Take a Load Off Your Laundry Room: Tips for Organizing the Busiest Room in the House
Atwell homes include laundry rooms that are functional and stylish. Here are some tips to keep this busy room organized.
In any busy home, a revolving load of clothes in the laundry room is a given. But with a little organization, you can turn your laundry room into your favorite room in the house! Here are a few ways to replace clutter with calm in the laundry room.
Organize to simplify.
The average family of four spends eight to ten hours a week doing laundry. While you may not be able to reduce the number of loads your busy family generates, you can reduce your time in the laundry room by getting organized.
With their generous laundry room shelving and storage spaces, Atwell homes are built with organization in mind. Start by designating zones for similar items: cleaning supplies in one area, laundry supplies in another. This will save you time while removing clutter that distracts from your beautiful Atwell countertops!
Make it easy to maintain.
Now that you’ve organized your spaces by function, incorporate a few designer tricks to help ensure you can maintain them. Baskets are a great way to hide cleaning rags, small household tools or other unruly items not prone to precise stacking. You can even make your baskets multi-functional with basket dividers.
Glass jars are an attractive way to ditch bulky containers of laundry detergent. Choose varying sizes of the same style decanters to bring cohesiveness to your shelves. You can also transfer cleaning supplies from their not-so-attractive plastic bottles into clear spray bottles that complete the look. Designate a jar for emptying pockets of spare change and a basket to keep orphaned socks out of sight until their match magically appears weeks later. Label jars and baskets so everyone knows where things belong.
And news flash: Lazy Susan turntables are not just for pantries and kitchens. Use them in your Atwell home’s laundry room to keep all your supplies visible and easy to reach.
Create spaces for laundry, too.
Say goodbye to dirty clothes piled on your laundry floor. Tackle laundry sorting by investing in baskets, laundry bags or tilt-out bins hidden inside cabins. Create luggage tags to designate colors, whites, delicates or dry cleaning. Tension or closet rods under a shelf or cabinet can do double-duty for hanging wet and dry items. And, if you group hang-ups by family member, putting clean clothes away is as easy as grab-and-go.
With a few organizational tricks, you can turn laundry days in your Atwell home into your favorite days of the week.
Looking for a new home with a spacious, organized laundry room? To learn more about everything Atwell has to offer, contact a New Home Specialist at (951) 458-6155 today.