[LMB] OT:laundry opinions anyone?

[Tzivia Adler]

 > Anyway, the question of the moment is where to put the the washer and 
dryer.
> A. the basement
> B. a stacked unit in the half bath(there's barely room-it's big for a half 
> bath)
> C.the smallest(8x12) bedroom, which is right next to the bathroom. Both 
> rooms face south, and have a view of the back yard. The bedroom has an 
> east window too, but no closet.
>


when we were renovating, i put the laundry upstairs.  true, tehre would have 
been more space in the basement, but i'm not likely to run up and down often 
enough to get all the clothes et al done. ( i have a bum knee.  this is 
hopefully not a consideration for you!)   when i was a kid, hauling the sack 
of dirty stuff down and hte basket of clean stuff up was a royal pain, and i 
didn't want to do it agian if possible.

also, since we were re-doing the floor upstairs anyhow, we got a raised, 
re-inforced section, big enough for a stack washer-dryer (its ten years old 
and still going, only been repaired once, who says stackables are no good?) 
and a table next to it.  its all tucked into a sort of alcove, a small wall 
comes out enough to block the m/e/s/s/ neat stack of stuff from the hallway. 
since we neglected to put doors up, we hung a lightweight pole from the 
ceiling, and put a pretty shower curtain across the whole business.

now my kids can put stuff directly into the washing machine.  (i taught them 
the diff. between 'dark' and 'light' clothes when they started learning 
colors :) )
granted, a family of seven will have more laundry than person alone.

ziviya, hating the laundry even wehn its convenient