To brighten a laundry room and make it more functional, Interior Designer Leslie Neblette recommends the following:

• Paint the laundry room white.
  
• Put up new shelving.
  
• Switch the door on the drier to make it easier to get the clothes in and out.
  
• Install a drier rack for "hang dry" clothes.

Product Information

From the Container Store, 888-CONTAIN (266-8246), www.containerstore.com

• Divided laundry basket, $25
  
• Elfa ventilated shelving, $150
  
• Heavy duty grips, $8/each
  
• Accordion drying rack, $33