Pinterest Pipe Dreams

Are you one of the countless women who suffer from a debilitating condition known to regularly cause mood swings, irritability, irrational behavior, and an increased need for chocolate? I’m not talking about PMS.  I’m talking about PMMS: Pinterest Makes Me Sad.

You may have PMMS if you find yourself crushingly disappointed that the new enchilada recipe you tried was not in fact “LIFE CHANGING!!!!!”

You may have PMMS if you feel the need to hang your head in shame because your kids gave out store-bought Valentines at school.

You may have PMMS if the mere sight of an Elf on the Shelf sends you to a dark place.

You may have PPMS if gazing at pin after pin of perfectly styled and spacious laundry rooms make you despair even setting foot in your average-at-best laundry room.

But there is help.  Help is called Reality, and I’m here to give you a dose. Reality is, plenty of people have small dark laundry rooms that probably smell a little funky and feature things like exposed pipes and bare light bulbs.  That’s OK! You can still work with that to create a pretty space.

Lisa embraced all the pipeage that was happening in here and made it part of the room with some bright red paint.  I love how it looks against the happy aqua walls. It’s like a sculpture!  See it at Two Loose Teeth.

And Becky decided to disguise the pipes and cinderblock wall of her laundry room with a pretty stenciled pegboard that she hung right over the top.  A functional facade.  Fabulous, fun, and feasible.

See how she did it on her blog Organizing Made Fun.