laundry room additions

I got a new addition this weekend... for the laundry room! You know you're getting old when you're excited about a laundry room. It's not the washer and dryer - we bought those when we moved into the house. It's the risers underneath! If you have a front loader, you can probably appreciate how useful having a riser is. When we bought the washer and dryer, we did have the option of buying the risers. They were $250 each, and with all the other expenses we were incurring, I thought we could do without it. And it was fine.

But it's a chore bending over and getting the wet laundry and transferring it, and even getting the clothes out of the dryer. I'm short, so it's not terrible, but certainly not ideal.

My mom was in the market for a new washer and saw a floor display for a riser from Frigidaire marked down in her town, so she talked to the sales guy and confirmed that it would fit my model number, and then located another floor model riser in another city and she picked them up.

And then my parents surprised us with them yesterday! I'm very lucky. Not just for the risers, but for them in general.

Just LOOK at how much I can store under there! The container on the left is a gigundo container of detergent from Costco. And it fits! The containers are very sturdy (and heavy!) so I don't worry about them getting bent or breaking under the weight of the units. The washer/dryer I have was being discontinued, or the riser model was. Either way, I got risers for $99 each, which is a lot better than $250. It's still a lot for a plastic drawer, don't get me wrong, but they're so nice, it's worth it. Oh, the joys of a laundry room - yep, and getting old too!