We managed to get everything done in time. Friday night when Scott came home he had painted the ceiling and finished assembling the pedestal so it was ready to go. Lowe's gave us a time between noon and 2:00 which worked out well for our kids' sports schedules. We had a cross country invitational in the morning, 45 minutes away at 9 am. Our cheerleader didn't have to be at her game until 1:30pm but it was local. Lowe's arrived shortly after noon and finished installing in time for all of us to head off to her game.
A friend of ours had a daughter on the opposing team's cheer squad so we decided to take in a late lunch at Pizza Hut together before making a quick Home Depot run. I had left H2 to help my daughter get her hair done for cheering so at this point I hadn't even seen the appliances in place. Scott told me that everything worked great but when the washer was going he had a small leak in the basement. He needed to replace a fitting and it would be good to go.
I won't say I was excited to do laundry, but I was excited to see how the pretty new appliances worked. I wanted to see if my colors looked good, how they looked on the pedestal. Oh, forget the pretense of being cool- I was excited to do laundry. What has my life come to?
Anyway, I drooled over my new machines and read the encyclopedia-sized manuals while Scott replaced the fitting. Then there was a scream from the basement. Apparently when he replaced one fitting, he overheated and screwed up another. A ten minute project turned into 30. Tick, tick, tick... would like to try the machines out before the ND game.... tick, tick, tick....
So I think I've made you wait long enough. Here it is- a lousy picture from my phone, but this is the fancy new appliances in place on the pedestal:
*sigh*
My girlfriend called it porn. {snicker} Laundry Porn, I love it. I had planned to have my husband print off vinyl letters that say, "Chambre de Blanchisserie" to place on the pedestal as that is supposed to mean something akin to 'Laundry Room' in French. But maybe I should use "Laundry Porn" instead?
Of course, some tweaks are required. First, I will not keep the baskets on top. I thought maybe that would work for storing soap and stuff, but actually there is room next to the baskets below and it is easier on my shoulder to lift soap up than pull it down. I have an old window frame which I need to clean up a little, knock a couple panes of glass out of, and hang on the back wall. I might even add a wreath to get the full effect from the laundry room I saw that I loved. If you are going to be a style thief, why not go all the way?
I'm debating about painting the ceiling the same color as the walls. I think the white ceiling is almost a distraction from that gorgeous color. I thought I'd want the white ceiling for the extra light, but now that we have the bright halogen light fixture I don't think it is necessary. I'm also considering having Scott build me a large black shelf above the washer and dryer so that I can put baskets and folded laundry up there without them dancing around when the washer is in spin cycle. Holy moly does that thing spin fast, it is like a plane getting ready for take off! There isn't a lot of vibration, but the surface is so slick on top that the baskets do shimmy quite a bit.
I also have a spot on the front edge of the black pedestal where the delivery guys scraped the paint off my stand. Not in an attractive, 'a little extra distressing' way. That needs to be repaired. And of course the walls outside need to be painted and trimmed and the closet doors put on. It will be a while before I can call this project completely done.
A review on the washer and dryer is coming soon, once I've had a chance to play with a few more cycles. The DIY instructions on the laundry stand and more detailed photos of it are coming soon too. I'll edit to add links when those posts are completed.
Thanks for checking it out... off to go see how my overnight-ready cycle worked on the washer!
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