(For the record, please note, I did not entitle this post “Love doing Laundry”, okay!?)

 

Maybe you’re you wondering if all of my January organizing has gone to my head (and it probably has).

 

I mean, is it possible to love a room whose sole purpose is one big chore?

 

 

I know I would love my laundry room if it looked like this:

 

 

Or this:

 

Or maybe this:

 

Or definitely this:

 

I know I was not loving my laundry room when the closet looked like this:

 

But now that it’s cleaned out and organized, it looks like this:

And I’m loving it.

 

Here’s the rest of the room:

 

 

I love the rug and the giant safety pins, both from Ballard Designs.

 

 

I love the laundry sign from Homegoods, and the big clip — a vintage find I put in the shadow box to give it some extra weight.

 

 

I also love these vintage finds, hung above the little table from Pier One with the cute ceramic knob I added.

 

 

And I love the shelf, another vintage find that’s had a home in all of the laundry rooms in my last three houses.

 

 

The mason jars are great for storing a few frequently used items (love the colorful kleenex packages!).  And the photograph is of an olive grove in Sonoma, a place I really love.

 

There are a few things I’d like to change about my laundry room.

 

The tile is not my favorite — it always looks a bit dingy.

 

A new light fixture would be fabulous.

 

And I will not even show you the sink.  The previous owner trashed it with paint and who-knows-what-else, and I’d like to replace it, right along with the countertop.

 

But whenever I start to fixate on what’s wrong with my laundry room (or on the never-ending piles of laundry I have to do there), I stop and remember just how fortunate I am to have a bright, pretty room with a state-of-the-art washer and dryer . . . and I think this:

I love my laundry room.

 

Which is a good thing, since I have a few piles to tackle today!

 

Linking up to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch, and Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style.