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Organization Mistakes You’re Probably Making

Having an organized home creates a sense of peace and may even improve your mental health. That’s because when things are tidy, we feel less stressed and anxious, sleep better, and are able to better focus on other areas of our lives. Yet as beneficial as organization is, it’s also sometimes challenging, especially if you haven’t developed a routine.  Here are some common organization mistakes you’re probably making (and how to fix them).

Creating Stacks

Stacks look better than piles, right? Well, not much. If you’re in the habit of creating stacks of items around your home, you’re contributing to it looking cluttered instead of organized. It’s easy to create stacks of mail on the counter, stacks of papers on your desk, or stacks of laundry on the table, but that doesn’t really get rid of the clutter or help your home feel more organized.

Instead, set aside time every day to file your papers and put laundry away. That way, the stacks don’t become overwhelming. And consider storage options that make staying organized easier. Try adding cabinets and folding areas to your laundry room, installing a new shelf, or adding custom storage to your closet to hold the items that are currently stacked around your home.

Inconvenient Storage

When we choose storage areas that are inconvenient for us, we’re less likely to use them. For example, if you keep all your cleaning supplies in one downstairs closet, it’s less likely you’ll want to do all the extra walking to return them to their place. This results in cleaning supplies left strewn around your home. Some people also inadvertently create disorganization by trying to keep everything out of sight. Haphazardly packing your cabinets and closets makes it difficult to see what you have, so items may be forgotten and repurchased.

Instead, think about convenience when it comes to storage. In the case of cleaning supplies, store needed appliances and cleaning supplies near where they will be used. For example, keep bathroom cleaner in the bathroom. And instead of shoving everything into closets and cabinets, keep frequently used items like coffee makers on the counter and consider open storage for things like coffee mugs and frequently used dishes. Save your cabinet space for items like food storage containers and infrequently used specialty appliances.

Keeping Too Much

Many of us are guilty of keeping too much. Maybe it’s a junk drawer in the kitchen filled with random parts to things you’ve long-since forgotten. Perhaps it’s a rack of outdated or too-small clothes you’re hoping to wear again one day. Or maybe you have boxes of items you thought you would use but never really have. Whatever the case, it’s not uncommon to have unused items taking up space in our homes.

A good rule of thumb to follow is getting rid of anything you haven’t used at least once a year. So keep things like Christmas decorations, but consider letting go of those pairs of jeans you haven’t worn since 2010. It’s fine to keep sentimental items, but in general, aim to sell, donate, or throw away anything that has outlived its usefulness. Decluttering your home immediately helps it look more organized and gives you more space for the things you do use.

Not Enough Storage

Finally, not having enough storage is a big mistake many people make. It’s hard to keep even a modest number of possessions organized if you lack cabinet space, have only single-rod closets, and don’t have adequate shelving. Unfortunately, not having enough storage space forces you either to go with a very minimalist aesthetic or deal with cluttered surfaces.

Instead, invest in custom storage. That way, you have space for everything you need. And because custom cabinets are built to fit your home, there’s no wasted space that could otherwise be functional. If you’ve been living with stacks of items all over your home, it’s time to get organized. Contact us today to see how custom storage can help.

 

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Creating A Multi-Functional Laundry Room

Creating A Multi-Functional Laundry Room

Do you just use your laundry room for washing and drying? Make more out of the same space by creating a multi-functional laundry room.

Even in smaller spaces, your laundry room can serve more than one purpose. That purpose usually depends on your unique needs.

If you have extra space, you could even use the room for four or five different purposes. The sky’s the limit, so get creative.

Wrapping Area

Have some extra space beside your washer or dryer? Turn it into a wrapping area. A popular addition to a multi-functional laundry room is storing wrapping supplies along with having an area to actually wrap gifts. A slide out bin and small cabinet beside your washer or dryer works well for storing rolls of wrapping paper, bows, tape, scissors, boxes and more.

If you already have a space for folder clothes, you can use that same space to spread out wrapping supplies to make quick work of birthday, Christmas and other special gifts.

Add A Mudroom

One of the most common extra functions of a laundry room is creating a mudroom. Every home can benefit from having a mudroom, even if it’s just a place to store muddy shoes while they dry and a towel to dry the dog off on a rainy day. This tends to work best when your laundry room is near an outside door. You can also add a faucet to rinse things off, a place to hang coats and a bench to quickly change shoes. You can even add multi-level cabinets to make the most of the space.

Pet Area

Want to keep your pet contained while you’re away for the day? A multi-functional laundry room works great to keep your pet and furniture safe while you’re gone to work or out for the evening. Add a divider wall to create a dedicated area with a pet bed, food and water, toys and anything else your pet needs. For cats, you might even add a shelf near a window for them to look out. For smaller dogs, you can add a see-through pet door, but keep it locked when you’re not at home.

Add a row of cabinets to store pet food and supplies. If your pet tends to get dirty when going outside, add a bathing area. A simple dip in the floor with a drain works well.

Crafting Place

Finding a quiet place to craft isn’t always easy. The soothing sounds of a washer or dryer running helps you shut out the rest of the world. Add a table that folds down from a wall or use a row of lower cabinets so you can use the countertop for crafting. Make sure you add cabinets or shelves to hold and organize all your crafting supplies. Since a laundry room typically has a tile or hardwood floor, this also makes cleaning up glitter, paint and other crafting uh-ohs up much easier.

Extra Bathroom

Want a second bathroom? If you have the space, turn your multi-functional laundry room into a smaller bathroom. Adding a shower, toilet and sink allows you to have a nice guest bathroom or just extra bathroom for busier households. Your washer and dryer can go on either side of the bathroom sink. Add upper cabinets to store towels or have bins for dirty and clean laundry. Some people even hide their washer and dryer in the bathroom without anyone noticing it.

Home Office Space

If you’re trying to find somewhere quiet to work from home, why not try the laundry room? As unconventional as it sounds, a laundry room actually works out well. Add a counter and some cabinets to create a makeshift desk. All you need is a small open area between cabinets to slide your chair in. You can even have shelves or upper cabinets for extra storage. Plus, if you want to stay on top of laundry, everything’s in one room.

There are so many different uses for laundry rooms. Go ahead and plan out a multi-functional laundry room of your own.

Got your plans all ready? Contact Edgewood Cabinetry today to see how we can help customize storage and cabinets for your laundry room needs.

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Designing The Perfect Laundry Room

Designing The Perfect Laundry Room

Does doing laundry make you an expert at procrastination? All you need is the perfect laundry room to turn this boring task into something you might actually enjoy.

The right space and organization makes all the difference. Suddenly, it’s easier to move around. Things like folding and ironing are simpler.

Instead of just stuffing your washer and dryer into a corner, design a space specifically for them. Turn it into a place you won’t mind using.

Choose The Right Appliances

The first step is to consider the appliances you’ll use. For instance, if you prefer front loading washers and dryers, you can utilize the space directly above them to fold clothes or set your laundry basket. Or, if you have a smaller space, a stacked set helps you save space so you have more room for cabinets and a counter.

If you like top loaders, not a problem. You can easily add a workspace around them instead of over them. Or, create a fold out station to save even more space.

When designing your perfect laundry room, leave extra space around your appliances. You may buy something slightly larger later and you don’t want to have remodel everything just to make your washer and dryer fit.

Even if you have smaller spaces, you can still create a great laundry room. But, by picking the right appliances for the space, you’ll be better able to customize the smaller space to get the most out of it.

Consider Adding A Sink

One thing many people don’t consider is the convenience of having a sink in the laundry room. More and more items are hand-wash only or you need to rinse out a stain before throwing an item into the wash. If you have the space, consider adding a sink. It’s a simple addition that’ll you use far more often than you think.

Created A Dedicated Workspace

Nothing’s more frustrating than having to pull everything out, go into another room and then try to sort it all. This is especially true if you have items you can’t dry, but have to find places to hang throughout your house.

Create a dedicated workspace around your appliances. The perfect laundry room includes at the very least a drying rack and counterspace for working with everything. Imagine having ample room to lay out your clothes for folding and ironing. You can also easily see which socks don’t have matches just yet.

Add Cabinets For Storage

The perfect laundry room isn’t complete with custom cabinets. Once you have a worksplace, you don’t want it cluttered with detergent bottles, dryer sheets and other items. Instead, store these in cabinets. Plus, if you have kids, it’s easy to child-proof the cabinet doors to keep your little ones safer. You can easily hide your iron and ironing board inside a cabinet to keep it out of the way, too.

Don’t forget that some appliances also come with a storage pedestal. Take full advantage of this too. These are ideal for storing smaller items, giving you more room in your cabinets.

Create A Pickup Station

If you’re doing laundry for more than just you, add a small pick up station. Instead of delivering clothes to everybody, add a cabinet or cubicle area with a basket for each person. As you sort laundry, sort it by person. When you’re done, they can come by to pick up their individual basket. They can also drop off their dirty laundry in a separate basket or hamper so you don’t have to do any extra work.

Design A Multi-Purpose Laundry Room

Most of the time, you think of a laundry room as just a room for washing and drying clothes, but it can be so much more. Free up room in your kitchen and bathroom by storing cleaning supplies in your laundry room. Extra paper towels easily fit above your washer or dryer. There is so much storage space available that it can also work like a mud room if it’s near your back door.

Make use of all the space available. Just leave plenty of room to walk around easily. If you’re not sure where to start, The Spruce lists 50 incredible ideas to inspire you.

Ready to design the perfect laundry room for you? See how we can help you create the laundry room of your dreams.

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Getting the Most Use Out of Your Laundry Room

Cleaning and organizing the main areas of the house is a primary concern in most homes. The laundry room rarely gets the attention it needs. It often is a dumping ground for clothing and other items resulting in persistent clutter. However, there will come a time when the clutter will start to interfere with the function of the laundry room, and you will be forced to organize it. Planning how to use all the space in the room will help keep it uncluttered in the future. Here are a few ideas for custom cabinets and shelves that will make use of every inch of space in the laundry and keep it organized.

Laundry Rooms Are Meant For More Than JUST Cleaning Your Clothes

Edgewood Cabinetry custom cabinetsWall Space: Walls are the underrated space-saver. In a small space, every square inch is luxury real estate, and walls are unutilized land. Put shelves above the washer and dryer, the door, the standing sink, or any unused corner. If you have space, make those shelves floor-to-ceiling. Use these shelves for storing laundry and cleaning supplies.

Back of Door: If the laundry has a door, use it for storage. There are numerous door organizers on the market. There are metal shelves that use most of the door. There are clear plastic pocket organizers. Add hooks to hang clothes or towels. Use part of the door or all of it. It’s an excellent place for storage.

Baskets and Storage Cubes: Once you have shelving, use baskets or storage cubes to organize supplies. Label the containers, so you and others know what’s in them and where to return items when used.

Utilize All of Your Home’s Space

How To Design The Ultimate Large Appliances StorageDrying Rack: With today’s fabrics, many cannot be thrown in the dryer. So a drying rack is needed. Any laundry room can have a drying rack. If the laundry room is small, hang the drying rack from the ceiling or have one that folds flat to the wall when not in use.

Cabinets: If there are cabinets in the laundry room or if you add them, use all the space in the cupboard. The efficient way to do that is to add wire drawers that pull out — no more lost supplies in the back corner of the cabinet.

Pedestal Drawers: Front-loading washers and dryers can often be placed on pedestals for more effortless loading and unloading. Be sure to use the drawers in these pedestals for storage. Extra laundry supplies or even a supply of paper towels or toilet paper can be placed here.

Folding Station: If you don’t have a countertop place to fold clothes, try a folding station that hangs on the wall. This way, you can use it when folding but then collapse it against the wall when not in use.

Standing Sink: A shelf added between the legs of a standing sink can be useful for storing cleaning supplies. Make this dead space useful.

So get in there and start decluttering and organizing. You’ll be glad you did, and when done right, you will never have to do it again.

Need some custom cabinets for organizing? Contact Edgewood Cabinetry. We can turn your laundry room into storage heaven. Call 919-339-7300.

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Why You Need A Mudroom

Why You Need A Mudroom

More than ever, mudrooms are becoming a staple in modern homes. Many people are finding out they need a mudroom not only for extra space, but to maintain a cleaner home.

The great news is your mudroom can be as large or small as you want it. Just have a smaller entryway? It’ll work just fine. Want a combined mudroom and laundry room? Not a problem.

Before you write off the idea of adding this incredibly useful room to your home, take a moment to learn why it may just become a must-have.

Keep Your Home Cleaner

The main reason you need a mudroom is to keep your home cleaner. In fact, that’s the original purpose of mudrooms. They were used as an entry room in farmhouses so farmers could take off their muddy shoes and dusty coats before they got dirt and grime all over the house. Many would have a drain and even a sink to make it easier to clean up.

Think of all the times you’ve had wet or muddy shoes. You know younger kids aren’t exactly wiping their feet before running all over your living room carpet. So, keep your entire home cleaner by having a room specifically to take off shoes and coats. You can store umbrellas, sports equipment, gardening gloves and anything else you typically use outdoors. Everything stays neatly organized and you don’t have stains all over your home.

Add Extra Storage

Often times, people decide they need a mudroom to add extra storage to their homes. There are quite a few places to add a mudroom in your home and it doesn’t always have to be at an entryway. Thanks to custom-built cabinets and shelving, you add extra storage for towels, coats, shoes, outdoor equipment, guest items, extra bedding and so much more. If you’ve got the space, put it to work as a mudroom.

Double Duty Laundry Room

Many people are surprised that a mudroom doesn’t have to be strictly a mudroom. In fact, it’s becoming more common to have a double duty room that serves as a laundry room too. Your washer and dryer are tucked out of the way and you get extra space to hang clothes that might need to air dry or store baskets of clothes for your kids to grab when their laundry’s done.

You can even have a fold-out ironing board to handle all your laundry chores in one place. By adding extra cabinets and storage blocks, you also give your entire family a place to store their shoes, toss their dirty clothes (so you don’t have to search everywhere for them) and come inside without tracking shoe prints throughout the house. Most of the time, a mudroom is non-carpeted for easy cleaning.

Don’t forget, you can also store your cleaning supplies in a cabinet in your laundry/mudroom. Honestly, the possibilities are endless.

Easy To Customize

While there are plenty of great ideas for mudrooms, you need a mudroom that fits your needs. There aren’t any strict rules for how you should design your mudroom. While many use a bench design, you don’t have to. You can just have floor to ceiling cabinets.

Just have an entryway closet? Ditch the door, add some cabinets and a small bench, and you’ve got yourself a simple mudroom. It’s easy to customize any space into the mudroom your home needs. You can even add an extra room to your home specifically for this purpose.

Keep Closets Cleaner

How often do your closets turn into bottomless pits? You can never find your coats, gloves, hats and shoes. Keep your closets cleaner and reduce your own stress by storing the items you tend to use most often in your mudroom. Assign everyone in your home a specific space to store commonly used items for the season. In most cases, everyone has room for several coats, hats, gloves and multiple pairs of shoes.

It’s not really a question as to whether you should have a mudroom. Instead, you need a mudroom. For convenience and organization, it’s a must-have room that’s easily customizable to your needs.

Interested in designing the perfect mudroom storage? Edgewood Cabinetry specializes in mudroom and laundry room cabinets that will last a lifetime.

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How To Design The Ultimate Large Appliances Storage

How To Design The Ultimate Large Appliances Storage

If you tend to host many parties or hate having your larger appliances out for everyone to get their messy fingerprints on, you need a better large appliances storage solution.

Thankfully, sectioning off a secondary kitchen, or butler’s pantry, is the perfect solution. You can hide your dishwasher, oven, microwave, refrigerator, freezer, wine cooler and more.

Instead of a messy main kitchen area, you get a clean, organized look. Plus, you can prep meals without so many people getting underfoot.

Divide Your Kitchen

For larger spaces, it’s easier to simply divide your kitchen using a divider wall. You’d walk around a corner to access the large appliances storage area, which would include your appliances, a countertop and some cabinets. Your main kitchen would have cabinets and likely an island bar/breakfast nook area.

You can even do this with slightly smaller kitchens. Use a divider or even a wall of cabinets to create a cozy corner for your larger appliances. This works well if you want to hide your oven and dishwasher, but leave your refrigerator out. It’s also great as a smaller area for messy meal prep if you have space for an additional sink.

Expand A Laundry Room

If you already have a larger laundry room or mudroom near your kitchen, expand it. Use a small wall to section off your washer and dryer from your butler’s pantry. Then, you have a room specifically for large appliances storage. This also makes it easier if you wash clothes often and cook multiple meals a day. You’ll have everything you need to use right in one area.

Decide What To Include

You don’t have to store all your large appliances in a special area if you don’t want to. In fact, you could opt to only include your oven and dishwasher. You may only include a dishwasher and chest freezer. It’s completely up to you. Ideally, you’ll want to include large appliances that you don’t want most family members and guests accessing easily.

It’s much easier to renovate your kitchen to include a butler’s pantry once you know what you’re putting in it. For some people, the area is all about being able to cook more peacefully, which is why the main refrigerator is left out in the main kitchen space. A smaller refrigerator is placed in the pantry for refrigerated ingredients only.

Hide Without A Second Room

If you’re low on space, you might not be able to build a secondary large appliances storage solution. This doesn’t mean you can’t hide those appliances away.

In fact, you can easily hide a dishwasher inside a slightly larger pantry. Don’t want your refrigerator throwing off the look of your kitchen? Hide it inside a cabinet. A custom cabinet can fit around your refrigerator to make it look like a large cabinet and create a seamless flow throughout your kitchen space.

Ovens are a bit harder to hide, especially since they get hot, but when you’re not cooking, you can hide this large appliance with a stovetop sized tray that matches your countertop. This gives you extra counter space and it’s easy to move to the side when you need the stove.

Redesign Your Dining Room

If you don’t mind a slightly smaller dining room, turn part of it into a butler’s pantry. This is ideal if you host parties often. You can have a small serving window to send out food as it gets ready. A slim kitchen area allows you to have your oven, dishwasher, sink, refrigerator and freezer out of sight. However, you can slip in, cook and send out your delicious food without being seen. Instead of dishes piling up, store them on the countertop in your large appliances storage room and you’re all set.

For more ideas on how to design your butler’s pantry, Elle Decor has 45 incredible ideas.

Ready to store your large appliances out of sight, but for easier use? Contact us today to design the perfect storage solutions for your needs.

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Secret Laundry Room

How To Create A Secret Laundry Room In Your Bathroom

When you’re short on space or just don’t want a dedicated laundry room, it might not always be easy to find the right place for your washer and dryer.

The good news is you already have the perfect room for them – the bathroom. Since laundry rooms typically need to be placed near a kitchen or bathroom, why not create a secret laundry room right in your bathroom?

Plus, it’s ideal since your dirty laundry is usually tossed in a hamper in or near the bathroom. This means less work to take your dirty laundry to your washer.

Transform A Closet

If you have a closet in your bathroom that’s wide enough for your washer and dryer, transform the closet into a secret laundry room. Yes, you’ll have to give up some storage space, but you could always add some vertical storage elsewhere in your bathroom to make up for it.

If the closet is tall enough, consider adding a rollout shelf between the two machines. Use it to sort clothes, fold clothes and even spot clean those really set in stains.

Of course, you still need a place to store your laundry supplies. If your machines set in far enough into the closet, add baskets to the inside of the door to store detergent, fabric softener, color catchers and any other supplies you need. You can also just store all this inside any bathroom cabinet as well.

Build Special Cabinets

If you don’t have a closet handy, don’t worry. Have custom bathroom cabinets built that match the rest of your bathroom, instead. To anyone who walks in, they just look like standard cabinets. What visitors won’t know is they’re hiding a secret laundry room.

In fact, you can create deeper cabinets that open up into their own mini-room. This allows room for shelves to store laundry supplies. You could even add a rack at the door for items that have to hang to dry versus using the dryer.

Create A Tiny Laundry Room

If you have ample space in your bathroom, actually create a secret laundry room using a divider wall. However, instead of an actual wall, use doors that look like your bathroom cabinet doors. They’ll look like floor-to-ceiling cabinets, but when you open them, they lead into a full room.

Add cabinets above or to the sides of your washer and dryer for extra storage. This is the perfect scenario if you also need to add a rack to hang clothes. To make the most of this, you may want to have cabinets or shelves around the top of the walls and add a rack underneath.

Give Up Cabinet Space

Low on space? Not a problem. You can still create a secret laundry room, but you’ll have to give up some of your cabinet space. If you have cabinets to the sides of your sink, use those for your washer and dryer. Think of it in the same way you add a dishwasher to your kitchen.

Yes, you’ll have to compromise on storage space, but you won’t have to create a dedicated laundry room. Adding tall, thin cabinets is a great way to add some extra storage without taking up much space.

Have A Laundry Island

For large bathrooms, you have quite a few options to create a secret laundry room. One of the more innovative solutions is a laundry island. It works the same way as a kitchen island. You have custom cabinets built that fit in an island in your bathroom. These just so happen to perfectly fit your washer and dryer.

You can add drawers or a cabinet with rollout shelves to the side of the washer and dryer to store all your laundry supplies. You may want to add a tall cabinet somewhere in your bathroom to hang clothes and store your hamper. This solution looks elegant and gives you extra counter space to get ready in the mornings or for a night out.

If you’re not sure how all of these ideas actually look or want to see how they might fit into your bathroom, check out how others have created secret laundry rooms on Pinterest. Bob Vila also has great tips for adding a laundry room to your bathroom and other rooms.

Ready to renovate your bathroom to create a hidden laundry room? Contact us today to see how we can help create custom cabinets to fit your machines.

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Why YOU Need Custom Mudroom Cabinets!

Why Every Home Needs A Mudroom With Custom Cabinets!

Mudrooms with ample cabinet space and storage options are so good to have. They can improve the feel of your whole house both dirt and clutter wise. It acts as a filter of sorts and keeps extra stuff and all of the dirt on that stuff out. Big families with children and pets stand to benefit the most from custom mudroom cabinets!

Why You Need A Mudroom With Custom Cabinets For Your Home

A mudroom is very essential for getting everyone ready and out the door in the morning. It’s the best place to put on our shoes or remove them in the evening. You don’t expect to have a clean mudroom but it’s the best part of our homes to help us organize ourselves as we leave or enter our homes. With the addition of custom cabinets, you can have a well organised and neat looking mudroom of your dreams.

A mudroom is a perfect space for your family’s muddy shoes as well as sports equipment so they don’t have to be taken into the home at all! A mudroom with custom cabinets from Edgewood cabinetry is the best idea for your home in 2018 and beyond. By establishing a more durable custom mudroom with multi-level cabinets creates more space for you to store your coats, shoes and other stuff and keep them out of reach of children. You can also use your mudrooms to store breakable and various less kids-friendly stuff high beyond their reach.

Maximize Your Space

Edgewood cabinetry can help you with bench installation – one of the most important elements of any great mudroom. Family and kids use the bench to sit while tying or untying shoes. It is also great for putting on jackets. A custom mudroom simply makes your space more functional. There’s no limit on what you can do to maximise your available space. Just look for the mudroom design that meets your needs the best!

Improve The Appearance Of Your Home

In order to make your home look more modern and functional, the choice of cabinets establishes the mood, feel and look of your home. Custom cabinets play a major role in your entire home. It is therefore important for you to learn more about custom cabinetry and custom mudrooms as well as the choices available to find the best Edgewood cabinetry for your home.

What Are You Waiting For?

Whether you want to install custom mudrooms for a new home or for a house remodel, call Edgewood cabinetry now for modern mudroom designs for a modern home. Talk to us, we can help you come up with custom cabinets that best suits your home. Custom designs are one of our strong suits, we can make the mudroom that YOU want!

Looking For Professional Custom Mudroom Solutions?

In order to keep your home clean, tidy and organized, a custom mudroom is a must have thing in your home. Having a big family is great, but it’s a lot of work and causes a lot of mess, that’s just a fact. It’s only through a functional custom mudroom that you can keep dirt, cluster and other messiness of such a family under control.

Need Help?

If you are looking for Edgewood cabinetry experts in Raleigh, call us now or visit our website. We are committed to providing you with top quality custom mudrooms you are looking for.

Ready to keep all your every day clutter and mess in one spot? Start by contacting us today to learn more. Call at (919) 339-7300!

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Get the Most Out of Your Laundry Room with Custom Cabinets

Does your laundry room need to be more organized? If you are like most homeowners, the answer is probably yes! Laundry rooms by definition should be highly functional spaces where the weekly care of clothes can be done efficiently. Yet in many homes it is a high traffic area that also serves as a dumping spot for family members, adding chaos to what is already a cramped and cluttered space. Sadly most people tend to invest a minimum of their home improvement budget on their laundry room.
Here are some ideas for organizing your laundry room:
Allocate space for a mud room set-up. If your laundry room is also the family entrance, create storage by the door to organize the family’s stuff–outer wear, keys, backpacks, umbrellas. That way everyone knows where to leave things upon entry, and where to get them with they leave.
Create adequate storage.  The smaller your space is, the more organized it has to be. Invest in wall to wall cabinets to get organized. Assign storage space for laundry supplies, kits for minor sewing repairs and shoe care. Designate a “lost sock” drawer and a “lost and found” basket for items found in pockets.
Raise your washer and dryer off the floor. Go easy on your back by installing washer/dryer pedestals with built-in storage. If you have limited space, consider stacking your washer and dryer (this only works for front-loading machines!)
Have a storage solution for your ironing board. A closet with a pull-out mechanism for your ironing board is neat and efficient. Or lacking space, get creative with a couple of decorative heavy-duty hooks and hang your board off the wall. To hang clothes for air drying or to hold freshly ironed shirts, mount a tension rod or a towel rack under some shelving. A retractable clothes line is a good option for smaller spaces.
Beyond function… If you’re one of the the lucky ones who have a lot of space in their laundry room, why not elevate a weekly chore to a pleasant experience? Perhaps you have space for a desk or a sewing table. A built-in entertainment center might seem like the height of luxury–but what better place to watch the morning soap, or catch up on the news?
With some thought and a little investment, you can transform your laundry room into the efficient, well-organized space you deserve. We can help you design custom storage and cabinets for your laundry room. Contact us for a free quote, or for more information.

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