An ode to the laundry room
- Laura Moore: Housebroken
- June 7, 2023
- 535
I fear that I may never see
a laundry room just right for me.
No commercial launderette want I,
but a private place to wash and dry.
A convenient room close to the source
of all the dirty clothes, of course.
A room that’s big enough within
to hold the family dirty clothes bin.
With counter space designed to hold
all the clean clothes that I fold.
Where the ironing board can stand with pride
with an outlet for the iron at its side.
And since dirty clothes prefer the floor,
this laundry room must have a door.
A door that can be closed real tight,
to keep that mess out of my sight!
When Taller Half and I bought our first house, the washer and dryer had to live on the back porch. There was no other place in that house for a laundry room. Thankfully, that back porch was enclosed, but it was not exactly a convenient place
for washing clothes.
Back then our wet clothes were hung outside on a clothesline. The birth of our first child encouraged us to get a dryer.
Our current place has a real laundry room, though it also contains the pantry. And over the years, Taller Half has become the doer of our laundry. He has promised that as long as I do the cooking and dusting, he will take care of the laundry. Is that a deal or is
that a deal?