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As promised here it is!
Do you want to have a peek inside? Here is its folding door, on the kitchen corridor...

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Here it is, our super laundry room in 1,7m x 1,3m! Small but very efficient.
Obviously my dream would be to have a big laundry/utility/storage room, like the ones you see in the huge american houses!
...but I am happy enough with this small laundry/storage room, and if I have to be honest, this is the room that I am most proud of from the organization point of view, as I designed it from scratch and it was almost a miracle to fit everything we needed inside this small space.

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The thing I love most are these 4 wall cabinets! They have a lot of space inside. I fit inside all my cleaning products and accessories (except the hoover and the mop, which are in a little storage area under the staircase in the dining room) plus the washing products, the iron etc. plus some storage for extra stuff.

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Even if it's just a utility room I don't see why it has to be ugly, or boring or messy... I also decided to decorate its walls a bit. I designed with photoshop these two pictures (using these two fonts "wash care symbols classic M54" and "Ballpark weiner") matching the rest of the stuff, then I printed and framed them in Ikea frames (recycled from the wedding).
Inside here most of the things are recycled or handmade. Down here is my pegs bag. I didn't use a particular pattern/tutorial to make it. I just invented it adapting the size and shape to my coat hanger (which was a child size, around 30cm wide).

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And this was the hardest part... the basket lining. I followed some tutorials online, mostly this one, which is very good. But I find it quite tricky to make. At the end of the day I can't complain because the final effect is not too bad, even if, looking at it closely you see that is far from perfect.

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The hook rack is, like the shelf on the other side, an old purchase from a car boot sale (used stuff market) here in the UK. I probably paied them around1-2 pounds each. I the repainted them in ivory and now they are looking lovely in the room. I am happy I kept them for any possible future use that finally arrived.

Sul piano di lavoro, che é in laminato effetto rovere, ci sono, oltre la cesta per i panni da stirare, tutta una serie di contenitori e bacinelle nei toni del crema, indispensabili per una lavanderia in pieno uso.
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On the worktop, which is a oak effect laminate, you'll find, besides the basket for the clothes to iron, some cream bowls and containers which are necessary for a laundry in full use.
The enamel housekeeper box was a gift I made to myself and I love it. It has a tray inside with different compartments which I fill with the cleaning products and sponges and I take around the house while I clean.

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On the right side of the room there is the other old recycled shelf. I put the box with the washing machine tablets and a jar with the decalcifier. Please note that both the containers are full and quite heavy, and despite that the shelf is still standing :)))))

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On the knobs I hang the plastic bags holder matching the rest and a fabric heart filled with lavender that gives a nice smell to the room.

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I love all this whiteness with some blue touches. It gives the room some light (which is very needed... consider that I had to lighten all the pictures with Photoshop!!!). It also gives a cleanliness feel, that in a laundry room is what you expect to find.

Non poteva mancare un piccolo lavandino. La dimensione massima che potevamo mettere ahime'! Non é un grande lavabo come quello dove la mia nonna faceva il bucato ma nei tempi moderni bisogna adeguarsi agli "spazi moderni" e questo lavandino d'angolo mi é utilissimo per smacchiare e riempire le bacinelle. Abbiamo persino scelto il rubinetto con il collo piú alto possibile per poter inserire agevolmente la bacinella del mocio :) In casa nostra é tutto calcolato e tutto su misura!!!
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A small basin was obviously needed. It has the maximum dimension that we could fit in there! Is not the huge ceramic sink which my granny used to wash clothes by hand , but in the modern times you have to deal with modern spaces as well, I am afraid... so this corner basin is very useful to remove stain from clothes and to fill the bigger bowls. We also chose the tap with the tallest neck to be able to fit the mop bowl easily! Everything in our house is calculated and custom chosen.
Here you can see also the ironing board cover I made in the same fabric of the rest. I will soon show you how I usually do it, even if there are already many tutorials out there in the web.

E con questo é tutto! La to-do list (vedi qui) é completata e non mi resta che... andare a stirare :)
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and that's it for today! The to-do list (that you can see here) is completed and now the only thing left to do is.... ironing :)
I hope I didn't forget anything and I hope I satisfied any curiosity of yours... and I hope I didn't bore you too much among washing products and pegs :)

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Ops.. I was almost forgetting... for the people who asked me already, and for the ones that will ask me in the future. The fabric I used in the laundry room are all from Susie Watson Designs.
































