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My hard-working wife just had our second child and was constantly exhausted even though we shared parenting duties. If what I’ve seen so far is anything to go by, this community is going to be a LOT of fun!” I didn’t talk about it because I thought it was just me and I didn’t talk about it because I was afraid I’ll lose credibility with friends. “I get in the flow when I’m doing the laundry and ironing. When women I date find out I do my own laundry, it’s an instant status booster.” NOW.“I joke about being ‘The Laundry Guy,’ but it’s a great chance to show my kids my work ethic at home. So I decided it was time to take on the great big project of our basement laundry room/crafting workshop.Īm I crazy? Absolutely! Is it nice and toasty warm in the basement? YES! So its decided, I am turning the sad, sad space into a pretty, useful space that I wont dread using. I need to be wearing ripped paint stained jeans, a giant hoodie, and some earplugs. I miss the smell of sawdust in my nose, or paint in my hair. My garage is freezing, and I’m getting antsy to DIY. Where does that leave us? Well its late January in a very cold Toronto. We have not improved the floor, the light, or the storage, and the spider population is increasing exponentially. So that post was almost exactly a year ago, and guess what we’ve done to remedy the situation?Įverything in that post holds true. This isn’t a project that we’ll be focusing on, but we hope we can chip away at it and end up with a usable space (that’s a bit prettier and less scary.)
Purchase a dehumidifier to try to control the moisture levels better (especially in the summer). Shelving or cabinets above the washer & dryer for storage of laundry detergent and cleaning supplies. 
Also a good spot to stack folded clothes etc.
Adding a counter of some sort to stop socks from plummeting to their death behind the dryer. Building a drying rack (preferably one that folds away). THE LAUNDRY GUY TLC FULL SIZE
Buying A full size ironing board (we only have a mini one, how do we survive?!).Organizing/purging the misc crap that has been growing in the basement.
Fill some areas of the floor that are crumbling. Moving the rubber flooring that is currently in the laundry room to the storage area of the basement. Adding a storage rail & hooks to the staircase wall to act as a mini utility closet. Prettying up the staircase ceiling (Paint or more wooden slats?). Adding some lighting to our dark staircase. Curtain or wall of some sort separating the laundry & workshop from the rest of the basement. Thinking building a floating wall out of wooden slats Figure out something to cover/disguise the plumbing/electrical/dryer venting on the laundry wall. It’s beautiful, but has seen better days after the reno and copious amounts of paint brushes being washed in it weekly. Scrub our original cast iron utility sink, and refinish the outside of it. THE LAUNDRY GUY TLC INSTALL
Install the awesome laundry bases we have had sitting in boxes for the last year. I am thinking a breathable basement/masonry paint. Figure out what to do with the brick dust that the foundation bricks shed regularly and give the bricks some sort of finish (they have been previously painted but are flaking and yellowing from the water damage from a flood last year). Some sort of (cheap & cheerful) flooring over the Dricore. Install a Dricore subfloor to allow any moisture that does get in, to get to the floor drain. Eradicate the spider population (shudder). What do we need to do to get it in shape? We’re thinking of adding the workshop to that room, and then using the rest of the basement as storage/utilities. 1/3 of our basement is already drywalled on the ceiling in the laundryroom area. You wouldn’t want to spend HOURS working down there, but its warmer than the garage in the winter, and a good place to keep craft/DIY supplies. So…what will become of our basement? Realistically, it can be some storage, a laundry room, a maybe a workshop. It would make a good dungeon, but a family room or guestroom? Not a chance. THE LAUNDRY GUY TLC WINDOWS
We could never have any windows, and a room without windows is just a bit sad. Couldn’t we just dig out the basement and make it nicer/finished? We could, but that would be expensive and hard.
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