The Laundry Room

August 4, 2011 by Heather Lucier Stanley Comments Off

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Laundry Rooms are not interesting, but they exist out of necessity. Some people decorate their laundry rooms; although, I have seen this more in model homes and it is not as much a reality for most of us. In most homes, the extra shelves typically contain items that are not quite ready to be dropped off at Goodwill. I know for years we had extra wine glasses in our laundry room and small kitchen appliance overflow that I put on consignment last year.

We never repainted our laundry room because we had a washer and dryer from Day 1 Move In, and it was not a priority for either of us to pull out the washer and dryer to paint in the laundry room. A few years ago, we bought an expensive washer and dryer with sales incentive points. Therefore, they were practically FREE, except for the income tax paid.

From having owned an expensive washer and dryer, I have learned that I use the Sheets, Bulky/Heavy Load, Normal and Hand Wash/Delicate cycles only. All the other fancy cycles on the washer and dryer are not needed by me and I would not spend money to get them.

Our new home is being built for a stackable washer and dryer. Therefore, we will be selling our fancy washer and dryer. Alan and I have already agreed to spend as little money as possible on our next washer and dryer. Our two top priorities are for the washer and dryer to be: (1) quiet and (2) self-balancing.

In our new house, I am thrilled to have a smaller laundry room because we will not have the space to store kitchen carryover in the laundry room.

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About Heather Lucier Stanley

Heather Lucier Stanley grew up in Central Massachusetts and lived in New England until she started studying at the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature. In her early 20s, she moved to San Antonio, Texas and started studying business and accounting. In her late 20s, she became a Certified Public Accountant. She has held many varied and interesting business and volunteer positions: public accountant, internal auditor, systems implementer, project manager, business analyst, tax preparer and Austin Skiers board member. While traveling 35% for a position she held, she earned her Master of Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Phoenix. She is enthusiastic about learning and trying new things. A few of her passions are personal development, fitness, snow skiing, and travel. She is outgoing and real. She feels that success is easy to attain if the individual defines what success means to her and then has a plan to achieve her individual success. No two definitions of success are the same because each of us is unique and has something original to share with the world.
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