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Clean Clothes The Laundry Room in Culver City is a one-stop shop for all your washing needs COURTESY THE LAUNDRY ROOM CULVER CITY
By Sara Edwards It was always Denise Morton’s dream to open her own laundromat. Growing up, her family would take a big camping trip every year and come back with piles of clothes and blankets that smelled of campfire smoke. Morton recalled going with her mom to a local laundromat in Castro Valley where she grew up. They would spend the day there washing their camping gear and big loads of laundry while having conversations with the woman who owned the laundromat. Morton said the owner, a full-time teacher who ran the laundromat business on the side, kickstarted her interest in opening a laundromat of her own. “She kind of stuck with me in my mind all of these years,” Morton said. After separating from her husband a few years ago,
The Laundry Room in Culver City is a new woman-owned business that offers impeccable wash and fold service in a clean and inviting location.
Morton looked at it as her chance to finally open her own laundromat. “I started to put the wheels in motion and reached out to a couple of people I knew who had laundromat connections and that’s basically how it happened,” Morton said. Morton opened The Laundry Room on May 11 in Culver City. The 3,200-square-foot space is located on Slauson Avenue and features self-service washers and dryers, large open windows and a laundry service called the “fluff and fold,” a new convenient service Morton said is perfect for the post-pandemic lifestyle. “Customers will drop off their clothes in the morning, want them washed and folded so they can pick them up that evening,” Morton said. “People are able to pull right up to the door with their laundry and it’s extremely convenient.” Before The Laundry Room,
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