| The Laundry Room and Mud Room
Laundry and mud rooms are probably the most rewarding places to organize because whatever we do to make life easier for ourselves there will flow into the rest of the house and save time.
In these rooms, we need to find a place for dirty, wet and bulky items that will still be seen and easy to reach. Most new homes are built with cabinets in both rooms. Cubby hole storage makes sorting clean laundry and supplies easy. It is also nice to have cubbyholes for each member of the family so they can put their laundry away. Front-loading appliances allows the top of the machines to be used for folding laundry. The room should have practical and functional storage as well as look good. Furniture can be substituted for shelves, cubes or cabinets if need be.
Anything with a surface and storage is good, bookshelves, etageres, sideboards are all good. Use your imagination, and you can even move an unused piece of furniture from another room in the house, and it can become the new utility piece of the laundry or mud room. Tables are nice in these rooms because we can always use a work surface for folding laundry, sewing, wrapping or sorting.
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