Laundry

While many new-builds opt for the convenience of an upstairs laundry room, the good old basement laundry has been around since the invention of the washing machine – and in a bungalow it’s really not that much of a hardship. With some ingenuity and so many new and innovative small-space solutions available, we’ll be making some radical changes to this laundry/utility room to create a space worthy of laundry day!

Before

Faded, yellowing maple floors; plaster window valances; builder’s-box mouldings; and a swirly ceiling motif – an earlier iteration of the popcorn ceilings we all love to hate – collectively tell the tale of a space well-past its prime. The lack of lighting in the living area was typical in smaller homes of this period, making it necessary to rely solely on floor and table lamps for evening light.