Top Five Tips on Laundry Renovations in Melbourne

When you already have big plans for every other major room in the house, it is easy to forget the little nook that is your laundry room. But it won’t be fair to leave it out of the renovation loop just because it isn’t as visible as other areas of your humble home. Below are some incredible tips to make your laundry room a more stimulating and organised place to wash clothes in:

• Invest in storage – It is not hard to find inexpensive shelving units or movable bins and storage cubes, which are perfect for small laundry rooms. These are great when you don’t have in-built storage in the room, but still want to keep the area organised and clutter-free.

• A countertop is a handy addition – If you happen to have a front-loading washer-dryer, installing a countertop right above it is a good use of space. Not only do you create a good work surface for folding clothes, treating stains, or ironing, you also protect the top of the machine from the abuse that all this work creates.

• Don’t buy too much stuff willy-nilly – Clutter is the main enemy of a laundry room. If you will keep on buying things you find cute because of your Pinterest feed, without much thought on whether you’ll have good use for them in the long run, you will end up with a cluttered and cramped laundry room with less storage because of all the useless cutesy stuff you’ve bought impulsively. Buy stuff with function in mind.

• Curtains are magic – If cabinets or storage bins are too bulky for your space, consider covering up shelving units with neat curtains either to hide clutter or simply keep your supplies out of sight.

• A can of paint goes a long way – if you want a cheap change of look, giving your laundry room walls a lick of paint might just do the trick and make your laundry area look lighter, brighter, and bigger.