Laundry Room Decor
and Crafts

Crafts

• Add scent to your clean clothes by tossing a fragrance pad into the dryer. Start by cutting 2 6" by 6" pieces of fabric. Sew right sides together on 3 sides and stuff with a small amount batting. Add a few drops of your favorite lavendar or lemon essential oil and sew the last side closed. Add to the dryer for a fresh scent.
• Crafts with Dryer Lint
• Make an angel worry doll from a clothespin
• Make a clothespin reindeer. Delete the legs and use him as a pin or magnet.
• Make Longjohns out of tube socks

Soaps

• Laundry Recipes and Tips
• Detergents
• Cookie Cutter Soap
• Goldfish in a Bag Soap
• Milled Soap
• Soap Petals
• Luffa Soap

Decorate

• Use baby clothes or doll clothes to create a swag or valance of clothes hanging on a line with old fashioned Clothespins
• Add this Fish Hamper to a nautical room.
• Hang a washboard - either plain or painted for an old time country feel.
• Laundry rooms are often tucked away so this may be the room to try a painted mural or new faux paint technique.
• Closets near a kitchen, hallway, or bedroom can often be updated to include the water, power, and venting required for a washer and dryer. If it's a small closet consider a stacking washer and dryer.
• Hot glue tacks to Mini Clothespins for use on a bulletin board.
• If you have a concrete floor consider painting it. Clean first with soap and water, and rinse completely; let dry. Apply a waterproof sealer and let dry. Now you're ready to paint.
• Hang an old fabric purse from a coat hook and fill with clothes pins

Organize

• A shelf over the washer and dryer is a helpful way to organize your supplies. If you budget will allow a cabinet mounted over the space it will add capacity and hide the storage at the same time.
• Laundry Hints from the Vinegar Institute
• Basket storage is a handy decorative solution for keeping laundry needs, a sewing kit, or hangers within reach but without adding to a cluttered look.
• Laundry Tips
• Tips:
  *Since you may have to replace your washer and dryer someday, don’t customize the room to hold only those units - leave some wiggle room.
  *Install automatic shutoff valves in case a hose breaks.
  *Insulation placed n the walls and floor will reduce noise vibrations.

Kids

• Dryer Sheet Butterflies
• Soap Crayons
• Dryer Lint Clay

Links

• Efficient Laundry Room Design
• Laundry Room Makeover
• Laundry Room 'Living Spaces' a Growing Trend