Here's what we started with.
We knew that those shelves were definitely not going to work for us, so Mr. DIY headed off to Lowes the day after we moved in to pick up 2 wall cabinets and a tall cabinet. Since our garage was a lot smaller, we needed to store cat food and a lot of cleaning tools, batteries and light bulbs in the tall cabinet which we kept in the garage at our last house.
Lowes carries these cabinets in stock and they were affordable and simple to install.
That was about all we did until this month. We had a couple of spare weekends, so Mr. DIY painted the walls and ceiling Sherwin Williams Silver Strand (cut 25%) and installed 2 additional can lights.
What a difference those can lights make! It is now super bright in the laundry room and I enjoy being able to sort black socks easily!
I painted the baskets and made new liners a couple of years ago and they work perfectly and keep me organized. I use one basket for socks without a match, one for rags and one for miscellaneous things. You can find how I made the liners HERE.
I repainted the coat rack a couple of weeks ago while Mr. DIY was painting the room.
Here's how the laundry room looks now.
Here you can see the laundry room from the dining room. The door to the garage is around the corner in the hallway to the right, between the laundry room and dining room.
We still have some additions to make in this room...We might get a pendant light for ceiling, Mr. DIY will be installing a farmhouse sconce and a hanging rod over the sink and I'm working on a print for over the sink.
Here's the light we ordered from Amazon for over the sink:
For now, though, I think it's perfect!
Hope today is a good day for you!
Pam
What did you lay over the top of your machines?
ReplyDeleteIt's felt backed vinyl that I bought at the Fabric store. I put it on there to keep the tops of the washer/dryer from getting scratched. It's easy to wipe down and inexpensive to replace, plus it keeps things from falling in between the washer and dryer.
DeleteIt turned out fabulous Pam! I wish mine was as large as yours. I think it is the size of the one I had at the last house. Funny how I thought that was small and now I wish I had it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pamela! I like the window in your laundry room. At our house in SoCal, we turned a bathroom into a laundry room and had a french door out to the backyard. I loved that laundry room. It had a deep porcelain laundry tub in a cabinet that we gave our girls baths in. Loved it! I could fold laundry while they were having their bathtime. It was convenient because it was right inside the door and if they got dirty, I could plop them in the tub and run a bath.
DeleteI love how this turned out Pam. The cabinets look so much better than the shelves that were there and certainly offer more storage. You guys always do such a nice job on your projects!
ReplyDeleteWe did something similar in our laundry room a while back. For the small house that I live in I have a decent sized laundry room!
It''s so nice to have a laundry room where you can actually fold laundry!
DeleteVery nice! Looks like a nice place to spend time doing the laundry!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather!Makes an ongoing chore a lot better!
DeleteBeautiful makeover Pam!!! .... You two always do such a great job!
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks Shirley :)
DeletePretty, pretty, pretty. The cabinets great. Adore the stool too.
ReplyDeleteCindy
Thank you Cynthia! We definitely needed cabinets to hide all of our stuff.
DeleteLove how bright this room is. I need some of those cabinets for my laundry room, it just has a shelf. Love that rug too. Looking great.
ReplyDeletehard to imagine that even a laundry room can be well designed and cosy to be in but with a few embellishments like what you did here, it really does look transformed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Thomas! A functional room can be pretty too.
DeleteYour laundry room looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
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