Sit back as I tell you the story of the greatest invention
ever invented in all of the history of inventions. It is called…the Laundry Basket Dresser.
If you are in the 12-step program for Pinterest, as I am
court-ordered to be, I’m sure you have seen the “Laundry Dresser” pins. Based on my research, this advancement in
home organization is the brainchild of one Ana White, a
Nobel-Peace-Prize-deserving homemaker and blogger in Alaska. I fell in love with this idea the first time
I saw it. However I have a teeny tiny
laundry room so the dresser on Pinterest was way too big for my space.
I obsessed over this laundry dresser for quite a while. I measured my laundry room and tried to draw
out every configuration that would work with the small footprint of space I was
working with. I tirelessly researched
online trying to find pre-fabricated shelving units that would fit in my space
and laundry baskets that would fit within those shelving units. Just when I thought my quest was going to end
as a complete and utter failure, I discovered deep, square laundry baskets at
Wal-Mart. Their smaller surface area made it possible
to construct a “Laundry Tower” that would be narrow but tall (like me!). After more measuring and drawing, I had the
blueprints for my Laundry Tower. And
with a little coercing, I had my fiance on board with assisting me in building it. (Perhaps his surprise birthday
trip to play golf all weekend at Callaway Gardens had something to do with his
eagerness to help me - I have no shame in bribery).
The measurements I drew up were not exactly on point, so we
had to make a few minor modifications to my original plans. Had my measurements been more precise, I feel
we could have shaved about an inch or two off the width of the tower, but as it
is, it works great. We added some edge
detail to clean it up a bit and threw a few coats of white paint to match the
trim in the laundry room.
I now have a
basket for my clothes, one for my fiance’s clothes, one for the dirty towels,
and an empty basket that is ready for clean laundry to be taken out of the
dryer. It has been a while since we
constructed this gem and my organizationally-challenged fiance has found no way
to screw up this system. Success!!
Since I have severe OCD and obsess over every detail of
every project, my laundry tower project turned into a shelving project made of
plumbing pipe (another idea stolen from Pinterest)…
Which turned into a clothes rod also made of pipe for
clothes that need to hang dry…
Which turned into organizational baskets (with
framed labels of course)…
Which turned into labeled drink dispenser and vase for my
laundry detergent and dryer sheets (this is where friends and family started
getting concerned, but I think it was the perfect finishing touch to my pretty,
organized laundry room)…
My theory had been that if we had a nice, new fancy washer
and dryer in a pretty, organized laundry room the chore of doing laundry would
be more enjoyable. My theory was proved
incorrect. I now enjoy standing in my
laundry room and looking at it in all its organized glory. However, the anger once caused by piles of dirty laundry has been replaced with anger whenever I find something in my beautiful laundry room out of place (*cough* fiance *cough*). Looks like my plan backfired but at least I have a pretty laundry room!
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