment.

I covet front loaders.
Hell, I covet a dryer that actually heats up.

[Gwendolyn]

Re: yeah, right

That way my maid could really enjoy doing laundry.

:clothes:
Yes Please.

[DCJenn]

Ummm, no need to be rude here, people. She has a name.

It's Mathilde. Damned Rude Dawkters Spouses....

She live in the cottage next to Sven and two doors away from Jacques, the limo driver...

Jenn

[Cumberland]

I like the room, but I say lose the safety pin.

[fluffhead]

When we moved in to our house, I shopped around and managed to get a great front loader at Sears, on sale, with rebates, for really cheap. I think the washer and the enormous capacity dryer came to about 850 together.

I sit and watch the washer go. It's really very entertaining.

I need to get out more.

[Amiens]

I sit and watch the washer go. It's really very entertaining.

My 2 1/2 year old loves our front loader w/d. I, too, find joy in watching the bubbles and everything spin. The only thing I don't like about them is our laundry room is on the second floor, and during the final spin, sometimes it sounds like we have a heliocopter pad upstairs.

BUT- I can get a heck of lot of laundry done.

Crystal

[BonBon]

I have a front loader too, but it doesn't have the window. Dang.

Would you guys think I was weird if I admitted that I had crown moulding put into my laundry and painted it the day before I had the baby? And I put up a wallpaper border. Hey, if I have to spend time in there, it may as well be pretty, right?

We have a space-saver laundry room. Here's a pic of the entryway:

Dagny -

I think that's called 'nesting" . I agree - it might as well be comfortable. I keep trying to think of ways to make mine better -- but it's really tiny.

Maybe not as tiny as monkey's .

[fluffhead]

Our's is in the boilerroom in the basement, with all the spiders and boric acid. It's the room that's absolutely off limits to the kids. When I'm in there, they play in the furnished side of the basement (usually with the dirty laundry )
We also have a laundry chute, which I _love_. I think it's against code to build a new house with one, cause fires can start in the basement and spread rapidly to the upstairs through the chute.

[Vishenka69]

Girls, hate to break it to you, but the room is actually missing something. It needs one of these tall dryers (that look like a fridge) and has shelves inside for sweaters and other delicates. Also a sink with a jet setting for washing lingerie would be utmost helpful. All of these has been spied on one of the HGTV shows.

[Vanquisher]

Girls, hate to break it to you, but the room is actually missing something. It needs one of these tall dryers (that look like a fridge) and has shelves inside for sweaters and other delicates. Also a sink with a jet setting for washing lingerie would be utmost helpful. All of these has been spied on one of the HGTV shows.

I agree! Plus, there isn't nearly, nearly enough counter space and no sink. Not my idea of a dream laundry room at all.

Small picture, but this is more like it.

[Rapunzel]

Wow! Heidi, you could LIVE in that laundry room! We could just set a bed up for Mathilda in the corner, give her one of those under-the-counter fridges and a microwave and she's set!

Okay, how bad is it that I actually gasped over that pic? :clothes: