laundry room

Each girl has a specific day once a week on which to do laundry. They get to learn the skills of stain treatment and ironing along with sorting and washing and drying techniques. The room includes a mop sink and one of the two furnaces which heat the second floor. Most cleaning products are donated.

bedrooms

There are three bedrooms on the second floor for residents, each quartering two girls. The beds, like the dining room furniture, were built by Wendell Guerkink. Each bed has drawers built into the pedestal. Each girl also has her own nightstand (donated by Sauder, Inc.). The single closet in the room is partitioned but shared. Each of the bedrooms has it's own distinctive look since local groups adopted them for decorating, donating both time and materials.

The top photo shows the north bedroom, also known as "the blue room." It was done by Huntington College students.

The bottom photo shows the southeast bedroom, also known as "the pink room." This was a joint effort between St. Teresa Catholic Church and Barb Avery.