How to Have an Organized & Lovely Laundry Room

Laundry is not my favorite job but it’s something that has to be done regularly and having an organized and lovely laundry room makes the task so much more enjoyable! I just love walking into my cute laundry room and spending time in there! I hope my room will inspire you to organize your space and then turn your room into a place you don’t dread walking into!! So here we go, let’s get the 2020 challenge started and get your laundry room organized and personalized into a space you will love!!

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Laundry room with organized shelves over washer and dryer showing how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — Welcome to my laundry room!

Table of Contents

Use the 6/P Strategy

We’ll use the 6/P Strategy to help you obtain an organized and lovely laundry room! Do each of the following steps (if you need info on how to do the 6/P Strategy click here)

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PREP

Collect the following items: A trash bag, a large cardboard box, and 2 laundry hampers.

A sign that says "The Laundry Room-Get all the good dirt here" hanging on a door showing how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — The sign on my laundry room door.

PURGE

Remove everything from the laundry room except the washer and dryer and any cabinets.

Purge any items you no longer use or are empty and put in a trash bag.
Donate items that are in good condition that you don’t use anymore and put them in a box.
Remove items that don’t belong in the laundry room and put them in a laundry hamper.
Place all items that you want to keep in the room in the second laundry hamper.

A sign, basket, and flowers on a laundry shelf. Showing how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — Another cute sign I found!

POLISH

Now that the room is empty, you can clean using a top-down approach. Clean the following items:

Cobwebs from ceiling
Light fixture
Door and all trim
Cabinets and any shelves
Washer and dryer, inside and out
Door knobs and switch plates
Baseboards
Vacuum and mop the floors

A basket full of cleaning products on a laundry shelf. An example of how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — I’m trying to go chemical-free with my cleaning products!

PERSONALIZE

It’s time to personalize the area, so be sure to print the Personalize the Laundry Room printable to help you brainstorm ways to improve the function and beauty of your room.

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Changes we made to personalize the room

I spend a lot of time in my laundry room and wanted to make it more visually appealing so I would enjoy my time in the room rather than dread going in there! I just love the color I painted it. It’s called Retro-Colonial Blue by Valspar. To update the floors, we ripped out the old laminate and added a luxury vinyl plank called Tivoli Travertine.

To make the room easily accessible for our cat, we added this cute pet walk-through.

I wanted a place to store the vacuum and cleaning supplies out of sight. So we bought this cabinet and placed it next to the existing shelf.

A cabinet and shelves in a laundry room. An example of how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — I love functional storage spaces!

Storage and decor items

The storage I choose has worked perfectly and makes the room function more efficiently and I think it looks great too!! What do you think?

Two wash and fold baskets on a laundry shelf. Showing how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — Love these baskets!

This decorative item also provides instruction.

A sign with washing instructions sitting on a laundry shelf. Showing how to have organized & lovely laundry room. — Sign with an explanation of laundry icons, so helpful!

I have several items of clothing that I hang up to dry. So, I added the clothes rack to my laundry room and when items are dry, I roll it into my closet to transfer the clothes!

I bought this cute trash can and didn’t want to cover it up with a trash bag. So, I came up with the following idea and it has worked great. I cut up a zip lock bag box and put the liner over it and then tucked that in the trash can!

PLACE

Time to put things where they belong!
Throw the trash bag away.
Take your box to a donation center.
Relocate items in the first laundry hamper to the room they belong in.
Take items out of the second laundry hamper and put them in categories.

Here are a few categories of items that may be in your laundry room:

Laundry supplies
Cleaning supplies
Paper supplies
Plastic supplies
Pet supplies
First-aid supplies
Household supplies

Consider storage bins to corral items that you put into categories. Here are pics of the categories I have in my laundry room and how I placed the items back in the room.

Shelves above washer and dryer

Storage for light bulbs and cleaning cloths.

Batteries, plastic storage/garbage bags, candles, and flashlights reside here.

Toilet paper and paper towels go in these bins.

I think it’s very important to label items so everyone in the home knows what’s inside. I love these chalkboard labels.

Cabinet

Vacuum accessories, my iron, and cleaning supplies go on this shelf.

Cleaning supplies rest here and the basket can be carried to any space in the house when needed!

The vacuum, broom, and dustpan are now out of sight!

Shelves

Plastic drawers for storage

Candles, extension cords, and first aid supplies are inside these drawers.

Household items, like tape and string, and pet meds/grooming supplies belong here.

I added scrapbook paper to plastic drawers to make them look nicer and tie into the color scheme. Then, I added labels to the front of the drawers and used a chalk marker.

More Pet items

PUT BACK

This is such an important part of keeping your home organized! You’ve taken the time to organize your items and if you don’t put them back where they belong, clutter will build up again quickly!

I hope you enjoyed this post and are excited to have an organized and lovely laundry room too!!!

Blessings, Donna and Rich

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