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    Home » Home Remodeling » Home Organization

    Published: May 13, 2015 · Modified: Nov 14, 2022 by Rachel

    Small Laundry Closet Makeover

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    Not everyone has a laundry room with lots of space. Personally, we have a laundry closet, with a small linen closet. The laundry used to spill out in the kitchen (not a good look) until we turned the linen closet into laundry storage space. 

    Before and after of small laundry closet makeover with post title.

    I don’t know about you, but in my house, dirty clothes have a tendency to end up tossed as far as humanly possible from the laundry hamper. The kid gets home from school and socks are in the front room or I find a cloth used to wipe something down in my office. Of course, it falls to me, and all of our hampers are in the bedrooms upstairs. Even worse, come laundry day, the laundry was sorted and piled on the kitchen floor. Not a good look. I prayed that no one would visit that day. After I finished organizing the pantry a few months ago, I knew that the laundry situation would be my next organizing project. And that brings me to today’s makeover!

    Small laundry room with white door and blue rug.

    I have an awkward and tiny laundry room that sits between the garage and the kitchen. Our little laundry room had a broom closet that just wasn’t being utilized to its fullest potential. Do you ever have those moments where you just can’t take the mess any longer? That was me…and so I enlisted my husband to help me build some shelves in that closet, pronto.

    White wall in laundry closet with wooden rail mounted for adding shelves.

    I put two rails on each side with enough space between to hold the laundry baskets. The rails are made of scrap wood. We cut a white laminate shelf to appropriate size to make 2 shelves for the laundry closet and placed them on top of the rails.

    *I always feel the need to state this, but the house wasn’t in good shape and that is what all of the walls looked like when we moved in. Actually, that is better than some.

    Of course, I wanted the closet to also look nice! I choose wallpaper because I felt it would hold up better to scrapes and dings. I used a damask print but there are tons of reasonably priced, fun prints. I purchased two rolls, but I was about a foot short. I left that area at the very bottom shelf so no one will ever notice it. Well, now you will, lol. Good job, calling myself out.

    Inside of laundry closet with peel and stick brown and white wall covering, white shelves, and 3 white laundry baskets.

    3 large baskets to hold clothes that can also be taken upstairs to fold.

    Small laundry closet with brown and white damask wall covering, white shelves with laundry baskets, black and white hangers, and teal bins.

    I wanted to keep the wire rack so I could hang a few small things like bras. I don’t dry sweaters or anything like that in here though.

    Small laundry closet with brown and white damask wall covering, white shelves with laundry baskets, black and white hangers, and teal bins.

    So happy to have a place to store the laundry ready for the washing machine. And it is pretty too! I plan on putting a sliding door in, but that is a project for another day. I hope you enjoyed this little laundry room closet makeover!

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    1. Helen says

      January 14, 2016 at 12:27 pm

      5 stars
      The idea is fabulous and I have been wanting to set something up with like this. My closet is small like yours so I am wondering what you did with your brooms and mops that were in there before?
      Thank you for your help in this matter!!
      Helen

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      • Rachel says

        January 14, 2016 at 12:50 pm

        Yes, I had a problem with that as well because the only other closest we have is a tiny coat closet that I have the vacuum and hats in. Right now the mops and broom are hanging on the garage wall just next to the laundry room door. Our laundry room is positioned as a breezeway between the garage and the kitchen. It is terribly tiny and I am actually installing shelving and a cabinet in it today so I will probably post it in a few weeks or so. Someday, though, I intend to build a closet in the foyer to store the cleaning supplies and vacuum in.

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    2. Debi @ Surroundings by Debi says

      May 27, 2015 at 11:05 am

      5 stars
      I love your updated Laundry Closet. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop! Take time to to visit my site where I featured you at my Tuesday Treasures round up. Hope to see you at the party tonight!

      Reply
    3. Angela McKinney says

      May 25, 2015 at 2:55 pm

      5 stars
      I really love the wall covering! I like how it turned out too great idea with the baskets. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

      Reply
    4. Kimberly says

      May 23, 2015 at 9:19 pm

      5 stars
      Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday at 7pm because we love to party with you! Happy Memorial Day! Lou Lou Girls

      Reply
    5. keitha the bajan texan says

      May 22, 2015 at 9:49 am

      5 stars
      This is freaking awesome! thanks for sharing at Pin Worthy Wednesday!

      Reply
    6. Karen says

      May 21, 2015 at 6:59 pm

      5 stars
      I love it Rachel! So creative!
      Thanks for sharing at Something to Talk About!
      Karen

      Reply
    7. Trish says

      May 21, 2015 at 2:51 am

      5 stars
      Your laundry room looks fabulous. I love the wall paper. I have a small laundry closet too. I don’t kn ow who came up with the idea of placing a laundry area in the kitchen. In my opinion is very odd. I have to pile dirty laundry on my kitchen floor. Not cool at all. Right now…I am working on trying to make it a little more pleasant. I have a top load washer so…it makes things a little more difficult. The only extra space I have found is a place to put my broom and mop using a neat little gadget that I found. Having the water closet in there also makes things awkward, I think you have come up with a great solution for your laundry dilemma.

      Reply
    8. Laurie says

      May 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm

      5 stars
      Love it!! Great job. I bet you smile everytime you use it now 🙂 I know I would.

      Thanks for sharing with us at the Brag About It Link Party!

      ~Laurie

      Reply
    9. Gentle Joy says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:07 am

      5 stars
      Your room looks great… I love the pattern you chose… and what a nicely organized space now. 🙂

      Reply
    10. Katherines Corner says

      May 19, 2015 at 9:09 am

      5 stars
      This is terrific! I love your wallpaper choice too. Organization always makes me smile. Hugs!

      Reply
      • Katherines Corner says

        May 19, 2015 at 9:10 am

        5 stars
        oops the word” is” is missing from my comment, sorry..it was apparently eaten by gremlins…LOL this is terrific!

        Reply
        • Rachel says

          May 19, 2015 at 2:57 pm

          haha! I fixed it for you. Those terrible gremlins!

        • Katherines Corner says

          May 19, 2015 at 3:37 pm

          5 stars
          xo

    11. Carrie @ curlycraftymom says

      May 14, 2015 at 10:44 pm

      5 stars
      Wow! What a huge difference and it looks AMAZING. I just love the wallpaper and the pull out baskets. Come do my closet! lol!

      Reply
    12. tammigirl says

      May 14, 2015 at 9:04 am

      5 stars
      I hate sorting laundry. We are a family of seven and it’s just not fun to sit and dig through mount washmore every few days.

      A few years back I heard of this idea and it has changed laundry for me forever:

      Get two baskets or hampers per person and put in their closet. Darks in one, lights in the other. Wash when a hamper has enough for a full load.

      No more sorting laundry before cleaning and no more sorting after, either! Because all that laundry coming out of the dryer goes back to one single bedroom. Oh, the times I held congress in the living room, sorting through a basket half full of items nobody would claim – over!

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        May 19, 2015 at 2:00 am

        Gosh, I couldn’t imagine sorting laundry for seven and keeping track of it all. I laughed till I snorted at holding congress in the living room (because I’ve been there too). That idea about the baskets is brilliant! Now if I can only figure out how to get everyone to empty pockets. I find pens, belts still on pants, legos, and surprises all the time.

        Reply
        • tammigirl says

          May 19, 2015 at 8:27 pm

          5 stars
          I get the pockets. Just today I told a 19 year old to remember to empty his pockets because lately it’s been Dennis the Menace pockets for him – and it’s all landed in my washer/dryer. One of the boys has even put migraine medication through the laundry. (Luckily, it’s sealed up so tight in the packet that no water got in, but geez, those things are expensive!)

          When my kids were still pretty young I told them anything I found in pockets I was going to consider as something they wanted me to have. If it was a note I was going to read it, if it was a toy I was going to assume they were making a gift of it to me. They became more careful afterwards. Sometimes I actually got notes written to me and left in pockets. 🙂

    13. Winnie says

      May 14, 2015 at 4:55 am

      5 stars
      This is such a great project!! Your laundry closet looks so nice now
      I absolutely love it !

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        May 19, 2015 at 2:00 am

        Awww, thanks Winnie! I love it so much too and have gotten so much use out of it the last few months.

        Reply

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