First Home Project

The best home projects involve at least:

• new wiring
• cutting holes in exterior walls
• many trips to the hardware store
• soldering
• lot of help

That's why we decided to make our first project putting the washer and dryer into the bathroom. The way that it was set up when we moved in, the washer was in the bathroom and the dryer was in the basement. Neither of them were High Efficiency, and simply having to haul the laundry up and down the stairs made it less likely that we would get laundry done until we had completely gone through all our socks and underwear. So this was one of the things we really wanted to get done first.

Matt ripped out the bottom cabinet against the back wall of the bathroom the other night. Then on Thursday, Hip came and helped him remove half the top cabinets. Then the real work began. Mike came over on Friday night and helped Matt run the wire for the new outlet and they also cut a hole in the wall and installed the vent for the dryer. Matt's parents also came over with tools and made a run to Lowes to pick up some supplies. Then Saturday morning, Matt, his dad, and Aaron moved the washer and dryer upstairs and finished up the outlet. Today, Hippert came back and they did some repairs to the plumbing.

Two days, one disastrously messy kitchen, and about $250 later, we have laundry on the first floor.


We've lost the storage space that we had in the cabinets, but the top cabinet should be enough to store toilet paper and towels. We'll be putting a small counter on the bottom half, with a hamper and laundry detergent and such underneath it. It's still messy looking now, but we're running the washer and I'm sure it will be much easier to get the laundry done. Which means it might actually get done on a regular basis!