That's cute! We have a retro theme in our home, so I found some old magazine ads from the 50s featuring pink washers, and framed them in black and hung them in my laundry room. We painted the room the same pink as the washers, and I found a fantastic retro "wash day" print fabric to make a curtain above the washer/dryer and freezer and an ironing board cover. It makes me happy when I go in there, which makes doing laundry a little more fun!

evaperconti: OMG! How great! The color pink is supposed to be a psychologically calming color (prison research initially discovered that), so you must chill out in there. My energy drops when I walk into the laundry area and my pep-up color is yellow, so I think I'll do that. I'm thinking of older vintage than the 50s. That's when I grew up. I'm thinking vintage and country I guess.

Looking for containers with that theme. I use wooden clothespins all the time (pin memos to myself as I wander around, etc.), so those will go in a jar. Maybe mattress ticking for curtains and storage bags.

I need to plan the space first, but this little distraction is fun.

I just saw a picture somewhere and they used clothespins all standing upright glued to the front of a shelf and painted white...looked like a little picket fence and it was a cute tongue-in-cheek detail.

ReproDepotfabrics.com has fabrics from all eras, and tonicliving.com has some vintage patterns as well.

Here's what the fabric I used looks like:
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evaperconti: Great fabric! Aren't you full of ideas? I'll look at your fabric sources. I can sew IF I ever have time again.

Gotta amuse myself with the Laundry room since it's the home of cat litter, dirty laundry, and a host of life-sucking chores.