Laundry Room Closet {Make-Over}

I am sorry! I know I was already here earlier today! I just couldn't wait to post my laundry room project. And by "my" of course I mean my mom and dad came up with the plan and got the materials and Nick and my dad installed it all! But, I think this is going to be a game changer in my laundry life! 

So, I had this idea that it would really simplify my life if I were able to keep the kiddos everyday clothes in baskets in the laundry room. Each kiddo would have about 7 days worth of daily clothes in the current season that I could just fold and throw in their baskets and they could get dressed from that (including p.j.s and underwear). I also wanted to be able to hang up Nick's work shirts and our other hanging clothes straight out of the dryer to avoid wrinkles. 

I have a closet in my laundry room straight across from my washer and dryer that I have never known what to do with. It had sliding doors on it when we moved in and a bar straight across. I guess it was a coat closet? But, we have a coat closet in our entry way so we never really used it as that. So, it usually became a place to throw junk. Eventually I decided to take the doors off and put a bench there which was cute but not functional. 

But now, I think this closet has finally fulfilled it's closet destiny! Behold...

A basket for each child's clothes (an empty one for Baby #Quatro!). A place to hang. A counter top for folding. And baskets on top for storage!

Like any project in this house I am sure I will tweak a touch. I am thinking maybe I need to get white baskets on the top for better balance? And then I want to come up with some sort of cute way to label the fronts of the basket so we can easily tell whose is whose. But, the beauty of it is... it is totally functional and I can start using it now! So... I better go do some laundry!
 

Clean and Tidy

I saw a question posted the other day- if you could have a housekeeper, chef, or nanny which would you choose.? For me, hands down, it would be housekeeper. While I love a clean house I do not love cleaning my house.

I was talking to a very dear friend yesterday and she mentioned how one of my older blog posts really impacted how she keeps her house tidy (talk about making my day!). After we got off the phone I realized I had kind of gotten in a rut and forgotten my own advice! Lately I feel like my house is either clean (bathrooms and floors scrubbed, windows wiped down, etc.) OR tidy (everything picked up and put away). But very rarely, okay never, BOTH.

So, I am going to ask you guys! How do you keep your house clean AND tidy and how do you find the balance? I will do a post next week on what I learn from all of you homemaking rock stars out there!


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