March 22, 2008
Front-loading washers are big in the laundry room these days, and most of the ones you've seen are probably the port-hole type where you can see your clothes spinning about inside. If that's an attraction you can live without, you may appreciate these stainless steel laundry appliances from Asko. You still get front-loading on the washer and dryer, but there are no windows.
The washer and dryer can fit behind full-length doors or custom cabinet panels if you prefer your laundry appliances not be out in the open. As an added perk, the stainless steel resists fingerprints ("TouchProof" the company calls it). After all, who wants to spend time wiping down the washer and dryer?
Other features include an LCD display that you program "in a simple, easy to understand, left to right sequence," delayed starts of up to 24 hours, and automatic load-balancing systems.
Asko
March 15, 2008
If you're looking to add some sex appeal to the laundry room, this might be the washing machine for you. Just imagine some bikini babes draped over it (just like on the hoods of sports cars in those magazines), or if babes don't float your boat, imagine speedo-clad hunks.
That's right folks: red isn't just for cars any more. Now you can get a fire engine red washer and dryer.
The washer model shown here is from Samsung and I saw a similar one from LG at Home Depot the other day. Both companies' models are front loading (washing machines and dryers) and have optional storage drawer pedestals available (which is nice for raising the height a bit when you're placing the washer and dryer side by side on the floor of the laundry room).
Prices start around $1,000.
February 25, 2008
If you like the look of freshly ironed clothes but wielding your little hand iron is too much of a chore (and you always feel dry cleaning is a bit expensive), then here's a laundry tool for you:
The Tailors Steam Press is a "the professional-grade digital steam press with a pressing surface that is more than seven times larger than most handheld irons." Not only is this bad boy bigger, it cuts your ironing time in half. Apparently you don't have to be a pro at ironing or dry cleaning either, since the pressing is controlled by an automatic digital monitoring system to "ensure consistent results based on the kind of fabric (nylon, silk, rayon, wool, cotton, or linen)". With digital monitoring, there shouldn't be any chance of catching your clothes on fire either.
I guess that means you can toss your old iron to the curb for the garbage collector.
$250 from Hammacher Shclemmer:
The Tailor's Steam Press.
February 14, 2008
I know, I know, laundry room home improvements aren't exactly the most exciting stuff (I've yet to see one featured on HGTV), but this addition could be handy if you're pressed for space (and actually iron your own clothes instead of foisting the job off on the dry cleaner... not that I'd know anything about that).
Oh, sure, you can get one of those ironing boards that flips up against the wall or into a cabinet, but the Asko "Hidden Helper" actually comes integrated into the washer, so it's not adding any clutter to the room. (Other options are a pull-out sorting shelf or an under-washer pedestal drawer for storing detergents and the like.)
With it stationed that close to the dryer, maybe I'd even remember to get the ironing out of the way as the clothes are done instead of days later. You never know.
Asko
November 15, 2007
Laundry baskets are practical for toting dirty clothes up and down stairs, but they're not exactly pretty, so many people choose to get hampers for bedrooms or bathrooms. Hampers make it easier to disguise dirty clothes, and in this case they can even be personalized.
These colorful Hoohobbers laundry hampers come with two bags, so you can easily divide darks and lights as you toss clothes inside. Each bag is large enough to hold a full load, and the hamper can be folded away for compact storage when you're not using it.
For $6, you can get the hamper personalized with one or two embroidered or heat stamped words.
Available from Every Faucet.
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