Laundry List

Laundry is time consuming. Although much of the task is passive (you simply push a button and the machine does the rest), there’s the gathering, the sorting, the waiting around to transfer the clothes from washer to dryer and then pouncing when that dryer buzzer sounds so you can fold the clothes before wrinkles set in. (Though there’s almost always ironing to do.) And let’s not forget the delicates that require careful hand washing. Yep — laundry day can feel like an all-day affair, and offen the laundry room isn’t a space where anyone wants to spend a large amount of time.

But over the past several years, the humble laundry room has gotten the attention it so justly deserves. No longer just a neglected corner holding a washer/dryer, laundry rooms have emerged as spacious,