Sick and tired of dirty linen and damp single socks crowding your space? Transform your laundry so it works for you!
Before moving into their dream home in April 2018, Kim and Jason Arendse and their four-year-old son Seth had lived in a small two-bedroom duplex for 11 years. Space was at a premium with a washing machine squeezed in opposite the stove and under the microwave in their 3 x 4m kitchen! There was certainly no space for a tumble dryer…
When they moved into their spacious new house in Plumstead, Cape Town, a separate laundry room was the ultimate luxury. But it was in dire need of a makeover.
Previously, it doubled up as a storage room packed to the ceiling with boxes. The Arendses were determined to turn it into a practical zone with sufficient storage, space for appliances and enough room for folding and hanging clothes – all in an attractive environment where the chore of doing laundry would feel less like hard work!
This is what we did…
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