INSIDE: How to hide laundry hookups with an easy fabric cork board. How to make fabric-covered cork board for home.
We all have a universal problem. Those of us that do the bulk of the laundry, that is. When standing in front of those machines for way too many hours of our lives, we have to stare at unsightly, usually lint-covered, laundry hookups.
I don’t know about you but doing laundry is up there with grocery shopping with three young kids at snack time. Not a fan. So give yourself a more pleasant view when standing in front of those machines…all the time…and hide the laundry hookups. With a DIY fabric-covered cork board.
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How to Hide Laundry Hookups with DIY Cork Board
With an active group of folks in my home-based fan club, I feel like the laundry room is the most popular room in the house.
And go figure, it’s like the smallest room. I spend a lot of time in there, pushing buttons on machines and hoping those mysterious stains will wash themselves gone. So let’s make this constant chore less of a bore!
Supplies:
– lightweight plywood cut to length of machines
– adhesive cork board tiles (check out these fun push pins!)
– fabric
– staple gun + staples (because you can never be too safe!)
– hooks
diy fabric covered cork board for laundry room
Laundry is Never-Ending Step #1:
Measure the area behind the laundry machines, assuming they are side-by-side.
Cut the plywood board to fit this size. Cover the board with adhesive cork board tiles.
The Missing Sock Saga Step #2:
Give your fabric a quick press with the iron to smooth out any wrinkles. Once ready, lay fabric with print side down and place board – with cork tiles facing down – on top of it.
Cut off excess fabric, giving yourself enough to comfortably wrap around to back of board.
Begin to staple the fabric. I like to start in the middle and work out.
Get The Dirt Here Step #3:
Just for kicks, I added a coordinating strip of fabric to the covered cork board.
I sewed some simple pleats in it and stapled it to the back about 9″ from each end.
Additionally, I added some pleated fabric to the bottom of the board.
how to hang the fabric cork board in the laundry room
Assuming you have cabinets over your laundry machines…
Insert a hook into the fabric cork board, in the top corner on both sides.
You will also insert a hook into the bottom of the overhead cabinets.
And in universal DIY language: measure twice, drill once.
So from staring at unsightly, lint-covered laundry hookups to now a fabric-covered cork board, laundry is [kinda, sorta] more enjoyable!
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Stella [email protected] Purfylle says
This looks so much better then all that boring hose and taps and things. Gives you somewhere to display those odd socks too :o)
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Ha ha! Very true.
Christine says
That is such a clever way to hide the ugly function part of a chore that no one loves to do! Love this idea!
Thanks so much for sharing these at the DI & DI Link Party. Have a great week!
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Yes, agreed! Thanks for stopping by.
angie church says
very cute and I can imagine very useful as well. It reminds me of my laundry room not a lot of room in there but what I do have make it the best it can be
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Randi says
This is a good idea! My washer and dryer are in the bathroom and the hook ups really are an eyesore!
Thanks for this tip!
Pam says
It is always nice to enjoy the view as you wash dishes, or do laundry. Very pretty. Nice job and great idea. I just started blogging after being away a yr. Stop by the blog and check it out. Thanks.
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Thanks so much!
Meg @ The Many Little Joys says
I love the idea of adding cork board. It would be fun to pin up inspirational quotes, or even lone socks to make the space more practical. What a great idea. (Visiting from Welcome Home Wednesdays)
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Yes, agreed! Thanks for visiting.
Katrin says
What a clever idea to add some fun to the laundry area and hide the ugly plugs and cords at the same time!
Sherry Nappa says
What a great idea! We definitely need to do something like this in our laundry room. It’s so ugly. Thanks for sharing your project with us at Funtastic Friday.
[email protected] says
What a great idea. My laundry room needs and update and I’m pinning for future reference. Thank you for sharing at Vintage Charm.
Michelle says
I’m with you on this one Victoria, we spend so much time in that room we really do need to try make it look less laundryish. I love your cork board idea and it looks so easy to make too. It’s a great way to hide the ugly laundry bits.
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Thanks Michelle! With three kids, I feel like I live standing in front of these machines.
Tuula says
This is such a cute way to hide the hookups! Excellent post!
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Thanks Tuula!
Amber Harrop says
I love this sign and would gladly hang it in my laundry room
Leanna says
I love this simple diy project. I had to beg and plead and nag far to much to get those ugly taps and hose covered. I love this one because its something I could have done myself.
April says
So pretty! What a great idea, and I love that you explain it step-by-step. #happynow
Leslie says
That is really cute! Unfortunately, all of our laundry ugliness is off to the side (we have stacking units). I’m still coming up with my plan for laundry domination…and may just need to modify this for our ugly situation. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Lisa says
What a great idea. Our laundry is right inside our garage door and my whole family troops by those ugly hookups every day. Your project has inspired me to do something about it. Thanks so much!
DazzleWhileFrazzled says
Thanks Lisa! Happy to hear the project served as inspiration.
Kathleen Rupp says
This is such a fantastic idea! I love it! I know, I have thought about those hookups a lot on how to hide them. We put in a nice backsplash but still the unsightly hoses are in front of it. ugh! Thanks for the great idea. And thank you for your follow and nice response! Yes, I am so happy to be meeting such creative people through these link parties. I suddenly have friends that get my craziness for diy:) hehe. I pinned this!!
Kim~madeinaday says
Great idea! I need to get busy remaking my laundry room. It seems to be the ignored pet room in my house. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Susan says
Really like the double hook method of hanging this. This might be the solution I’ve been hunting for a different project in my craft room where I have a brick wall I don’t want to drill into.
Julie says
It looks really pretty now but I am curious about how it looked before! Here in the UK we only get front loader machines so all the workings is hidden behind anyway and they are most often under a counter top (or stacked with a tumble dryer) so I actually don’t know what this awful sight you had to look at was like. I trust you if you say it was horrid to look at though!
Amy says
What a cute idea. This turned out darling. Thank you for sharing at Thrifty Thursday.
Debrashoppeno5 says
What a great idea. I have been trying to figure out what to do with the space with the hoses. Just fabulous.