How to Light a Laundry Room

Adding light to a dark laundry room will make it more vibrant and efficient.

Lighting a dark laundry room can transform its appearance in a matter of minutes. Doing laundry is a chore that many people dread. However, if you are able to see what you are doing much more efficiently, it can reduce the amount of time you spend on laundry. Therefore, taking the time to update the lighting in your laundry room can increase the functionality, style and time spent in your laundry room.

Things You'll Need

• New lighting fixtures
• Ladder
• Screw driver
• Batteries
• Light bulbs
• Standing lamps

Instructions

1. Shut off the power to your laundry room or entire house.

2. Remove the old lighting fixtures by taking off the shade, bulb and the plate. The plate is removable by unscrewing the screws holding it in place.

3. Disconnect the wires connected to the inside of the fixture. The wires are color coordinated, usually red, white, blue and green.

4. Connect the new overhead lights to your laundry room by connecting the matching wire color to each other. Screw in the plate, add the bulb and covering, then turn the power back on to the laundry room.

5. Add puck lighting to the inside of the cabinets in your laundry room, if you have them. This will allow more visibility of your products and laundry tools, such as baskets, hangers and irons. Some puck lighting comes with a stick backing and run by batteries.

6. Add portable lighting underneath the laundry room cabinets to enhance the visibility of the buttons on your washer and dryer. If you have a small laundry room, adding lighting under your cabinet will make the room appear larger.

7. Add a standing lamp to your laundry room if space allows. This will allow you to work in one area, without having to light up the whole room. This type of lighting will come in handy for ironing and sorting clothes.

References

• HGTV: Laundry Rooms
• Light resource: Under Cabinet Lighting
• How to Install a Light Fixture