Washing your clothes at home is I've found a luxury. We generally don't buy the top of the line appliances but we always buy solid mid-range ones with the idea that the last house gets the Cadillac of appliances. We left all our nice appliances with our house assuming we would move into a new condo building and would get to pick all new lovely appliances. We then got this condo that I had been stalking for 20 years (but had never been in). It has the worst appliances ever. The appliances are really old and disgusting or newer and as cheap as possible.

I wear a a lot of black, OK almost all black in knits or natural fabrics. Since washing here immediately my clothes look like they were dragged behind a car down a country road then rolled in cat hair. I know you think I am exaggerating... OK maybe, but just a little.

And then the washer died(!) So that started the process of buying new (and the sticker shock of what appliances cost, especially the really nice ones) and deciding to put them on the second floor tearing out an existing linen closet.

Nothing is easy here... we want full size appliances but our only stairs are a circular staircase. So the washer and dryer had to be hoisted up and over the front balcony.

Yes that is the balcony...

As I said nothing is easy here...

Minus one linen closet...

But we gained a second floor washer & dryer! I am beside myself with the luxury of no longer taking laundry down 23 circular stairs. And they are SO quiet and the washer uses so little water and they come out almost dry. Oh and my clothes look so nice. That mysterious hairiness is gone.

Anyone need a dryer? This is one of the newish, cheapish appliances. It has a little bit of rust on it though. How that happened I have no idea...

Almost ready for Winter... still need a new font door and the fireplace is coming out.... both of those are happening today.

If anyone needs some work done I can recommend Scott from Mascott Bros. E me for his info. He has many skills and gets the job done. He worked on the condo for the previous owner and put in the sump pump, 2 big second floor sliding glass doors and rebuilt both balconies. And he is a nice guy too.

(And thanks again Ellie for letting us wash at your house. You saved us from months at the laundromat!)