A Clean Start

Sick and tired of dirty linen and damp single socks crowding your space? Transform your laundry so it works for you!

- Shelly Bergh

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…