Welcome to Design track mind by Melissa Gulley

I am an interior designer from Newton, MA having a lot of fun writing this blog between client appointments, kid stuff, kid school stuff, dog stuff, husband stuff, husband's company stuff (http://www.fueldog.com/), life stuff, old house stuff, family stuff, extended family stuff and the rest of the detail stuff. I am not a writer (clearly) so please ignore the typo's, spelling mistakes and desperate need for proofreading.

going postal doing laundry

Doing laundry is like being a mail man, or I’ll say mail person and keep it PC.  The mail just keeps coming everyday, no matter how much you delivered the day before there is more again today.  Even by the time you’ve walked your route and get back to the post office, lo and behold, there’s more already.  I TOTALLY understand how someone goes postal!!!  The laundry just keeps coming every day no matter what - gather it up - wash - dry - fold - sort - put away.  Sometimes I’ll announce to my family that as of this very minute everything we own is clean.  But then someone changes and BAAM it’s over - more laundry to do.  I must admit I have a really crappy laundry room- basement- cement floor- yucky.  This is something I plan to change.  I wanted to show you some dream laundry rooms.  Would laundry be more fun if you did it in one of these rooms?  Probably not but I’m going to believe it would be.

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For me it’s about doing it as fast as possible, so the idea of two washers and two dryers is terrific!
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I have a friend and wonderful interior designer, Nanette Ambroze Chandler, that keeps a proper hamper in each person's room.  When that hamper starts filling up, she puts just that load in the washer when she gets up in the morning.  Then switches it to the dryer before leaving the house and folds when she gets home.  All the clothes go to only that one person's room, so no sorting.  That person puts away their clothes once a week.  Great idea!

For my clients I traditionally use kitchen cabinets, big sinks (so they can also wash the dog), some closed upper cabinets and some open shelves for easy reaching of the detergent.  I often do a flooring that can get wet, wallpaper and a great roman shade - sometimes a cute chair.  There are some great wallpapers and often matching/coordinating fabrics for laundry rooms- this gives a super cute instant fun touch.  A little kitsch goes well in this room.

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Really the wallpaper and fabric don’t even have to do with laundry to give you that more sophisticated, “pssst, I’m secretly doing laundry” effect!

6 comments:

  1. We made a small bedroom on the second floor into our laundry room/walk in closet/changing room. I never have to put clothes away in anyone's room because they each come in to get what they need in the morning (and they leave their dirty clothes in baskets at night). I even keep a lot of my clothes in there now because it is such an easy system. Clothes are stored on racks, sorted by category (very Gap like ... easy since we have all boys). We have not made the room "picture perfect" yet but I would love it to look like the room with the turquoise walls! Great post!

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  2. I love this inspiration! I am truly jealous of the person who has three appliances in their laundry room (I have a basic washing machine and line dry everything else). Not to mention the gorgeous colours and storage places for everything! --Bliss-- :) Hazel

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  3. Beautiful! I love the first one. I agree.... where the heck does it come from? It just keeps piling up! I was so excited when we moved that the new house has a laundry room but they are never big enough! xo

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  4. So lovely pictures♥ I love 12th one☆

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  5. My dream was a laundry room with windows! Seemed so civilized to look out the window (even in a New England winter) while dealing with smelly socks. Alas, as we designed our dream home, my coveted laundry space became a little bedroom for the suprise 6th child who happened along the way. Happily, we learned early enough in the building process that she doesn't share a bedroom with pipes. And we squeezed the laundry room in elsewhere. But occasionally, when reading her bedtime stories, I remember the ghost of the laundry room that nearly was!

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  6. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the gold wallpaper w/ cream colored vines & flowers in the one picture. Who made it!!!???

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