Frugal Laundry Room Makeover

The laundry room is one of the last areas of theour house is. small, medium or big, or how much budget
house to get our attention. The reason is that we askwe have, we can always maximize decorating it. They
ourselves, who will see that tinny bitty place­thekey here is our willing to improve the quality of our life.
place where we can just dump all our dirty clothes or1. FIND YOUR THEME Every human being has a
where we can hide a trash can. Washing clothes ischild-like nature in their heart. Use your imagination. Do
never a cool thing to do in life. That's why sometimesnot be afraid to express yourself. Be who you are. For
we are so lazy to do laundry, especially when the timeexample: I always fantasize about living in a bird house.
to fold the clothes comes. Watching TV beats thatYou won't believe if I tell you that I still like toys even
any day. Now, let's face it, laundry is something wethough I'm too old to play with kids' toys. But that's no
have to do from time to time. There just may be aproblem at all. As long as you like it, enjoy it. It's your
way we can make our laundry time fun. We call ourhouse, isn't it? I want to create my laundry room to be
house "home sweet home." Wherever we go, noas warm as possible, a place where I can release my
matter how bad our house is, we always miss it andimagination. 2. DECIDE YOUR COLOR Play with your
want to go back to it. We have an attachment to thatimagination. It's okay to play with color. But since the
place where we can be who we are. Dorothy in thelaundry room is a hot place, make sure to make it as
Wizard of Oz describes it perfectly when she says:cool as possible. Choose a cool and peaceful color
"there's no place like home." Most of the time, we likethat matches your personality. 3. REMOVE CLUTTER
to do an activity when we enjoy doing it, when theClutter is not trendy. In small place, being organize is
surrounding environment sustains us. We can spendreally important. Throw away things you don't need:
hours and hours doing things we like to do. It's theempty laundry bottles, irreparable clothes and etc. Just
same way with laundry. To enjoy the time, we havekeep things you really need. That can help you saving
to attach and build a connection to where we are.time and perhaps money. 4. BUILD YOUR OWN
Here are a few tips we can do to change our laundryORGANIZATION STYLE If you think your laundry
time from dreading it to loving it: We will start byroom is really tiny and you need more space and
changing our attitude toward specialization. Makestorage area, recouping space vertically is likely a
every place in our house as important as other roomsbetter solution than horizontally. You can always build
in the house. Treat each room equal. By adding ourmany shelves up high all the way to the ceiling if you
personality, it will make the house not just a sanctuarywant. Here are the steps and tips how you can do
but also a place to retreat. No matter what the size ofyour laundry makeover in really small budget.