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About This Quiz
Doing laundry may not usually be what you think about when considering how to have a good time. But if your laundry room is a pleasant place to be, doing laundry may be less tedious. Take this quiz and see how desirable a laundry room can be.
What can make doing laundry a little less tedious?
Pay someone else to do it.
Make the laundry room a nice place to be.
Take a course in positive thinking.
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Make the laundry room a more pleasant place to be.
What do the best laundry rooms boast?
creativity
functionality
fashion
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They say the best laundry rooms boast fashion.
If you make it a pleasant place to work, what could be the result?
You would not avoid going there.
Other members of the family would take it over for their purposes.
You would spend all your time there.
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You would be less likely to avoid going there.
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How would you make the laundry room more pleasant?
halogen lighting
modern abstract art
wallpaper and curtains
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Hang nice-looking wallpaper and curtains.
What about the washer and dryer?
After functionality and energy-efficiency, check their appearance.
Choose only machines that match your décor.
Paint or decorate the machines to match your current décor.
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When you replace them, apart from functionality and energy-efficiency, consider their appearance.
What is it about a laundry room that could make it an impressive place?
well lit with plenty of windows
personality and style
plenty of room and bright colors
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Personality and style will capture our attention.
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Just how important is functionality if you want a pleasant and attractive laundry room?
It's more important to have a nice place.
It all depends on how you relate to doing laundry.
It must be functional above all.
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Any laundry room must be functional first of all and then should be made attractive and pleasant.
Assuming you have a choice, where is it better to locate a laundry room?
a place well lit by natural light
windowless basement
close to the back yard
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A place well lit by natural light with will be more pleasant and you'll be able to see stains better.
Would you place a TV and a sofa in your laundry room if you had the room?
It would be a distraction; not a good idea.
You can watch TV while folding.
The moisture generated by washers and dryers would damage the TV.
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Great idea! Many people fold the laundry while watching television.
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What could be a problem watching a little TV in your laundry room?
Watching "soaps" in a laundry room sounds ridiculous.
You would never do laundry because of all the distractions
The hum of the dryer could lull you into napping.
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The hum of the dryer could put you to sleep.
You Got:
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